Tran Temple Festival in Thai Binh will open on the evening of February 22
Mr. Nguyen Hong Chuyen, Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province, said that the Tran Temple Festival in Thai Binh will open on the evening of February 22 (ie January 13 of the lunar calendar).
The festival opening ceremony will be broadcast live on Thai Binh Radio and Television Station.
Gate to Tran Temple, Hung Ha district, Thai Binh.
Mr. Chuyen also said that this year, the Tran Thai Binh Temple Festival at the Tran Kings Temple in Tien Duc Commune, Hung Ha District is not only an annual activity but also responds to the National Tourism Year of the Red River Delta 2013.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hong Chuyen, this year's Tran Temple Festival in Thai Binh will take place from February 22 to February 27 (January 13 to 18). This year's festival will have many new features bearing the characteristics and traditions of the Tran Dynasty in Thai Binh.
This is also an opportunity to promote the land and people of Thai Binh in general, Hung Ha in particular, gradually turning the Tran Kings' Temple and Tomb Relic Site into a destination in the historical-cultural tourism system of the whole country. At the same time, the organizers also wish to introduce and affirm the value of the Tran Dynasty's cultural heritage in Thai Binh.
According to the plan, along with the Temple opening ceremony, water procession, sacrifice and incense offering ceremony to commemorate the Tran kings, especially the opening night there will be a special art program with the epic performance "Long Hung - Triumphal Song."
In addition, during the festival, there will be many traditional folk activities such as fish feast competition, rice cooking competition, ball wrestling competition, tug of war competition, cultural and artistic performances to promote and introduce cultural and historical values at the Tran Kings Temple relic site to a large number of visitors to Tran Thai Binh Temple.
To make the festival a success, Hung Ha district established an organizing committee, developed a plan, and assigned specific tasks to each unit. The district organized the staging and practice of the epic performance "Long Hung - Khuc khai hoan ca", dragon dance, lion dance, and drum dance. The district police proactively took measures to ensure security and order. The district's Department of Industry and Trade presided over the timely clearance of obstacles on the road and sidewalks on all traffic routes to Tran Temple.
If Tuc Mac (Nam Dinh) is the place where the Tran family's ancestors first settled, then Hung Ha (Thai Binh) is identified as the homeland, the place where the Tran family started their career more than 700 years ago.
Here, there are Tam Duong, where the remains of the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty are kept, such as the first ancestor Tran Kinh, the first ancestor Tran Hap, the first ancestor Tran Ly, the retired emperor Tran Thua... and Thai Duong Lang, the eternal resting place of the first kings of the Tran Dynasty. After their death, the Tran Dynasty emperors such as Tran Thanh Tong, Tran Thai Tong, Tran Nhan Tong and their queens were all buried together in the tombs named Tho Lang, Chieu Lang, Du Lang, Quy Duc Lang...
The Tran Kings' relic site in Tien Duc commune, Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province has been ranked by the State as a national historical, cultural and archaeological relic, not only attracting historical researchers and culturalists but also a tourist destination of special value, a place related to the origin of the nation that always attracts domestic and foreign tourists to Thai Binh every early spring./.
According to (Vietnam+) - LC