Ha Tinh: Opening of Huong Tich Pagoda Festival

On the morning of January 5 (the 6th day of the Lunar New Year), Ha Tinh province held the opening ceremony of Huong Tich Pagoda Festival, opening the Ha Tinh Tourism Year 2014.

Wrestling is a new feature of the Huong Tich Pagoda Festival this year.

Huong Tich Pagoda Festival 2014 takes place from January 6th to the end of February of the lunar calendar, associated with sports competitions: Traditional wrestling, tug of war, cockfighting, etc.

Every year, when Tet comes and spring comes, tourists, monks, nuns and Buddhists from all over the world make a pilgrimage to visit and enjoy the scenic beauty of Huong Tich Pagoda - the place known as "The most famous landscape" on the Hong mountain range. Just in the first days of the year of the Horse, there were more than 60,000 tourists coming to offer incense and enjoy the scenery at Huong Tich Pagoda.

Vice Chairman of Ha Tinh Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thien beats the drum to open the Huong Tich Pagoda festival.

Right after the ceremony and the grand art performance by the Hong Lam Opera Troupe, the traditional men's wrestling competition of the 2014 Provincial Sports Festival took place at the foot of Ngan Hong Mountain with the participation of more than 30 wrestlers from all districts and cities in the province.

Mr. Nguyen Van Giang, 81 years old, in Cua Nam ward, Vinh city (Nghe An), said that every year, on the first days of the new year, he and his children and grandchildren attend the opening ceremony of Huong Tich pagoda to enjoy spring. The new feature of this year's opening ceremony of Huong pagoda is the exciting wrestling show.

After the opening drum beat, the wrestlers entered the competition with great enthusiasm, making the festival space of Huong Tich Pagoda even more colorful and attractive to tourists.

According to NDDT