Que Phong district organizes the Nine-Room Temple Festival in 2019
(Baonghean.vn) - Que Phong district held the opening ceremony of the Nine-Chamber Temple on March 20 (February 15 of the lunar calendar) in Chau Kim commune, attracting a large number of people and tourists to attend the ceremony.
The Nine-Room Temple was built in the early 14th century in Pu Cho Nhang, called Ten Pom (temple on the mountain), in Khoang village, Chau Kim commune, Que Phong district.
In the minds of the Thai people in Phu Quy area, this is a place to turn to in their spiritual beliefs towards Then Pha (heaven), Nang Xi Da (daughter of heaven) and Tao Lo Y - the person considered to have the first merit in opening up the land.
The temple is called "Ten xo quai" (Hien Trau temple), but because it has 9 rooms, the people call it "ten cau hoong" (meaning Nine-room temple), each room represents a muong: Muong Ton, Muong Pan, Muong Chun, Muong Hin, Muong Puoc, Muong Quang, Muong Ha Quen, Muong Mieng, Muong Chon.
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The ritual of bringing the Buffalo to the front of the Temple to perform the ceremony after being cleaned. Photo: Dang Cuong |
Previously, the Nine-Chamber Temple Festival was held every three years in the eighth lunar month. Since 2006, the Nine-Chamber Temple Festival on a grand scale has been held again in the middle of the second lunar month every year.
This year the festival is held on March 20 (February 15 of the lunar calendar), in Chau Kim commune, Que Phong district.
At the end of the 18th century, the temple was moved to Pu Cam, Pieng Chao village, Chau Kim commune. In 1927, the temple was restored with a stilt house, with 4 rows of pillars, nine compartments made of ironwood, and roofed with corrugated iron. From 1927 to 2003, after many events, the temple was degraded and only ruins remained. In 2004, the temple was restored and in 2008 it was recognized as a provincial cultural relic. In 2016, the Nine-Room Temple Festival was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage.
This year is an odd year, so Que Phong district only organizes the ceremony and not the festival. Accordingly, the Organizing Committee has carried out all the rituals: Procession, buffalo bathing ceremony, buffalo offering and worshiping ceremony, Great ceremony (Xo Then, Xo Dam ceremony)...
This is an occasion for people from nine villages and ten Muongs in Phu Quy region to make a pilgrimage to their homeland to hold a festival to worship heaven, pray for favorable weather, and good crops...
Some pictures at the Nine-Room Temple Festival 2019:
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| The Organizing Committee performs rituals before entering the temple. Photo: Dang Cuong |
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| The organizers, local people and tourists respectfully performed the Great Sacrifice Ceremony in the temple. Photo: Dang Cuong |
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| Thai people enjoy gongs and carving at the festival. Photo: Dang Cuong |