(Baonghean.vn) - The procession of gods and Buddhas in the Gam Temple Festival in Xuan Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) in 2024 lasted for kilometers, with a grand scale, leaving a deep impression in the hearts of people and tourists.
As an important highlight in the Gam Temple - Pagoda Festival, the procession of gods and Buddhas from Gam Temple - Pagoda to Truc Lam Yen Thanh Zen Monastery was carefully and meticulously prepared by the organizing committee. From early morning, the procession departed with 12 main blocks passing through villages, schools, fields... creating a bustling atmosphere. Photo: Huy ThuLeading the procession was a lion and dragon dance team with two pairs of colorful lion and dragon dances controlled by teenagers. When passing through intersections and crowded places, the lion and dragon dance team stopped to perform, making the audience extremely excited. Photo: Huy ThuEach procession block is divided into smaller blocks, for example, the flag block has a national flag team, a Buddhist flag team, a festival flag team... The national flag team is led by veterans of Xuan Thanh commune. The national flag flutters in the fresh spring sunshine. Photo: Huy ThuUncle Ho's photo is solemnly carried in the procession of the Gam Temple Festival. Photo: Huy ThuThe procession of the royal decree, the god, the Buddha, and the Four Holy Ladies of Gam Temple - Pagoda with white horses, pink horses, palanquins, eight treasures, ceremonial music, cars... was very solemn. Photo: Huy ThuFrom early morning, locals and tourists gathered on both sides of the roads where the procession passed, eagerly waiting to see the procession. Photo: Huy ThuThe group of women wearing traditional ao dai, holding flowers and offerings, walking behind the procession looked very beautiful. Photo: Huy ThuRight after the procession blocks of Gam temple - pagoda are the processions blocks of the big families in Xuan Thanh commune. Photo: Huy ThuIt is known that before the Gam Temple - Pagoda Festival officially took place, 5 large local families such as Thai Huu, Thai Duy, Nguyen Canh, Le Khac, Nguyen Viet organized a procession of their ancestors' tablets to Gam Temple to attend the festival. In the festival procession, the procession of the families also had enough palanquins, traditional costumes, and a solemn orchestra... Photo: Huy ThuThe procession traveled a distance of more than 4km round trip. After bringing the gods, Buddhas, and ancestors of the clans to Truc Lam Yen Thanh Zen Monastery for the ceremony, the procession returned to Gam Temple in order. On both the way there and the way back, all groups moved in an orderly and safe manner. Photo: Huy ThuThe procession in the Gam Temple Festival is large-scale, with many participants, with the full range of sacrificial objects, costumes, music, ceremonies... typical of the rice fields, and is considered one of the most magnificent processions in the province during the Spring Festival. In the photo: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh (96 years old), residing in Bac Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), participates in the procession and takes souvenir photos with her children, grandchildren, and women at Truc Lam Yen Thanh Zen Monastery. Photo: Huy Thu
Solemn ceremony of carrying gods and Buddhas from Gam Temple - Pagoda to Truc Lam Yen Thanh Zen Monastery. Video: Huy Thu
