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Yen Tu Spring Festival opens

Friday, 07/02/2025 | 17:03:51 [GMT +7] A  A

The Yen Tu Spring Festival, one of the largest and longest festival in the north, kicks off in Uong Bi city this morning, February 2. The opening ceremony features traditional rituals such as drum beating, bell ringing and other spiritual practices.

Chương trình biểu diễn nghệ thuật được thực hiện quy mô, chuyên nghiệp.
An art show within the framework of the festival

Yen Tu Mountain is closely attached with the name of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong (1258-1308), the third King of the Tran Dynasty, who defeated Mongol invaders twice during his 15-year reign.

The King abdicated when he was 35 and spent the rest of his life on Yen Tu Mountain practicing and popularising Buddhism. He founded the first Vietnamese School of Buddhism called “Thien Tong” or Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen on the 1,068m-high Yen Tu Mountain. The 20,000ha site is considered the capital of Vietnamese Buddhism.

Yen Tu was recognised as a special national relic site in 2013. It is home to dozens of pagodas, hundreds of towers and thousands of ancient relics containing the spiritual values and thoughts of the Truc Lam Zen sect and the glorious culture of the Dai Viet period.

Đồng chí Mai Vũ Tuấn, Bí thư Thành ủy Uông Bí gióng trống khai hội.
Secretary of the Uong Bi City Party Committee, Mai Vu Tuan, was beating the drum to kick off the festival.
Hòa Thượng Thích Thanh Quyết, Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Trị sự Trung ương Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam, Trưởng Ban Trị sự Giáo hội phật giáo tỉnh Quảng Ninh, thỉnh chuông khai hội.
Most Venerable Thich Thanh Quyet, Vice President of the Central Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Head of the Quang Ninh Provincial Buddhist Sangha Executive Committee, did the ritual of drumming the bell to kick off the festival.


Các phật tự thành tâm cầu nguyện, mong quốc thái, dân an.
The ceremony to pray for peace and prosperity for the country and its people.

Đồng chí Hoàng Đạo Cương, Thứ trưởng Bộ Văn hóa, Thể thao và Du lịch làm lễ đóng dấu thiêng Yên Tử.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Hoang Dao Cuong, performed the sacred Yen Tu seal stamping ceremony.
Các đại biểu làm lễ đóng dấu thiêng Yên Tử.
Delegates performed the sacred Yen Tu seal stamping ceremony.
Hàng vạn du khách thập phương hành hương về đất Phật, dâng hương cầu bình an trong ngày khai hội Yên Tử.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the country journeyed to the land of Buddha, offering incense and praying for peace on the opening day of the Yen Tu Festival.

Festival organizers reported that the three-month festival is expected to welcome over one million pilgrims and visitors.

By QMG Reporters

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