Special Festival of Ba Chua Mountain Sam Mountain

Special Festival of Ba Chua Mountain Sam Mountain It is expected that the ceremony is held from now until 24/5 (on April 27 of the lunar calendar), with the ritual of the existing ceremony of the procession of her statue, the ceremony of bathing her, the ceremony to visit the spirit, the celebration of the list, to build the adoration; Chanh sacrifice, recovery ceremony ... The festival was held from April 1 to May 22 (on March 4 to April 25 of the lunar calendar), including cultural - artistic activities, sports, sports, cuisine ... Every year, every April (lunar calendar) is a large number of domestic and foreign tourists coming back to An Giang pilgrimage, worshiping and attending the Ba Chua Ba Mount Sam festival (Chau Doc city, An Giang), a unique festival with a long -standing, bold spiritual cultural values ​​of people in the people of the Southern river. Legend has it that, more than 200 years ago, Sam Mountain was still deserted, the villagers went to the mountain to discover the ancient statue sitting on the sandstone pedestal. During that time, Siamese troops often harassed our country, once they went to the top of Sam mountain to meet this ancient statue. Although many times tried to carry the statue down the mountain, but trying to move could not move the statue, so they had to leave. The villagers saw that so they wanted to "invite" the statue down the mountain to preserve and worship. How many nails were mobilized but could not lift the statue. The elders in the village prayed, there was a girl who was joking and suddenly sat down, her face was flushed, her head shook and shook, "Choose 9 virgin girls to take her down the mountain." Strangely, 9 girls carried her statue gently. Going down to the foot of the mountain, the statue suddenly heavy, unable to lift up. The villagers understood that she wanted to dwell here, so she established a temple. Initially, Ba Temple was built simple with bamboo leaves, after many restoration, the new temple was complete and spacious as today. Ba Chua Temple of Sam Mountain is a "national" architectural work in the shape of a lotus tower, a 3 -storey tone roof, roofing with blue tube tiles, soaring roof corner like surfing bow. Walls of ceramic tiles, precious wooden door frames are carved elaborately and sophisticatedly. Inside there are martial arts, main halls, living rooms, office rooms, outside is a spacious yard campus, surrounding fences and Tam Quan gate. Right in the middle of the main hall, the statue of the Mount Sam Mountain wearing the Rabbit Mountain, wearing a long dress, Long Phung, sitting majestically with a gentle and happy face. According to archaeologists, based on the material and shape of the statue, this is a sculpture from the Middle Ages. Every year, Ba Chua Temple of Mount Sam (Nui Sam ward) attracts millions of tourists all over the country and abroad to visit and worship. The largest is at the time of the Ba Chua Sam Mountain Festival from April 22 to 27 (lunar calendar). The Ba Chua Sam Mountain Festival is carried out according to the traditional ritual, including: The existing costume of her statue from the top of Sam Mountain to the temple, the ceremony of bathing her, the ceremony to visit the spirit of Mr. Ngoc Hau and the two wives, the ceremony, the ceremony In particular, on April 22, the costume will take her statue from the ancient sandstone pedestal on the top of Sam Mountain to Temple, until the night of 23 morning, April 24, will celebrate her bathing ceremony. The ceremony and the Ceremony of the Ceremony are the two main ceremonies will be celebrated on the night of 25 morning 26-4 with the ritual of sacrifice for favorable rain and wind, fertile land, bumper crops, healthy and happy people. And the end of the festival of Ba Chua Sam Mountain on April 27 after celebrating the sacrifices and the return ceremony. "Every year my whole family arranges work to Chau Doc City to worship the Mount Sam Mountain at least once to pray for peace, prosperity, health, happiness and favorable business" - Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa (visitors from Ho Chi Minh City) shared. In 2001, the festival of Ba Chua Sam Mountain was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) as a national festival. Since then, in addition to the traditional ceremony, the festival is organized vigorously with the stage programs, cultural - sports week, folk games, performing national arts, lion -lion dance - dragon ... serving the people and tourists. On December 19, 2014, the Chua Chua Sam festival was brought into the list of traditional festivals by the Ministry of Culture-Sports and Tourism. In 2018, Sam Mountain Tourist Area with unique natural landscape and a national historical and cultural relic complex, including: Ba Chua Temple of Sam Mountain, Tay An Pagoda, Mausoleum of Ngoc Hau, Hang Pagoda associated with the Ba Chua Sam festival, which was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national tourism area with the orientation of development, becoming a unique tourist tourism center of the Mekong Delta culture and the whole country of the Mekong Delta culture. According to AG newspaper