Ong Bon Pagoda Festival

Ong Bon Pagoda Festival

264 Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Ward 14, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.

Ong Bon Pagoda Festival (Nhi Phu Temple) District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, is a unique cultural feature of the Chinese community, highlighting two major festivals on the full moon of the first lunar month (birthday) and the full moon of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The festival attracts thousands of attendees to pray for peace and fortune with lion and dragon dancing, tattooing and incense offerings.  Detailed information about the festival: Location: Nhi Phu Temple (Ong Bon Pagoda), 264 Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Ward 14, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Prime time: Full moon day of the first month (January 15 of the lunar calendar): On Ong Bon's birthday, the festival takes place bustlingly with many rituals to pray for good luck, fortune, and prosperity. Full moon day of the eighth month (August 15 of the lunar calendar): Ong Bon transformation day is also a major holiday of the year. Festival features: Belief: Worship of Ong Bon (Chu Dat Quan), the god of protection of land and people revered by the Fujian Chinese community. Activities: Lion and dragon dance, martial arts performance, incense offering, hanging incense wreaths to pray for peace. In particular, people often come to borrow money (symbolically) at the beginning of the year and repay it at the end of the year to pray for favorable business. Atmosphere: Very crowded, colorful and full of Chinese religious culture.  The festival is one of the typical cultural activities of the Chinese people in the Cho Lon area, District 5.

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