Pagoda Festival

The pagoda festival takes place on the 15th of the third lunar calendar every year, in Hung Long commune in Ninh Giang district, Hai Duong province, with the purpose of worshiping Buddha and Holy Nguyen Minh Khong.

Originated from the anniversary of the death of the Zen master Nguyen Minh Khong in the Ly dynasty. The pagoda festival looks a big festival of the old Ha Hong area, to this day, this festival has been into the history of the nation.

The pagoda looks by Zen master Nguyen Minh not built in the Ly dynasty in the 11th century. This temple worships Buddha and Zen master Nguyen Minh Khong. The pagoda also looks another name is Tong Pagoda, in Dai Nam unanimously, it is written as the temple of Zen master Minh Khong, Nguyen, Tu is Chi Thanh. In the feudal period of this temple belonged to Han Ly commune, Van Hoi, Vinh Lai district of Ha Hong government. Since 1947, Han Ly has become a village of Hung Long commune, Ninh Giang district.

The pagoda has been built under the Ly dynasty, until the Nguyen Dynasty, the Thuong Thuong Doan was religious in the style of the foreign architecture, including: Tam Quan of the Foreign Affairs, Tam Quan inner, Vũ, Tac Mon, Model House, Dinh Ty Temple and the Temple of the Holy Temple of the Type of Dinh look very massive. This project was heavily destroyed in the resistance war against the French colonialists, so far only the three -system system and some pagodas of the temple. Tam Quan pagoda looks a unique architectural architecture in the Nguyen Dynasty. This temple has now been restored but still not as old as before.

The temple festival looks from the celebration of the death of the Zen master Nguyen Minh Khong in the Ly dynasty. This is one of the largest festivals of the old Ha Hong region, which has gone into the history of the nation. The association lasted for 16 days, starting from March 15 to April 1.

On March 15, the Ceremony of the Sutta, the procession of the water, held a very solemn procession to the Luoi River to get water to worship.

On the 16th, celebrating the ritual of the procession and sacrifice at the temple.

The pagoda festival looks organized by the two villages of Han Ly and Hao Khe to stand out, because since ancient times, these two villages were a village. After being separated, each village has its own family. The Han Ly family worshiped the Emperor of the Great Vuong Cat, another general of Khuc Thua Du had merit to defeat the Tang enemy in the 10th century. Hao Khe communal house was the place to worship Ly Chieu Hoang as the Emperor of the village, the last king of the Ly dynasty. Thus, this festival must sacrifice 3, including 2 tutors and a Zen master. There is only the Southern sacrifice, the traditional costume consists of three Manh Bai and 16 sacrifices. Name should abstain from words such as Le, Minh, Ung, Chieu.

Sacrifice process consists of five weeks: First week: offering incense and flowers; Week the second: offering tea; Third week: Indeed offering; Four weeks: Reading wishes; and fifth week: all ceremony

After the sacrifice of the Holy Holy and the two great king will organize folk plays for 3 to 4 days.

On March 20, the procession was celebrated. This ceremony has been celebrated since the construction of Tam Quan. The northern gate has the three words of the first north, which means the Han Ly village in the north. The southern gate has 3 words, Nam Thien Dong, which means Hao Khe village is a cave in the South. The procession includes: palanquin, the palanquin incense, 2 palanquin, the palanquin. This palanquin is carried by the female bars. The procession will move to the gate in the east, go around the two villages, to the gate in the west.

On the evening of March 25, the Giap season will fix a tray to worship at the Holy Temple, read the shelf of his body.

From March 26, the sacrifice of Thanh Hoang and the Holy Ghost. After the sacrifice will be the incense offering ceremony by 16 people in the dance team in front of the Holy Holy Statue according to the communication, flowers, simulating the royal dance. In the festival days, there are folk performances.

On the morning of April 1, the ritual held the tutelary procession to the communal house and ended the festival.

Part division: If the gift is by buffalo, then the prime will give only half, the rest is divided into 3 parts, part of the elderly for the elderly aged 60 years and older in the village, 1 part to give dignitaries in the village, partly to give to the practitioners. The meat is divided by the person from the humid incense or more.

The pagoda festival looks every year inviting the delegates of Hoa Van Temple Tan La Temple (Quynh Phu, Thai Binh). Tranh temple and Trung Hoa temple (Ninh Giang). During the festive days, the people of Dao Pho in Hong Phuc commune often held the procession of the tutelary procession to the temple to attend the festival, called the procession.

The pagoda festival today is still crowded, the content is as rich as the old festival./.