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Yen Tu Spring Festival opens in Quang Ninh

The Yen Tu Spring Festival, one of the largest and longest festival in the north, kicks off in Uong Bi city of the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 19, or the 10th day of the first lunar month.
Yen Tu Spring Festival opens in Quang Ninh ảnh 1The seal opening ceremony at Yen Tu Spring Festivl (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The Yen Tu Spring Festival,one of the largest and longest festival in the north, kicks off in Uong Bi cityof the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 19, or the 10th day of the first lunar month.

The opening ceremony features traditional rituals such asdrum beating, bell ringing and other spiritual practices.

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

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

Yen Tu Spring Festival opens in Quang Ninh ảnh 2Participants pray for peace during the opening ceremony of the Yen Tu Spring Festival (Photo: VNA)
Yen Tu was recognised as a special national relic site in 2013. It is home to dozens of pagodas, hundreds of towersand thousands of ancient relics containing the spiritual values and thoughtsof the Truc Lam Zen sect and the glorious culture of the Dai Viet period.

Quang Ninh as well as nearby provinces of Hai Duong and BacGiang provinces have completed a dossier to submit to the UNESCO to seek theWorld Heritage title for the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac relic andlandscape complex.

In the first nine days of the Lunar New Year, the Yen Turelic site welcomed 138,000 visitors, up 19% year on year.

The Yen Tu Spring Festival will take place until the end ofthe third lunar month, or early May./.
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