At the beginning of the year, go to a pure Vietnamese temple in Korea to pray for peace.
Báo Dân trí•12/02/2024
(Dan Tri) - Hai Nguyen Pagoda is the only Vietnamese pagoda in South Korea. During the first days of the new year, the pagoda welcomes thousands of visitors and Buddhists to pray for peace.
Hai Nguyen Temple is located in Yangsang City, Gyeongsan Province, Southeastern Korea. The temple was transferred from a Korean temple by Vien Ngo Monastery and restored (Photo: Trung Hieu). Unlike other colorful temples in Korea, Haisan Temple is the only one in yellow. According to Buddhist beliefs, yellow symbolizes wisdom, love, and represents purity and clarity (Photo: Trung Hieu). In October 2023, Hai Nguyen Pagoda was officially inaugurated and became the second Vietnamese pagoda belonging to Vien Ngo Monastery in the land of Kim Chi. The pagoda is located on an area of nearly 1,500m2, built by monks, nuns, Buddhists and Vietnamese people living and studying in Korea (Photo: Trung Hieu).
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, the management board of Hai Nguyen Pagoda and monks, nuns and Buddhists decorated the pagoda with peach blossoms, apricot blossoms... creating a special "purely Vietnamese" scene in Korea. On this occasion, the pagoda also organized Chung cake wrapping, folk games such as jumping rope, blindfolded drumming... to remind Vietnamese people far from home of their roots and the unique features of the traditional Tet holiday (Photo: Trung Hieu). During the first days of the new year, the pagoda organized many spiritual and cultural activities, attracting thousands of Buddhists and Vietnamese people working, studying and living in South Korea to participate (Photo: Trung Hieu). In a solemn atmosphere and with all their hearts turned towards Buddha, Buddhists chanted sutras, performed rituals, and prayed for a peaceful year, favorable weather, peace throughout the world, and for people to live in love and share (Photo: Trung Hieu). Nun Thich Nu Chon Phuong - abbot of Hai Nguyen Pagoda - ties a thread to pray for peace for Buddhists when they return to the pagoda during the New Year (Photo: Trung Hieu).
Buddhists and tourists write their New Year wishes and hang them on the wishing tree with the belief that all their wishes for the New Year will come true. This is the 7th Tet of Mr. Pham Trung Hieu (from Do Luong, Nghe An ) in Korea. "I go to the temple to pray for the whole family to always be healthy, peaceful and happy. During Tet in a foreign land, I miss my parents, my wife and my young son. In the first days of the New Year, being immersed in the deep, solemn atmosphere of the only Vietnamese temple in Southeast Korea, I feel my heart calm down and at peace. I wish for peace and happiness for everyone, every family...", Mr. Hieu confided. On this occasion, Vietnamese workers and students have 4 days off according to the Tet holiday regulations of Korea. Despite the cold weather of 0 degrees Celsius, many people come to Hai Nguyen Pagoda to pray for peace, happiness and success in the new year before returning to their daily work as children far from home (Photo: Trung Hieu). The Ao Dai fluttering in the unique yellow pagoda, Vietnamese people working and living in the faraway country of Korea seem to feel more clearly the warm Tet atmosphere of their homeland (Photo: Trung Hieu).
Many young people wear traditional ao dai to pray for peace and visit Hai Nguyen Pagoda in the first days of the new year. Hai Nguyen Pagoda is not only a place for Buddhist activities for Vietnamese monks and Buddhists in the land of Kim Chi, but also a place to organizeeducational activities and support the community. At the same time, this place is also a bridge connecting, contributing to promoting people-to-people exchanges and the two cultures of Vietnam and Korea. In the first days of the new year, the pagoda welcomed many Koreans and people from countries with the tradition of celebrating Lunar New Year to visit and pray for good things in the year of Giap Thin (Photo: Trung Hieu).
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