Thousands of people attend the opening ceremony of Thay Pagoda Festival 2025

Delegates attending the opening ceremony. Photo: Hoang Son

The Thay Pagoda Festival in 2025 will be held from April 2 to 4 (ie from the 3rd to the 7th of the third lunar month) with traditional, unique and special rituals, such as: the opening ceremony, bathing ceremony, the ceremony of welcoming the tablet, the opening ceremony of the festival and special art performances. The opening ceremony attracted thousands of local and neighboring tourists to come and worship.

Within the framework of the event, the Cultural, Tourism and Trade Promotion Week of Quoc Oai district in 2025 took place. The program was held from April 1 to 5, with more than 150 booths introducing and promoting cultural, tourism, culinary , craft village products, OCOP products in neighboring provinces, cities, districts and in Quoc Oai district...

Drum performance at the opening ceremony. Photo: Hoang Son

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Quoc Oai District People's Committee Hoang Nguyen Ung said that the Traditional Festival of Thay Pagoda and the Cultural, Tourism and Trade Promotion Week of Quoc Oai District in 2025 are a series of important political and cultural events of the district. The program is organized with the aim of honoring cultural values, traditional festivals, preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of intangible cultural heritages in the district; gradually exploiting the potentials and cultural and artistic values of the Thay Pagoda national special relic complex in the direction of developing cultural and historical tourism.

Through cultural activities, trade promotion, tourism in the program, Quoc Oai district also wishes to promote the image of the land and people of Quoc Oai, an attractive destination with many intangible cultural heritages, craft villages, diverse local culinary cultural products. At the same time, contribute to enhancing the position, image and people of Quoc Oai; continue to build the tourism image of Quoc Oai district as a "Safe - friendly - quality - attractive" destination commensurate with the history and traditional culture of the district.

Vice Chairman of Quoc Oai District People's Committee Hoang Nguyen Ung beats the drum to open the festival. Photo: Hoang Son

The Thay Pagoda Festival has long been known as a typical folk festival of the Doai region associated with the Thay Pagoda - a special national monument, taking place from the 5th to the 7th of the third lunar month. The festival commemorates Zen master Tu Dao Hanh, a Zen master under the Ly Dynasty, who also initiated the worship of the Holy Ancestor - a belief that had a great influence on the Vietnamese people during the Ly - Tran Dynasty, the founder of the traditional water puppetry profession. The Thay Pagoda Festival consists of two parts: Rituals and folk performances. The main rituals still preserved are: the opening ceremony, the bathing ceremony, the ceremony of welcoming the tablet - the ceremony of placing the tablet; the ceremony and the procession.

The festival is a symbol of solidarity and deep community connection between the villages participating in the festival. The festival creates a healthy, joyful and exciting atmosphere in the village, contributing to pushing social evils out of the community, making the society stable and sustainable.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/hang-nghin-nguoi-dan-du-le-khai-hoi-chua-thay-2025-697564.html