Con Son Spring Festival

Some pictures at the Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2025

Comrade Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, beat the drum to open the Con Son - Kiep Bac spring festival in 2025.

On the morning of February 13, Hai Duong province solemnly held the opening ceremony of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2025, commemorating the 691st anniversary of the passing of the Third Patriarch of Truc Lam Huyen Quang Venerable (1334 - 2025), celebrating the 60th anniversary of Uncle Ho's visit to Con Son (1965-2025) and launching the Tree Planting Festival at Con Son Pagoda in the special national relic site of Con Son - Kiep Bac (Chi Linh).

Delegates and visitors listened to the announcement of the life and career of the Third Patriarch of the Truc Lam Zen sect, Venerable Huyen Quang.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Thi Tuyen, member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women's Union; Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee; Vu Thanh Mai, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Trinh Thi Thuy, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of leaders of ministries, departments, branches, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, and some provinces and cities such as Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, etc.

Also attending were comrades: Le Van Hieu, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Duong province; Le Ngoc Chau, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; leaders of the Provincial People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee...

Messrs. Bun Sone Phet La Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Vientiane Province (Laos); Kim Hyun Soo, First Deputy Mayor of Suwon City (Korea); UNESCO representative in Vietnam attended.

The scene "Con Son imprints His footprints" recreates the image of Uncle Ho visiting Con Son 60 years ago.

Before the opening ceremony, delegates enjoyed the scene "Con Son imprinted with human footprints" performed by actors from the Cheo Theater and the provincial Cultural and Arts Center.

In his opening speech at the ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau highlighted the value of Con Son - Kiep Bac as a land of "spiritual people", a place where cultural quintessence converges, closely associated with the heroic and glorious history of the Vietnamese people. This place has gathered many noble people and hermits; the place where the National Duke, Commander-in-Chief Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan established his headquarters to fight against the Yuan army; the place where the Three Patriarchs of Truc Lam Huyen Quang Venerable hid; Tu Do Tran Nguyen Dan opened Thanh Hu Cave and also here, the national hero Nguyen Trai "contemplated and considered the affairs of the people and the country" to later make a great career.

Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau read the opening speech.

The landscape of Con Son, which was once a sacred ancestral land, is now even more beautiful and majestic, becoming a famous national and international scenic spot. Con Son - Kiep Bac has been ranked as a special national monument; the traditional Con Son - Kiep Bac festival was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2012.

Delegates enter to offer incense at Con Son Pagoda

Treasures in the relic site such as the "Thanh Hu Dong" stele, the "Con Son Tu Phuc Tu Bi" stele, and the "Tam The Phat" statue set of Con Son pagoda were recognized as national treasures in 2015, 2017 and 2024.

The above tangible and intangible values ​​are vivid evidence contributing to affirming and authenticating the dossier proposing the World Cultural and Educational Organization UNESCO to recognize the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac relic and landscape complex as a world heritage.

With its rich history and great cultural values, Con Son - Kiep Bac has become an ideal destination for domestic and foreign tourists; a place to preserve and honor the traditional cultural values ​​of the nation; a place to preserve and practice religious rituals. At the same time, the relic also strongly promotes the potential of cultural tourism, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development of Hai Duong province.

Delegates visit the exhibition booth "Hai Duong imprints human footprints" in the yard of Con Son pagoda

Going back in history 60 years ago, on February 15, 1965, Hai Duong province was honored to welcome Uncle Ho to visit. This was the 5th time he returned to Hai Duong and left many deep feelings and strong impressions in the hearts of Hai Duong people.

During this visit, Uncle Ho visited Con Son Pagoda. The image of Uncle Ho reading the stele at Con Son Pagoda has become a sacred memory in the hearts of the people, a beautiful symbol of the spirit of cherishing the cultural values ​​and fine traditions of the nation.

After that, Uncle Ho and the group continued to Con Son mountain to visit Thanh Hu cave and stopped at Thach Ban - where Nguyen Trai often sat reading books, writing poems and pondering about the fate of the country and the people. Here, Uncle Ho kindly advised: "The cadres and people must protect the historical relics well, plant many trees so that Con Son becomes a beautiful pine forest".

The glorious history has left Hai Duong homeland with invaluable cultural heritages. Proud of its cultural, revolutionary and heroic traditions, Hai Duong province has entered a new stage of development with confidence, enthusiasm and aspiration to rise strongly with the spirit of solidarity, unity, daring to think, daring to do, determination of all levels and sectors, the consensus of the entire people and the business community, Hai Duong will successfully complete the task of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in 2025, contributing to making the province increasingly prosperous, beautiful and civilized.

Delegates offered incense to commemorate the 691st anniversary of the passing of the Third Patriarch of Truc Lam, Venerable Huyen Quang.

After the speech of Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau, Comrade Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, beat the drum to open the Con Son - Kiep Bac spring festival in 2025.

Many delegates and people participated in the opening ceremony of the spring festival and offered incense to commemorate the 691st anniversary of the passing of the Third Patriarch of the Truc Lam Zen sect, Venerable Huyen Quang.

After the opening drum beat, delegates, people and tourists from all over respectfully offered incense to commemorate the 691st anniversary of the passing of the Third Patriarch of the Truc Lam Zen sect, Venerable Huyen Quang.

Earlier, early in the morning of the same day, within the framework of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival, a water procession took place.

Amidst the flowing music and the bustling sound of drums and gongs, the procession with thousands of people including dragon teams, flags, parasols, eight treasures, halberds, palanquins of the three Truc Lam Patriarchs, vegetarian and non-vegetarian offerings, water vases, incense, flowers... moved from Con Son Pagoda to Con Son Lake to perform the water procession ceremony.

Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Minh Hung took water from the life circle (a circle made of flowers and dropped into clear water) and poured it into a thermos.

The vase was brought to Con Son pagoda in a sacred atmosphere.

After the opening ceremony is the opening ceremony of the Culture, Tourism and Trade Promotion Week 2025 with many special activities.

In the afternoon of the same day, the National Wrestling Tournament took place at the stone yard in front of Con Son Pagoda.

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