Opening of the 2025 Vegetarian Festival

Delegates offered flower baskets in respect.

As a tradition, from January 14 to 16 every year, people in Tam Vu town, Chau Thanh district and other localities in and outside the province eagerly await the Vegetarian Festival taking place at Tan Xuan Communal House (Tam Vu town).

This is one of the biggest festivals in Long An province, a place where elements and folk cultural beauty of the community and village of the people from the past to the present converge.

Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Chau Thanh District - Nguyen Thi Diem Quynh delivered the opening speech of the Vegetarian Festival

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Chau Thanh District - Nguyen Thi Diem Quynh said that the Lam Chay Festival and Tan Xuan Communal House were recognized as an intangible festival and a national relic in 2014. This is an important cultural event, demonstrating the special attention and appreciation of our Party and State for the efforts and contributions of the Party Committee, government and people of Chau Thanh District in preserving and promoting traditional cultural and historical values, enhancing the appearance of the Southern region - one of the four thousand-year-old towns of Gia Dinh citadel.

Deputy Head of Tan Xuan Communal House Management Board - Le Quang Trung beats the drum to open the 2025 Vegetarian Festival

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Diem Quynh, the Lam Chay Festival is a testament to the determination to inherit, continue the career and honor our ancestors; demonstrate the viewpoint of the Party and State in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland; arouse pride, patriotism and heroic traditions of each citizen in the new era.

After the opening ceremony, the delegates went inside the Communal House to burn incense. Then they moved to visit the tomb and burn incense of the patriot Do Tuong Tu.

The Lam Chay Festival is a synthesis of religious, ethnic, folk belief and gratitude elements to heroes and martyrs, creating a festival space with worship rituals combining Buddhism, Taoism and folk beliefs.

With a history of more than 100 years and becoming a traditional cultural feature of the land and people here, the Vegetarian Festival is held to pray for national peace and prosperity, favorable weather./.

According to Long An Newspaper

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/long-an-khai-mac-le-hoi-lam-chay-2025-20250213145825966.htm