Lantern Festival to pray for national peace and prosperity and to pay tribute to heroic martyrs

On the evening of June 22, at Bai Dinh Pagoda International Conference Center, the Bai Dinh Pagoda Management Board held a flower lantern ceremony with the theme "Returning to the source" to pray for national peace and prosperity and to pay tribute to heroic martyrs.

Attending the flower lantern ceremony were leaders of Gia Vien district; representatives of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, the Department of Home Affairs, the Provincial Police... and nearly 2,000 students, volunteers and a large number of Buddhists and people.

The flower lantern ceremony is an occasion to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers who sacrificed their blood and bones to protect the Fatherland; to remember the birth and upbringing of the heroic Vietnamese mothers who sacrificed their outstanding children for the Fatherland, for the happiness of the people...

The flower lantern night to pray for national peace and honor heroic martyrs was held with the participation of nearly 2,000 students from Ninh Binh province and 30 provinces and cities across the country.

Nearly 2,000 students at Bai Dinh Pagoda participated in the flower lantern ceremony.

This is an opportunity for children to learn more about the heroic historical tradition of the nation in the process of building and defending the country, remembering the great contributions of their ancestors, expressing the morality of drinking water and remembering its source and expressing deep gratitude to the great contributions of heroic martyrs, thereby continuing to arouse the tradition of patriotism and historical tradition for today's and future generations.

This is also one of the activities of Bai Dinh Pagoda towards the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2024).

Huy Hoang-Minh Quang

Source: https://baoninhbinh.org.vn/le-hoa-dang-cau-nguyen-quoc-thai-dan-an-va-tri-an-anh-hung/d20240623090456735.htm