The Hundred Good Deeds and Filial Piety Festival honors filial piety.

On April 3 (March 6 of the lunar calendar), the third Hundred Good Deeds and Filial Piety Festival took place at Co Be Ngai Vang Temple, Soc Son District, Hanoi. The festival is held in the third lunar month, which is also the Mother Goddess feast month of the Mother Goddess worship (recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in 2016).

Dr. Bui The Duc, Vice Chairman of the Central Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, said: For Vietnamese people, fulfilling filial piety means upholding human morality. Putting filial piety into religious practice is for mediums and faithful men and women to show gratitude to their parents. That is also a meaningful thing in the Mother Goddess religion.

Images of mother-child affection were shown at the festival.

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thu Thuy, Hanoi National University of Education, said that in the current social context, when value systems are reversed, promoting filial piety is especially meaningful, especially for the young generation.

According to the organizers, the highlight of the festival is the ceremony to pay tribute to parents, in which many disciples bring their parents to the festival to express their respect, love, and gratitude for their upbringing. This is also the reason why the festival is increasingly expanding beyond the Mother Goddess worship community.

At the festival, there were performances honoring Vietnamese culture and history performed by singers Anh Tho, Vu Thang Loi, and Le Anh Dung. Among them were songs such as Vietnamese Filial Piety, and Virtue of Filial Piety First , composed by Master Huyen Tich, the head of the Co Be Ngai Vang Temple.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/le-hoi-bach-thien-hieu-vi-tien-ton-vinh-dao-hieu-185250403223207665.htm