Another Buddha's birthday season has come. For the ancient capital, Buddha's birthday is not only a festival with cultural and spiritual colors but also a special day for every citizen of Hue .
To start the Vesak Festival, Buddhist calendar 2569 - Gregorian calendar 2025 in Hue City, the Organizing Committee of the Festival launched 7 lotus flowers on the Perfume River. When the 7 lotus flowers were lit on the Perfume River, it officially signaled that the Buddha's Birthday - Buddhist calendar 2568 had arrived, everyone joined hands to contribute, nurture and develop compassion and wisdom to have kind thoughts, words and actions, practically build a good lifestyle right in the family, residential area, village, to join with everyone, make offerings to the Buddha, contributing to building a harmonious, friendly and civilized society.
With that meaning, many photographers have captured the moment of floating lanterns on the poetic Huong River in the ancient capital of Hue. The authors' photos have been submitted to the "Happy Vietnam 2025 " Award. Readers are invited to join Vietnam.vn to take a look at these works.
Releasing flower lanterns on the Perfume River
Author Trung Thanh Nguyen with the work " Releasing flower lanterns on the Perfume River ". The photo was taken by the author on the occasion of Buddha's birthday in 2025, when flower lanterns were released on the Perfume River. Every Buddha's birthday, Hue City releases 7 lotus platforms on the Perfume River. The 7 lotus flowers lit on the Perfume River during the Buddha's birthday celebration in Hue symbolize the 7 steps of Buddha when he was born, showing respect and celebrating this important event. Each lotus flower has a large diameter, is placed on a floating buoy and is lit up sparklingly on the river, creating a sacred and magical space.
In addition, in the minds of Vietnamese people, lotus flowers are a symbol of purity, clarity, and represent the spirit and identity of the Vietnamese soul. The lotus flowers will be lit every night during the week of Buddha's birthday for people to admire.
Floating lanterns
Author Hung Nguyen also submitted his work “ Releasing flower lanterns ” to the Award. The flower lanterns are released little by little, lighting up the sky like a common prayer of the nation for peace and wisdom. This carries a solemn meaning and honors the great Buddhist holiday.
We invite readers and photographers from home and abroad to continue sending photos and videos to participate in the "Happy Vietnam 2025" Award . The award is organized by The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and Vietnam Television organized . Thereby, to continue to introduce and promote the image of the country, Vietnamese people, cultural values, nature across the country; arouse national pride, self-esteem and aspirations for development in all classes of Vietnamese people to join hands to build Vietnam to be increasingly prosperous, prosperous and happy.
Deadline for submission of works: From May 22, 2025 to September 30, 2025. Entries are accepted online at : https://happy.vietnam.vn Contestants: Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over The award consists of two categories: Photo and Video . Each contest category (photo and video) will have one First Prize worth 50,000,000 VND, two Second Prizes worth 30,000,000 VND, three Third Prizes worth 15,000,000 VND, 10 Encouragement Prizes worth 5,000,000 VND, one Most Voted Work Prize worth 5,000,000 VND. The Organizing Committee encourages and will award a creative prize in each category (photo and video) worth 20,000,000 VND for works with new ideas, creativity in content and form of expression. In addition, the Organizing Committee will award monthly prizes including First, Second, and Third prizes to the highest voted works of the month in each category. The Jury will select the award through two rounds of Preliminary and Final, both online and in person. |
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