The largest Buddhist flag in Vietnam
On the morning of May 5, the organizing committee of the United Nations Vesak 2025 held a ceremony to raise a 500-square-meter Buddhist flag on the campus of the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City - Campus 2.
The flag is made from super durable fabric that can withstand harsh weather conditions, ensuring color fastness and solemnity when hung outdoors during the event. The length of the flag is 25.69 m - symbolizing 2569 years of Buddhist history, from the birth of Buddha Shakyamuni to 2025. The width of the flag is 19.47 m.
The first cultural exhibition introduces versions and information, images of 87 national treasures of Vietnamese Buddhism
Within the framework of Vesak 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha coordinated with relevant agencies to organize an exhibition on Vietnamese Buddhist Culture: language, robes, architecture, and heritage.
Highlights in the exhibition space are the appearance of versions, information, and images of 87 national treasures. These are precious artifacts reflect the historical depth and strong spread of Buddhism in the cultural and spiritual life of the Vietnamese people. Of these, 20 versions are Buddha statues re-made from the original with a ratio of 50-70% smaller.
The remaining 67 treasures are presented through a system of images, documents, and excerpts introducing the historical, cultural, and artistic values of each treasure.
Architect Dinh Viet Phuong - who is in charge of the ground design for the exhibition space - shares that most of the treasures are original and cannot be moved from the temple or storage place, so all the artifacts at the exhibition are simulations or photos. However, the display system still fully demonstrates the spiritual and artistic values, helping the public better understand the heritage of Vietnamese Buddhism.
Vesak 2025 themed ball is the largest in Vietnam
The Vesak 2025 theme ball features an elegant white design, featuring a stylized Dharma wheel and a pink lotus flower, a symbol of enlightenment, purity and compassion.
Lantern lighting ceremony to pray for world peace and decorate the largest lantern
On the evening of May 6, the lantern-releasing ceremony to pray for peace took place at Lang Le Cultural Park (Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City). The event attracted about 12,000 participants. This is one of the most meaningful and anticipated spiritual rituals of the festival.
60,000 lanterns were prepared, of which 35,000 were lit, including 20,000 candle-lit paper lanterns, 10,000 battery-powered lanterns for backup in case of rain, and 5,000 plastic lanterns placed around the lake, the rest were decorative lanterns.
Paper lanterns and battery lanterns are gently released on the water surface, along with 7 large lotus flowers decorating the middle of the lake, forming a sacred sea of light, sending a message of prayer for national peace, world peace, and happiness for all beings.
The largest parallel sentences in Vietnam
The parallel sentences welcoming the grand ceremony are a unique spiritual work of art with a total area of up to 140.4 m2. The work is presented in three languages: Vietnamese, English and Chinese.
The use of three languages not only reflects the international spirit of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 but also serves as a cultural bridge between nations, honoring the universal value of Buddhism to all classes and countries in the world.
The parallel sentences are designed with a solemn, sophisticated aesthetic, imbued with East Asian Buddhist architecture, and are placed solemnly in the main courtyard of the grand ceremony venue.
According to Ngoc Anh (TPO)
Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/xac-lap-5-ky-luc-phat- Giao-viet-nam-post322526.html
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