In 2024, Dinh Thi festival in Yen Cat town (Nhu Xuan) will take place for 2 days (April 23 and 24, 2024, or March 15 and 16 of the lunar calendar). The festival is organized at the district level. The grand festival is only held every 5 years, so currently, Nhu Xuan district is actively preparing conditions for the festival to take place successfully.
Dinh Thi Festival is a typical festival of the Tho ethnic group in Nhu Xuan district. Photo: Document.
Speed up the progress of restoration and construction of project items at the relic site.
These days, construction units are speeding up the progress of renovation and construction of new items in the historical - cultural relic site of Dinh Thi in Trung Thanh quarter, Yen Cat town (Nhu Xuan), striving to complete before the Dinh Thi festival takes place in mid-March of the lunar calendar in 2024.
Previously, the main item of Dinh Thi belonging to the project to preserve, renovate and restore the historical relic Dinh Thi with a total investment of more than 4 billion VND was implemented from the provincial and district budgets and other legally mobilized sources and was completed in the fourth quarter of 2023. The other items and auxiliary works of the relic site were implemented from the budget of Yen Cat town and socialized sources.
Thi Communal House relic is located in Trung Thanh quarter, Yen Cat town (Nhu Xuan).
According to the representative of Yen Cat Town People's Committee, the auxiliary construction items at Dinh Thi historical - cultural relic site include building a traffic road to the tomb of famous general Le Phuc Thanh; building the communal house yard, renovating and expanding the stage, building a drainage system, expanding the road to the communal house, adding a lighting system... have been and are being accelerated by the construction units. The construction items are expected to be completed before the Dinh Thi festival takes place.
Units are actively constructing and speeding up the implementation of auxiliary works at Dinh Thi relic.
Construction of drainage system in the relic site.
Making the road to Dinh Thi relic.
Yen Cat town strives to complete auxiliary works of Dinh Thi relic before the Dinh Thi festival takes place in 2024.
Thi Communal House is located in the center of Trung Thanh village, Yen Le commune (Nhu Xuan), now Trung Thanh quarter, Yen Cat town. Thi Communal House is the place to worship the famous general Le Phuc Thanh of the post-Le dynasty - who had great contributions to the Lam Son uprising (1418-1428) from the early years of the arduous resistance war against the Ming invaders. After the country was victorious, he was granted a land grant in Set village, held the important position of quan lang, gathered and recruited militiamen and people in the area to come here to "open the mountains and break rocks", turning the dense forests and wild swamps into prosperous villages.
Thi Communal House was built in 1495, during the early Le Dynasty, and was looked after and worshiped by the villagers all year round. Over time and the harshness of nature, the old communal house was abandoned and was restored and rebuilt in the early 21st century. In 2007, Thi Communal House was restored and the deity of the famous general Le Phuc Thanh was brought to worship at the old communal house. During the feudal dynasties, the Vietnamese court had all bestowed royal decrees on famous generals. The communal house still preserves two royal decrees of the Nguyen Dynasty, granted by King Khai Dinh in 1922 and King Bao Dai in 1934. Currently, with the attention of the Party Committees and authorities, Thi Communal House is being invested in and restored to its proper status.
Be proactive in your preparation.
The death anniversary of General Le Phuc Thanh is held on the 16th day of the third lunar month every year. This is also a festival for the Tho ethnic people in Trung Thanh quarter, Yen Cat town and the Tho ethnic people living in the communes of Hoa Quy, Cat Tan, Cat Van, Xuan Binh, Thuong Ninh... in Nhu Xuan district.
Ritual of sacrifice in Dinh Thi festival. Photo: Document.
According to Plan No. 72/KH-UBND, dated March 15, 2024 of the People's Committee of Nhu Xuan district on organizing the 5th Thi Dinh Festival of Nhu Xuan district in 2024, the festival will be organized at the district level. The ceremonial and festival activities will be held for 2 days, from April 23, 2024 to April 24, 2024 (ie March 15, 2024 to March 16, 2024 lunar calendar). The opening ceremony will take place on the morning of April 24. Buffalo offering, sacrifice, and palanquin procession will be carried out according to traditional rituals. The festival will include activities such as camping; art competition; culinary competition; display of specialties, products, goods, and local OCOP products; contest of beautiful girls in traditional costumes; sports competitions in volleyball, throwing cones; tug of war, crossbow shooting; cultural exchange
Through the festival, Nhu Xuan district proactively coordinates with competent authorities to build a scientific dossier for Dinh Thi Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage. Currently, Nhu Xuan district People's Committee actively directs departments, sectors, communes and towns to actively implement the contents and tasks under the direction of the district according to the issued plan so that Dinh Thi Festival takes place successfully.
Ngoc Huan
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