President Luong Cuong offers incense

(Fatherland) - On the morning of February 6 (January 9, Year of the Snake), the incense offering ceremony to open the year of the Snake was solemnly held at Kinh Thien Palace - Central Area of ​​Thang Long Imperial Citadel - Hanoi. President Luong Cuong respectfully offered incense and expressed gratitude to the merits of ancestors.

Attending the incense offering ceremony were Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien; Politburo member, Party Committee Secretary, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi Bui Thi Minh Hoai.

Also attending were members of the Party Central Committee: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; leaders of a number of ministries, departments and branches of the Central Government and Hanoi.

Delegates attending the incense offering ceremony

The World Heritage site of the central area of ​​the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi is the national political center, the national cultural center, where the historical and cultural values ​​of the country converge and crystallize over the course of 13 centuries, of which 7 consecutive centuries were the place of reign of 52 kings of the independent Dai Viet dynasties.

Continuing the tradition of drinking water and remembering its source, which has become a tradition every January 9th, in the atmosphere of celebrating the Party, celebrating Spring, celebrating the country's renewal, at the world cultural heritage site of the Central Area of ​​the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi, the Incense Offering Ceremony - Spring Opening Ceremony to commemorate and pay tribute to the merits of the ancestors who opened the Thang Long culture, enlightened the Dai Viet civilization, passed down to the glorious Ho Chi Minh era was solemnly held with the participation of Party and State leaders, mass organizations, Hanoi City government and many classes of people in the capital.

President Luong Cuong offers incense - opening the year of At Ty at Thang Long Imperial Citadel

The incense offering ceremony - opening the spring of At Ty 2025 is organized by the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center in coordination with the Thang Long - Hanoi Cultural Heritage Association and related units. This is an important activity in the series of traditional cultural activities held annually at the world cultural heritage site of the Central Area of ​​the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi during the Lunar New Year.

The ceremonies were solemnly held.

The ceremony is also an activity that contributes to preserving the good customs and practices of our ancestors, and inspiring the quintessence of national culture.

The incense offering ceremony - the opening of the year of At Ty takes place with the meaning of turning to the ancestors' roots, showing gratitude to the merits of the ancestors, the wise kings, the talented people who have contributed to the country, honoring the traditional values ​​of Thang Long - Hanoi, praying for national peace, people's peace, and world peace. The ceremony is also an activity contributing to preserving the good customs and practices of our ancestors, inspiring the quintessence of national culture.

President Luong Cuong and delegates at the event

Many traditional cultural rituals and activities took place.

The incense offering ceremony - the opening of the year of At Ty was solemnly held with many traditional cultural rituals and activities such as the sacrificial ceremony, procession, incense offering, flower offering, tea offering, wine offering with the participation of the Co Loa - Dong Anh Association drum team, the male sacrificial team of Van Phuc communal house, the female incense offering team of Lang Thuong association and the Van Phuc communal house - Ba Dinh octet team./.