The 2025 Huong Pagoda Festival has the theme "Huong Pagoda Festival - a tourist destination, culture, and Vietnamese traditions", taking place for 3 months, from February 3 to May 1. The opening ceremony is held early in the morning of the 6th day of Tet (February 3).
Mr. Dang Van Canh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of My Duc district, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee spoke at the opening ceremony. He said that the highlight of the Huong Pagoda Festival is a spiritual and cultural tourism destination, remembering the origin, carrying the district's own brand, and is the beauty of Vietnamese traditional culture. Pilgrimage to Huong Pagoda is a beauty of every Buddhist and tourist who has been returning to the land of Buddha since ancient times.
“The Huong Pagoda Festival has a close relationship, is a connection between tangible and intangible cultural heritage, is a bridge between the past, present and future, is an indispensable part of the spiritual life of the community and cultural activities of the people and tourists, Buddhists from all over the world,” said Mr. Dang Van Canh.
Images from the opening ceremony of Huong Pagoda Festival 2025. Mr. Bui Van Trieu - Head of the Management Board of Huong Son Relics and Landscapes said that more than 36,500 visitors came to Huong Pagoda Festival on the 5th day of the Lunar calendar. On the opening day, the number of visitors is expected to be about 20,000 people.
This year, My Duc district has focused on landscape and space improvement, installing billboards, backdrops, flower beds and ornamental plants along Provincial Road 419 (from Van Tin to Huong Son) and the walking route on both sides of Suoi Yen to create a landscape for tourists to visit and enjoy the festival. In addition, the district has strengthened inspection, control and handling of the sale of inappropriate and offensive items and the use of loudspeakers that make noise in the festival area, ensuring security and order and fire prevention and fighting.
Early in the morning of the opening day, the weather turned cold. However, the event still attracted tens of thousands of people to visit and worship.
According to Lao Dong, there was no traffic jam or overload on the opening day. Tourists took boats to attend the opening ceremony. According to the records, there was no clinging or soliciting of visitors to Huong Pagoda like in previous years. People were quite satisfied with the service and innovation of the festival.
Tourists go to the ceremony on the morning of February 3.
To facilitate tourists and avoid loss of revenue from fees to the budget, My Duc district decided to issue electronic tickets for sightseeing integrated with the use of boat transportation services.
Ms. Bui Nga (42 years old) and her family woke up early at 4 am, traveling from the center of Hanoi to Huong Pagoda to attend the opening ceremony. She said: “My family has attended the Huong Pagoda Festival for many years. This year, the number of visitors to the opening ceremony is not too crowded. Ticket booking, boat or cable car services are quick and convenient, without having to wait in line for a long time. In particular, accessing the QR code helps to make all information about costs and ticket prices transparent. At the Festival, there is no clinging or soliciting of visitors, making my family quite comfortable when participating in the Festival."
According to statistics, the number of people and tourists visiting and worshiping at Huong Pagoda at the beginning of the year from the afternoon of January 28 (December 29, year of Giap Thin) to the end of February 2 (the 5th day of Tet At Ty) was more than 87,000 visitors.
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