TPO - Coming to Ha Long City during the Lunar New Year, many foreign visitors immerse themselves in Vietnamese culture by visiting pagodas to worship and ask for the first words of the year.
TPO - Coming to Ha Long City during the Lunar New Year, many foreign visitors immerse themselves in Vietnamese culture by visiting pagodas to worship and ask for the first words of the year.
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On the morning of January 30 (the second day of the Lunar New Year), many locals and tourists flocked to Long Tien Pagoda in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province to celebrate the New Year. This is the most famous pagoda in Ha Long City, attracting many locals and tourists. |
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Among them, many were foreign tourists from European and American countries. They arrived in Ha Long on the first day of Tet on the Silver Dawn cruise ship with nearly 500 other international guests. |
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| On the first day of the new year, when they arrived at the port, they were met by the Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Ninh province, who gave them lucky money and New Year wishes according to Vietnamese customs. |
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| After finishing their tour of Ha Long Bay, on the second day of Tet, these tourists began to visit and learn about the culture and customs of the people of the heritage city of Ha Long. |
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According to Tien Phong newspaper, the weather in Ha Long is cool and sunny, suitable for people's New Year's activities. |
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Tourists explore the ancient temple with outstanding Asian cultural architecture right at the foot of the towering rocky mountain. |
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Many tourists were impressed with the Vietnamese people's custom of going to pagodas at the beginning of the year. |
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"I have traveled to many countries, but this is the first time I have come to Ha Long and it is right on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year of the East Asian people. On the second day of the New Year, I was taken by a tour guide to the most famous pagoda here and the most impressive thing for me was the custom of asking for the first words of the year of the people", said the tourist. |
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To record this journey, through a Vietnamese tour guide, the American couple decided to ask for calligraphy from a calligrapher sitting right on the grounds of Long Tien Pagoda. |
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The calligrapher wrote the word "An Khang" and two verses of poetry "An khang thinh vuong - Nhu y cat tuong" to wish the recipients a new year of peace, good health, and many things as desired and joy in life. |
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According to the calligrapher, the custom of asking for the first words of the year is a beautiful cultural feature of the Vietnamese people. Spring, for the Vietnamese, is the beginning of the new year, and also the beginning of all new things. On these days, everyone wishes for their family and themselves to have better and more prosperous things. |
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The custom of asking for calligraphy and giving calligraphy probably originated from studious people who cherished beautiful calligraphy, so in the spring they asked for it, as if asking for a blessing of luck and talent. Later, this good custom became more popular. The calligraphy expressed the wishes of the writer or the wishes of the person asking, usually peace, luck, success, passing exams, having a house full of children... |
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Long Tien Pagoda is the largest and most sacred pagoda in Ha Long City. It was built in 1941 under the Nguyen Dynasty. It worships gods and generals who have contributed to the country. With its long history and value in the spiritual life of the local people, Long Tien Pagoda is a destination that attracts many tourists from near and far every time they have the opportunity to travel to the mining land. |
Source: https://tienphong.vn/khach-tay-den-ngoi-chua-noi-tieng-nhat-ha-long-post1713303.tpo
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