Lang Suong Temple Festival

On February 12 (ie January 15 of the lunar calendar), at the Lang Suong Temple National Relic Site, Dong Trung Commune, Thanh Thuy District, the Lang Suong Temple Festival of the year At Ty 2025 was held.

Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and delegates offered incense at the ceremony.

Attending the ceremony were comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission, representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches, local leaders inside and outside the province, and a large number of people and tourists from all over the country who came to visit and worship.

Thanh Thuy district leaders beat drums and gongs to open the festival.

Lang Suong Temple is located in the system of relics worshiping Tan Vien in the Da River area and the Northern Midlands Delta. Legend has it that Mrs. Dinh Thi Den married Mr. Nguyen Cao Hanh, was old but had no children. One day, a golden dragon swooped down to the well to suck water, spit out pearls and pearls. Mrs. Dinh Thi Den took the water to bathe, suddenly felt light and fragrant, and became pregnant, later giving birth to Tan Vien in Lang Suong cave, now in Dong Trung commune, Thanh Thuy district.

Traditional rituals were performed at the ceremony.

Saint Tan Vien - one of the four "immortal" gods in Vietnamese folk beliefs is a god who helped people control water, reclaim land, teach people to grow rice, kill wild animals, and defeat foreign invaders. To commemorate his great contributions, people built temples to worship Saint Tan Vien Son Thanh in all regions, and burn incense all year round to show gratitude for his merits. But only Lang Suong Temple worships the whole family of Saint Tan, including: Father Nguyen Cao Hanh, mother Dinh Thi Den, foster mother Ma Thi Cao Son, wife Ngoc Hoa Princess and two generals Cao Son and Quy Minh. The temple has two main holidays in the year: January 15 (Saint Tan's birthday) and October 25 (Saint Mother's death anniversary).

The celebrant read the eulogy in gratitude to Saint Tan Vien.

Water procession and palanquin from Da River to Lang Suong Temple.

After the ceremony of carrying offerings and water from the Da River wharf to Lang Suong Temple and the drum and gong beating to open the festival, the delegates offered incense, flowers, and offerings in gratitude and commemoration of the merits of Duc Thanh Tan, his family, and two generals. This was followed by the respectful sacrificial ceremony and incense offering ceremony. Besides the main activities of the festival, there are also many cultural, artistic, sports, and folk games such as throwing con, smashing pots, etc., thereby preserving and promoting the cultural identity and traditions of the nation.

Drum performance opens the art program at the Festival

Delegates and visitors from all over offer incense during the festival.

Through thousands of years of history and many times of restoration and upgrading, Lang Suong Temple still retains its traditional architecture, with the interwoven artistic styles of successive eras. With its unique cultural and historical values, Lang Suong Temple was ranked as a National Historical and Cultural Relic in 2005. In 2018, the Lang Suong Temple Traditional Festival was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Decision No. 3325/QD-BVHTTDL dated September 4, 2018.

Thuy Phuong

Source: https://baophutho.vn/khai-hoi-den-lang-suong-227781.htm