Opening ceremony of Mau Temple Festival, Le Hong Phong Ward in 2024

Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 17:37:15

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On the morning of April 27, Le Hong Phong ward, Thai Binh city held the opening ceremony of the Mau Temple festival in 2024. Attending the event were comrades: Nguyen Quang Hung, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dang Trong Thang, former Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and the City People's Committee.

Provincial and city leaders attended the festival.

The Mau Temple was solidly built in the 5th year of Bao Dai (1926) on De Nhi Street, now Tran Hung Dao Street, in Le Hong Phong Ward. The temple worships the Holy Mother Lieu Hanh - the Holy Mother who heads the system of Tam Phu, Tu Phu worshiping the Mother Goddess religion of the Vietnamese people. During the years of resistance against the US, the Mau Temple was severely damaged. In 2019, people from all over the country joined hands to rebuild the Mau Temple on the old temple grounds. The Mau Temple was recognized as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic in 2020. In 2023, the Mau Temple festival was restored and held for the first time after 50 years with many traditional rituals.

Drum performance to open the festival.

The 2024 Mau Temple Festival in Le Hong Phong Ward will be held for 3 days, from April 27 to 29 (ie March 19 to 21 of the lunar calendar). At the opening ceremony, after the drum and gong beating ceremony and incense offering, the procession of the Holy Mother's palanquin will take place through the main streets of the city to Tra Ly river wharf to perform the Cap Thuy ritual. The Mau Temple palanquin procession will also include the procession of the Hai Ba Trung Temple festival in De Tham Ward and the Van Xuan Pagoda festival in Bo Xuyen Ward. The festival program will also include special spiritual art performances and rituals.

Some pictures of the procession of the Holy Mother.

The Mau Temple Festival in Le Hong Phong Ward aims to honor the merits of our ancestors in the cause of defending the country and protecting national independence; at the same time, it contributes to restoring, preserving and developing the unique cultural values of traditional festivals; promoting the values of the relic site, meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the people. The festival is also a practical activity to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the town's liberation and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Thai Binh city.

Minh Nguyet

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