Quynh Phu: Preserving the cultural beauty of spring festivals

With the concept of praying for luck at the beginning of the year, after the Lunar New Year, thousands of tourists from inside and outside the province came to worship at Dong Bang Temple, An Le Commune and A Sao Temple, An Thai Commune (Quynh Phu). To preserve the cultural beauty of the early spring festival, the management board of the two relics focused on organizing the festival.

A Sao Temple, An Thai Commune (Quynh Phu).

After nearly 2 years under district management, Dong Bang Temple - the place to worship the Father King Bat Hai Dong Dinh, who helped King Hung fight foreign invaders, recruit people, establish villages, build the country and society from the beginning, has now changed. Visitors coming to worship will no longer see traffic jams, jostling, pushing; there are no beggars, instead the scenery is airy, the roads are clean, spiritual activities follow customs, which are highly appreciated by visitors.

Mr. Pham Van Van, Head of the Dong Bang Temple Historical and Cultural Relic Management Department, said: After a long period of being affected by the epidemic, this year the number of visitors to Dong Bang Temple has increased. On average, about 8,000 - 10,000 visitors come to worship and pay homage every day. In order to preserve the beauty of the festival culture, the temple management board pays great attention to ensuring security and order in the temple grounds and parking areas. The management board is divided into groups, assigning tasks to each member. The camera system operates at the 24/7 monitoring center, and any incidents that need to be resolved are handled promptly. Since after Tet, although the number of visitors to worship has been high, there have been no incidents, and visitors are very excited about the organization at Dong Bang Temple.

Every spring, Mrs. Vu Thi Muot's family in Thanh Mien district (Hai Duong) and her relatives go to Dong Bang temple to burn incense and pray for health and peace. For her, Dong Bang temple has many changes every year, becoming more beautiful and spacious. Mrs. Muot confided: Compared to previous years, Dong Bang temple is now more spacious and orderly, the roads are clear and paved, the shops are divided into zones to create an airy, clean and solemn landscape; there are no more beggars and soliciting customers; offerings in the palaces and doors are displayed in order, not overlapping each other...; security and order are strictly implemented, so we feel very secure.

At A Sao Temple - the place to worship the Great King Tran Quoc Tuan, the atmosphere of the New Year festival is bustling. Many groups of guests and tourists from all over the world come to visit and offer incense. Convenient transportation, spacious grounds, and a majestic place of worship are the common feelings of visitors when coming here.

Ms. Nguyen Bich Hao, from Thai Binh, has lived in Hanoi for many years. This spring, she had the opportunity to visit her hometown. Her family took the opportunity to go to A Sao Temple to offer incense. Ms. Hao confided: When I visit my hometown in the spring, I always go to the two historical sites of Quynh Phu district, Dong Bang Temple and A Sao Temple. Every year, I find that the traffic is now very convenient and the scenery here is very beautiful. The places of worship at the palaces and gates are solemn. Visitors also follow the rules and regulations of the temple, do not burn incense or votive paper to ensure fire and explosion prevention and health for everyone and the community.

Tourists come to visit and worship Dong Bang Temple, An Le Commune (Quynh Phu).

In recent years, in order to maintain beautiful customs in festivals and resolutely eliminate the situation of taking advantage of festivals to practice superstition, organize gambling, and waste money on votive paper and offerings, Quynh Phu district has directed specialized departments and localities with historical relics to strictly implement regulations on festival organization.

Mr. Pham Hong Thai, Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee, said: In order to ensure that the festival activities at the beginning of the year are in accordance with traditional customs, the district's specialized units coordinate with communes and towns with relics to develop a detailed plan, focusing on propaganda work for visitors from all directions to understand and properly perform spiritual rituals and worship beliefs according to regulations, eliminating superstition and fortune telling. In addition, the relic management board coordinates with the district police and local police to develop protection plans, arrange forces to grasp the situation, prevent and suppress crimes, ensure security and order, traffic safety, prevent and fight fires and explosions; handle cases of beggars, beggars, street vendors, encroachment on the roadside to sell goods in the relic area. Business households are strictly prohibited from trading in goods that are not permitted by the State. The district also directs communes to regularly inspect, monitor, and promptly correct violations if violations are detected.