(CLO) The flag-lowering ceremony at the ancient Nguyen Dynasty Royal Palace was re-enacted, marking the end of the Tet holiday and the start of a new working year.
On February 4 (January 7, At Ty year), at Trieu Mieu and The Mieu, part of the Hue Royal Palace heritage site, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center held a ceremony to lower the flagpole and open the new year seal.
The flag-lowering ceremony in Hue Imperial Palace signals the end of the Tet holiday. Photo: SKDS
The flagpole lowering ceremony is conducted according to the ancient Nguyen Dynasty rituals, including the flagpole worshiping rituals, grand and small music, bell and drum playing, and lowering the large flagpole in the front yard of Trieu Mieu and The Mieu.
After the flag-lowering ceremony, there is an activity of opening the seal and giving calligraphy to visitors. Photo: SKDS
After the rituals, the pole is lowered, the symbolic golden seals and offerings hanging from the pole are taken down, marking the end of the Tet holiday of At Ty 2025. The golden seal is taken down from the pole with the four words "Phu - Tho - Khang - Ninh" meaning: Wealth, longevity, health, peace.
The ancients believed that these words wished for peace, goodness, and longevity for the country, and luck and prosperity for the people.
Tourists and locals eagerly ask for the first calligraphy of the year. Photo: SKDS
After the flag-lowering ceremony, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center opened the seal and gave calligraphy to visitors. The seal was stamped on sheets of paper with calligraphy characters meaning luck: Happiness, Prosperity, Longevity, Mind, Wealth, Achievement, Good Fortune... Many tourists and locals visiting the Hue Imperial City eagerly lined up to ask for the first calligraphy of the year on the flag-lowering day of the 7th day of Tet.
According to Nguyen Dynasty custom, at the end of the lunar year, usually from December 23, the royal court would hold a ceremony to pack the seal (phong vien) and then erect the Thuong tieu (Thuong tieu), starting the Tet holiday which lasted about two weeks. On January 7, the ceremony to lower the flagpole and open the seal package would be held.
After the flag-lowering ceremony is the opening ceremony of the new year - the opening ceremony of a working year of the central administrative apparatus in the past with the hope that everything will go smoothly, with many successes, and the country will be peaceful and prosperous.
Khanh Ngoc
Source: https://www.congluan.vn/tai-hien-le-ha-neu-khai-an-tan-nien-tai-hoang-cung-hue-post332946.html
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