Keo Pagoda - Spring Festival opens in Thai Binh

by NDO14 February 2024 Last updated at 18:00 PM

The festival attracts a lot of visitors.
The festival attracts a lot of visitors.

VTV.vn - The Keo Pagoda - Spring Festival opened on February 13 (the fourth day of Lunar New Year) at the Keo Pagoda special national relic site in Thai Binh Province to honour Zen Master Khong Lo (1016-1094) – founder of the pagoda.

\Keo Pagoda hosts two festivals every year: the spring festival and the autumn festival, which are celebrated during the first and the ninth lunar months, respectively, and the latter is held for longer days with a larger scale.

The Keo Pagoda Festival was recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2017, by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

It featured religious rituals and communal activities, such as Buddhist offerings, palanquin parades, love duet singing on boats, and folk games.

In addition to traditional religious rituals commemorating the Ly Dynasty Buddhist monk, the festival also hosted a variety of cultural activities, that reflect the lifestyle of the Red River Delta’s agricultural communities.

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