According to the announcement from Ba Vang Pagoda, Uong Bi City, the pagoda will organize the "Dharma Opening Ceremony - Medicine Master Altar Spring At Ty 2025" on the 8th day of Tet, February 5, 2025.
The program's content includes: Precept transmission, New Year Dharma opening ceremony, Medicine Master altar opening ceremony to pray for national peace and prosperity - Spring At Ty 2025, Longevity wishes - Spring At Ty 2025, Medicine Master altar offering ceremony.
The above events are also broadcast throughout the temple's channels.
Meanwhile, on the 9th day of Tet, as usual, the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Quang Ninh province will coordinate with the People's Committee of Dong Trieu city to organize the opening ceremony of the Ngoa Van Spring Festival 2025.
The ceremony took place with rituals praying for national peace and prosperity; beating drums and ringing bells to open the festival..., offering incense to show gratitude to the merits of King Tran Nhan Tong and ancestors.
Ngoa Van Pagoda is a sacred place of Truc Lam Buddhism - where King Tran Nhan Tong practiced and passed away. Ngoa Van is one of 14 important relic sites in the Tran Dynasty Relic Site in Dong Trieu, ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national relic.
After the opening ceremony and incense offering is the festival with many unique cultural, artistic, sports and folk games activities lasting until the end of the third lunar month.
On the 10th day of Tet, Yen Tu Spring Festival - one of the largest and longest spring festivals in the country - will officially open.
According to Mr. Le Tien Dung - Head of the Management Board of Yen Tu National Forest and Relic Site - up to now, all preparations for the festival have been basically completed, ready for a festival season lasting up to 3 months.
In particular, the system of signboards in Yen Tu relic site has been reviewed and supplemented; traffic routes into the tourist area, the bus station area, and the inner courtyards of pagodas have been renovated to serve the 2025 Spring Festival.
Check and repair the entire railing system on the walking pilgrimage route from Hoa Yen Pagoda to Van Tieu Pagoda and An Ky Sinh, the section from Mot Mai Pagoda to Bao Sai to An Ky Sinh and from An Ky Sinh to Dong Pagoda. Repair and maintain the loose and broken stone steps on the entire walking pilgrimage route from Giai Oan Pagoda to Dong Pagoda (especially the area up and around Dong Pagoda); Repair the railing on the way up and down at Bao Sai Pagoda (due to falling rocks collapsing the railing system)...
According to the Organizing Committee of the Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025, the opening ceremony is expected to begin at 8:30 a.m. on February 7, 2025 (January 10, At Ty year), at Truc Lam Yen Tu Palace.
The opening ceremony includes spiritual rituals such as: offering offerings, praying for national peace and prosperity, Yen Tu sacred seal ceremony, delegates and people offering incense...
There are also many sideline activities, such as: Dragon and unicorn performances; traditional musical instrument performances; folk games at Minh Tam Square and other activities in the historical relic and scenic area of Yen Tu; Exhibition of paintings and photos to promote the values and majestic and sacred beauty of Yen Tu; Cuisine of the Dao Thanh Y ethnic group at the foot of Yen Tu mountain; Traditional martial arts performances; Horse riding experience...
According to Mr. Dung, Yen Tu is one of the spiritual tourist areas that applied digital technology to serve tourists the earliest in Quang Ninh province. Since 2023, QR Code scanning has been applied at temples and pagodas to help tourists, monks, and Buddhists look up information and get tour instructions.
By 2024, Uong Bi City will put into use the VR360 virtual reality tour product - Yen Tu special national relic complex (abbreviated as VR360 Yen Tu).
VR360 introduces the entire Yen Tu National Special Monument Complex with a system of pagodas, towers, and relics such as: Dong Pagoda, Buddha Hoang statue, One Roof Pagoda..., and also integrates descriptive information, virtual bilingual tour guides, and a map of the relic site to help visitors' visit become interesting, easy, and attractive.
