Unique festival Nghinh Ong Quan Thanh Quan in Ho Chi Minh City

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    Ho Chi Minh City - On 9.2 (January 12), thousands of people participated in the parade of the Holy Emperor Quan Quan at Cho Lon to pray for peace, prize, and hope a peaceful year.

    Le Nghinh Quan Thanh De Quan xuat du la hoat dong nam trong chuoi cac su kien mung ngay Hoi Nguyen tieu At Ty 2025. Day la lan thu 3 le hoi duoc to chuc tai TPHCM. Chuong trinh voi su tham gia cua hang nghin nguoi dan cung 22 doan lan - su - rong va cac doan the khac.
    Nghinh Ong Quan Holy Army Festival is an activity in the series of events to celebrate the Yuan At Ty Ty Festival 2025. This is the third time the festival is held in Ho Chi Minh City. The program with the participation of thousands of people with 22 unions - monks - dragon and other mass organizations.
    Le dieu hanh xuat phat tai Hoi quan Nghia An (duong Nguyen Trai, Quan 5) - Tran Xuan Hoa - Tran Hung Dao – Phung Hung - Hai Thuong Lan Ong - Do Ngoc Thach - Nguyen Trai – Chau Van Liem – Lao Tu - Luong Nhu Hoc - Nguyen Trai (Hoi quan Nghia An), nham tao su gan ket cong dong.
    The parade departs at Nghia An Quan (Nguyen Trai Street, District 5) passing Tran Xuan Hoa - Tran Hung Dao - Phung Hung - Hai Thuong Lan Ong - Do Ngoc Thach - Nguyen Trai - Chau Van Liem - Lao Tu - Luong Nhu Hoc - Nguyen Trai (Nghia An Association), in order to create a community cohesion.
    Dan dau la doan doi cong chieng va nhom nguoi hoa trang thanh binh linh, tien nu, kieu nu ganh co hoa.
    Leading is the gong team and the group of people dressed up as soldiers, fairies, and beautiful women.
    Hinh tuong con ngua xich tho - chien ma cua Quan Cong di tren duong pho.
    The image of Xich Tho horse - the horse's horses walked on the street.
    Tuong Quan Cong cao khoang 1 m, ngoi tren ghe son son thep vang, co tuoi doi hang tram nam, duoc hon 10 nguoi ruoc voi quang duong 4 km de nguoi dan chiem bai.
    The statue of Quan Cong is about 1 m high, sitting on the golden lipstick chair, hundreds of years old, more than 10 people picked up with a distance of 4 km for people to worship.
    Noi bat la rong dai gan 70 m can den 35 nguoi do de mua. Rong se duoc dung tai cac nga tu trong vai phut de mua phuc vu nguoi dan.
    The highlight is that the dragon is nearly 70 m long need 35 people to dance. The dragon is stopped at intersections for a few minutes to dance to serve the people.
    Ong Tran Em - Truong Hoi quan Nghia An cho biet, le via Quan Cong co tu khi hoi quan Nghia An duoc xay dung khoang 200 nam truoc nhung tu 2023, hinh thuc dieu hanh tren duong pho moi dien ra nham bao ton va phat trien le hoi van hoa truyen thong cua cong dong nguoi Hoa o Sai Gon. “Viec ruoc tuong mang y nghia nguyen mua thuan gio hoa, quoc thai dan an...“, ong Tran Em noi.
    Mr. Tran Em - Head of Nghia An Quan An said that the Ceremony of Quan Cong dated since the Nghia An Quan Hang was built about 200 years ago, but since 2023, the parade on the new street took place to preserve and Develop traditional cultural festival of the Chinese community in Ho Chi Minh City. "The procession of the statue has the meaning of prosperous rain and wind, the nation of the people ...", Mr. Tran Em said.
    Doan dieu hanh duoc hoa trang ky luong, cong phu thanh cac nhan vat than thoai nhu Sa Tang, Than tai, Bat tien..., tao nen bau khong khi le hoi hoanh trang.
    The parade is elaborately dressed up into mythical characters such as Sang Tang, God of Fortune, Bat Tien ..., creating a monumental festive atmosphere.
    Dong nguoi dan dung doc hai ben duong de chao mung, cam theo nhang, chap tay cau nguyen khi doan ruoc tuong Quan Cong di ngang qua de lay via may man, tai loc dau nam.
    Crowded people stand along the roads to celebrate, hold incense, clasped their hands to pray when the procession of Quan Cong passed by to get lucky purses and fortune at the beginning of the year.
    Ket thuc buoi dieu hanh, tuong Quan Thanh De Quan duoc ruoc ve lai Hoi quan Nghia An trong tieng reo ho cua nguoi dan. Sau do, nhieu nguoi da thap huong, cau nguyen, xin loc sau khi tuong Quan Cong duoc dat tro o ban tho trong hoi quan.
    At the end of the parade, the statue of the Holy Emperor was taken back to the Nghia An festival in the cheers of the people. After that, many people burned incense, prayed, and asked after the statue of Quan Cong were placed back at the altar in the guild.
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