Tien Cong Festival, honoring 591 years of founding Ha Nam and Quang Ninh

Đoàn Hưng |

Quang Ninh - On February 2, the Tien Cong Festival 2025 opened in Cam La commune, Quang Yen town, commemorating the 591st anniversary of the Tien Cong founding the Ha Nam island region (1434 - 2025).

This is the biggest and most special spring festival in Ha Nam island, Quang Yen town, to commemorate the merits of the ancestors in the discovery and establishment of the village, and at the same time is an occasion for descendants to celebrate the longevity of the elderly.

Tien Cong Temple, Cam La Commune, Quang Yen Town is a place to worship 17 Tien Cong - people from Thang Long, Nam Dinh who migrated here in the 15th century to reclaim land, build dikes to reclaim land from the sea, and establish the Ha Nam island region as it is today.

Mot doan dan le len mieu Tien Cong. Anh: Dieu Hoang
A procession leads the ceremony to Tien Cong Temple. Photo: Dieu Hoang

Tien Cong Festival 2025 is an important event in the series of activities to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025) and respond to the National Tourism Year 2025.

Through the event, Quang Yen Town introduces and promotes the unique values ​​of Tien Cong Festival - National Intangible Cultural Heritage, honoring the traditions of the people of Ha Nam island. Thereby, arousing national pride, solidarity, preserving and promoting cultural values, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality.

Tien Cong Festival 2025 takes place over three days from February 2-4 (January 5-7) with many cultural, sports and folk games such as human chess, to tom diem, swinging, tug of war, stick pushing, dum singing, and love singing.

The highlight is the ceremony of carrying Mr. Thuong to Tien Cong temple on the main festival day (January 7).

This year, the festival has three collective processions with 35 elders and nearly 200 seniors leading the ceremony to the temple. The elders who are 80, 90, and 100 years old will be carried by their children and grandchildren on palanquins to the Tien Cong temple to perform the ceremony to honor their ancestors.

The Tien Cong Festival in Ha Nam Island has been maintained by the people for more than 300 years. In 2017, the festival was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Every year, the festival attracts 30,000 - 40,000 visitors and locals. Maintaining the festival is not only an opportunity for villagers to commemorate the merits of the ancestors, but also helps educate the younger generation about the tradition of "When drinking water, remember its source", preserving and promoting the unique cultural values ​​of the locality.

Đoàn Hưng
TIN LIÊN QUAN

Quang Ninh will allocate 106 billion VND to support fishermen after the storm

|

The Vietnam Fatherland Front of Quang Ninh province plans to allocate 106.6 billion VND to overcome the consequences of typhoon Yagi, helping fishermen welcome a new spring full of hope.

No holiday during Tet, 139,000 tons of goods pass through Cai Lan port, Quang Ninh

|

Even during the Tet holiday, Cai Lan port, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province is still bustling with more than 139,000 tons of goods loaded and unloaded from January 31 to February 1, 2025 (the 3rd and 4th days of Tet).

Quang Ninh is ready for the opening of Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025

|

Quang Ninh - Quang Ninh has basically completed preparations for the Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025 - one of the largest and longest festivals in the country.

It is necessary to support business households to declare taxes until they can do so instead of just fining them if they are late

|

National Assembly delegates recommended supporting business households in tax declaration procedures until they can do so, instead of fines for being late when the policy comes into effect.

Hanoi spends 345 billion VND for 359 officials who quit their jobs according to Decree 178

|

Hanoi - As of mid-June 2025, Hanoi has spent VND345 billion to settle the severance pay for 359 cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers.

The huge sale of TikToker Hai Sen Family on Shopee

|

On the Shopee floor of TikToker Hai Sen Family, there are 5 main products with personal brands with a total of more than 600,000 sales.

Iran's nuclear stronghold in Israel's sight

|

The Israeli ambassador to the US made a striking statement when he affirmed that "only the US possesses the type of bomb that can penetrate and destroy Iran's Fordow nuclear facility".

22kV power line pole in Thanh Hoa broke in series after thunderstorms

|

Thanh Hoa - A series of 22kV medium-voltage power lines were broken and lying in the fields after thunderstorms.

Quang Ninh will allocate 106 billion VND to support fishermen after the storm

Đoàn Hưng |

The Vietnam Fatherland Front of Quang Ninh province plans to allocate 106.6 billion VND to overcome the consequences of typhoon Yagi, helping fishermen welcome a new spring full of hope.

No holiday during Tet, 139,000 tons of goods pass through Cai Lan port, Quang Ninh

Đoàn Hưng |

Even during the Tet holiday, Cai Lan port, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province is still bustling with more than 139,000 tons of goods loaded and unloaded from January 31 to February 1, 2025 (the 3rd and 4th days of Tet).

Quang Ninh is ready for the opening of Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025

Nguyễn Hùng |

Quang Ninh - Quang Ninh has basically completed preparations for the Yen Tu Spring Festival 2025 - one of the largest and longest festivals in the country.