Friday, 22/01/2016 15:54 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - The Quang Ninh Department of Information and Communications announced that the Ngoa Van Spring Festival 2016 would open on February 16th (January 9th on lunar calendar).
Photo for illustration (Source: Quang Ninh Newspaper)
According to the organizing board, the Ngoa Van Spring Festival will be held annually on January 9th on the lunar calendar, starting from 2016.
The festival will create a chance for Buddhist monks, nuns and followers nationwide to make a pilgrimage to the national relic site Ngoa Van Pagoda, which is considered a holy land of the Vietnamese Truc Lam Zen Monastery.
Besides, it aims to honor and pay respects to King - Monk Tran Nhan Tong, educate the patriotic tradition, preserve and promote cultural heritage values, while propagandizing and introducing to raise awareness of people and tourists about the important values of the special national relic site of the Tran family in Dong Trieu district, Quang Ninh province.
At the opening ceremony of the Ngoa Van Spring Festival, the Tam Duc Telpher Service Joint Stock Company will inaugurate a 2-kilometer cable car to better serve tourists to Ngoa Van Pagoda./.
Compiled by BTA