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Long Tien Pagoda
Festival
Time:
The 24th day of
the third lunar
month.
Place:
Long Tien
Pagoda, at the
foot of Bai Tho
Mountain, Halong
City, Quang Ninh
Province.
Objects
of worship:
Tran Hung Dao.
Characteristics:
Procession of
ancestral tablet
of Duc Ong
palanquin.
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Long Tien Pagoda
is situated at
the foot of Bai
Tho Mountain,
built in 1941 to
worship Buddha
and generals of
Tran Dynasty who
had marits of
the country. The
pagoda has
unique
architectural
style. The tam
quan
(three-entrance
gate) includes 3
doors: Huu, Vu
and Dai. Atop of
the
three-entrance
gate stands a
statue of A Di
Da, bellow it is
a bell-tower.
Outside of the
three-entrance
gate stands
statue of Bo De
Dat Ma, the
Patriarch of
Chinese and
Vietnamese Zen.
In bai duong and
the main altar
of the pagoda
stand
worshipping
statues.
The festival
involves
palanquin
procession which
starts from Long
Tien Pagoda,
then Duc Ong
Temple to An
Duong Vuong
Temple and
return.
Traditional folk
games in the
festival:
Chinese chess,
wrestling, chau
van singing,
cheo
performance.
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