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Cua Ong Temple Festival
Time:
From the 2nd day of the first
lunar month to the 30th day
of the third lunar month. The main
festival day is on the 3rd of
the second lunar month.
Place:
Cua Ong
Ward,
Cam Pha Town, Quang Ninh Province.
Objects of worship:
Hung Nhuong Vuong Tran Quoc Tang (Royal
Highest Dong Hai), Hoang Cau - a local
general.
Characteristics:
Incense offering Ceremony, procession of
ancestral tablet. |
Cua Ong Temple dedicated to Tran Quoc
Tang, the third son of Tran Hung Dao,
many generals of Tran Dynasty and Hoang
Cau - a local general who fought bravely
against invaders.
Every year, the festival is held at the
temple to commemorate his merit of
defeating the aggressors and defending
the Northeast region. The festival is
big and last long in Quang Ninh with
incense offering ceremony and a
procession of his votive tablet from Cua
Ong Temple to the shrine in Trac Chan
Commune (called Vuon Nhan), according to
the legend, is the place where Duc Ong
was embodied and drifted. Then the
procession turns back to the temple,
symbolizing the royal progress of the
Duc Ong. |
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