Quang Nam tourism in addition to famous scenic spots also has a feature that visitors must definitely not miss, which are the famous Quang Nam festivals, attracting a lot of tourists to visit.
Coming to the traditional festivals of Quang Nam , you will have the opportunity to explore the unique cultural and non-cultural here, to better understand the daily life of residents, and at the same time to love more traditional values. traditions from ancient times that his fathers passed down to this day.
Follow the Vietnam Travelers to discover the best traditional festivals of Quang Nam province.
1. Bong Bridge – Quang Nam festival in spring
One of the most unique Quang Nam festivals is Cau Bong festival. The Cau Bong ceremony comes from the agriculture of the people, the spring celebrates to pray for a year of favorable rain, wind, good growth, good crops, good harvest, people are warm and happy.
The festival is held on the 7th day of the 2nd lunar month, at the site of Tra Que Village, Cam Ha Commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam.
Cau Bong festival takes place in spring every year
The ceremony was held at the communal courtyard of the village with the gathering of the people in the village, together to prepare the full offerings to offer to the ancestors. The special feature of Cau Bong’s offering is that pink raspberries symbolize the spirit of cohesion of the people, good luck, and a good harvest.
The end of the ceremony is a low ceremony, and there are fun contests such as carrying rong, hoeing the land, growing seaweed, packaging “organic shrimp” … meaning pure farming, praising the field work. dizzy.
2. The ceremony of Ba Thu Bon
The ceremony of Ba Thu Bon takes place from February 10 to 12 of the lunar calendar every year at the banks of Thu Bon river, Duy Tan commune, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam. This is a festival for people in the area to express their gratitude and remembrance of Ba Thu Bon – who has contributed to building up agriculture – fishery for this place. The image of Mrs. Thu Bon represents the spirit of love and the will to rise to natural victory.
The festival takes place in a bustling atmosphere, lasting all day, including rituals, boat racing, folk games, antagonistic singing, hut singing, water carrying competition, boating, walking on stilts … Night At the end of the association, there was a torchlight procession, a brilliant flower drop on the river.
The ceremony of Ba Thu Bon thanks to the saint Thu Bon for bringing blessings to the people here
3. Ba Thien Hau ceremony – Quang Nam festival of the Chinese Kieu
The ceremony of Ba Thien Hau takes place on March 23 of the lunar calendar every year by the Chinese Kieu living in Hoi An organized at Phuoc Kien Assembly Hall and Ngu Bang Assembly Hall.
Ms. Thien Hau originated from Phuoc Kien (China), worshiped by the people as a saint, because she had a talent for predicting rain, storm and flood, so she protected the fishermen through the tribulation. When the Chinese people crossed the sea to the South (Vietnam) to establish a career, they were greatly helped by Mrs. Thien Hau, so they worshiped, built her temple, maintained to this day, and returned into one of the Quang Nam festivals with a long tradition.
The ceremony of Mrs. Thien Hau originated from the Chinese living in Quang Nam
4. The ceremony of worshiping Minh Hai – Quang Nam festival towards Buddhism
The Ceremony of Minh Hai is a Buddhist festival of Quang Nam , taking place on November 7 of the lunar calendar to commemorate the death of Zen master Minh Hai, held at Chuc Thanh Pagoda, Cam Pho Ward, Hoi An, Quang. Male. Master Minh Hai was the founder of Chuc Thanh Pagoda to propagate the Dharma to bring the mysterious light of the Buddha to the people of Quang.
Minh Hai’s ancestor ceremony commemorates Zen master Minh Hai, the founder of Chuc Thanh Pagoda
The ceremony to worship Minh Hai with the participation of many Buddhist dignitaries and Buddhists in the area took place in a solemn atmosphere, filled with the scent of incense.
Presenting flowers in the ceremony to worship Minh Hai
5. Ong fish sacrifice – a festival of Quang Nam fishermen
Fish Ritual, also known as Whale Ceremony , is the biggest traditional Quang Nam festival of fishermen. Every time fishermen sail out to sea, they often make offerings to Ong fish so that the boat can go out to sea safely, avoiding storms, storms and floods.
The festival is usually held on two middle days of the third lunar month every year, taking place at Ong Fish Mausoleum on the day of his death, or where Ong died.
Ong fish rituals of fishermen in Quang Nam
On holidays, the altar is fully decorated with items, especially on fishermen’s boats, there are brilliant flower lights.
The festival took place extremely bustling, lasted all day, after the ceremony, there were activities of singing, singing and singing.
Ong fish worshiping ceremony to pray for calm waves and calm sea sailing
6. The death anniversary of the nest
Quite a lot of people think that the job of exploiting swallow nest is only available in Khanh Hoa, but in fact, many other provinces and cities also have this profession, as well as Quang Nam province. The Yen’s death anniversary is one of the long-standing Quang Nam festivals to commemorate the people who gave birth to the swiftlet exploitation profession. And also to thank heaven and earth for bringing this resource to Quang.
Yen’s nest shrine is located in Bai Huong village, Tan Hiep commune, Cu Lao Cham, Quang Nam
The festival usually takes place on March 9-10 of the lunar calendar, at Tan Hiep commune – Cu Lao Cham, with many activities such as: craft sacrifice, boat emulation, tug of war, card festival, performance of traditional art. system, food market …
The ceremony of worshiping Yen’s nest takes place very solemnly and solemnly
7. Festival of Thanh Ha pottery village
Thanh Ha Pottery Village Festival takes place on January 10 of the lunar calendar every year at Nam Dieu Temple, Thanh Ha, Hoi An, Quang Nam.
This is a festival held to worship the profession that has made merit in creating the pottery profession. Going upstream of history, the people of Thanh Ha village in the past originated from Thanh Hoa, migrated to the Central region to establish a career and continue to make pottery. Thanh Ha’s pottery is not only famous in Quang, but also spread far beyond other regions.
Thanh Ha Pottery Village Festival commemorates the person who gave birth to the pottery profession here
The pottery village festival reflects the spiritual culture of the residential community with very exciting activities and unique folk features. After the dignified ancestor ceremony, the festival was extremely exciting, games such as carrying her to the palace, cooking ceramics, cooking rice with clay pots … and artistic activities such as singing baa, singing the hut song was extremely noisy. heat.
The activities of the association were very exciting
Conclusion
The festival is an extremely unique culture of Quang Nam tourism, if lucky enough to come here on occasions coinciding with the festival, visitors can attend to explore the unique spiritual culture of Quang Nam people. at the same time enriching his knowledge.
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