For more than ten years now, Binh An Thuong Church, District 8, has installed a foam sprayer on the cave, making the Christmas scene more sparkling like falling snow.
On the evening of December 17, the yard next to the cave model at Binh An Thuong church attracted hundreds of people to visit and watch “snow”. The church representative said that Christmas decoration activities have taken place since mid-November. After completing the stone cave, two white foam sprayers were installed on the top of the cave.
Binh An Thuong Church was built in 1954, initially a small chapel with thatched mud walls. After that, the church was more decorated but was destroyed by war. In 1993, the church was completely built as it is today. As of 2020, the church has more than 5,000 parishioners participating in religious activities.
The church has been implementing fake snow effects for more than 10 years, making the Christmas atmosphere more meaningful and lively for parishioners and visitors.
The snow effect is soap bubbles sprayed from a height of about 10 m. Depending on the wind direction, there are times when “snow” occurs. White on decorative patterns, steps, doors… like winter in a cold country.
Visitors to the church “watch the snow fall” In addition to parishioners in Pham The Hien parish, there are also many people from other districts, mainly families. Traveling 8 km from Binh Tan district, Mr. Thanh Tam and his 3-year-old daughter excitedly caught “white snow” flowers. falling.
“This is a rare church in Ho Chi Minh City that has snow effects, creating a winter scene like in a cold country,” the 30-year-old man said.
The children continuously played, caught snow, and ran around the church yard.
“If only it were a little colder, it would be nice”, Ngoc Thao said. The 20-year-old girl and her friends came to take pictures after seeing videos about the church on social networks.
Nguyen Duy Anh and To Quynh captured the moment together, under the “snowflakes” fall.
In addition to the snow effect, the church is also splendidly decorated both inside and outside to welcome Christmas. A familiar image every Christmas season is the miniature grotto scene. Inside the cave there is a statue of the Baby Jesus, a statue of the Virgin Mary, some angels and donkeys.
According to the Bible, the baby Jesus was born lying in a donkey’s manger in Bethlehem in Judea (Jewish country, now Palestine). Mary and Saint Joseph (foster father) were always there to take care of him. The angels announced that the baby would be the Messiah. Jesus Christ came to earth to start a new page in history for all humanity, teaching people to love each other.
On the roof of the grotto is the Christmas Star of Bethlehem, prominently decorated, sparkling in the night.
These “snowflakes” From the church fluttering outside Pham The Hien street. Snow effect creation takes place from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day until the end of Christmas.
Visitors park their cars at the church yard and should go early because Pham The Hien Street is often congested with traffic due to many people walking around the church. In addition to Binh An Thuong Church, parishes in parishes such as Binh Thai and Binh Thai are all splendidly decorated, with twinkling lights, pine trees, and stone cave models on both sides of the road.
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