Xuan Quan Pagoda and Thanksgiving Festival

10/02/2023 08:48

Xuan Quan Pagoda (Hue Trach Tu), now in Xuan Quan hamlet, Tri Qua commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province, is one of the most famous places in the ancient Dau - Luy Lau region.


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The land of Xuan Quan is the place where the great changes of the nation's history took place and witnessed the period of the Northern domination. Typical is the uprising of two Ba Trung (first 40 AD). The uprising left a special mark on this land, which manifests itself as the worship of two female generals of Hai Ba Trung and dozens of other generals in the land of Luy Lau – Sieu Loai Thuan Thanh.

Currently, the pagoda has a Cong-shaped architecture, facing west, including 7-compartment Tien Duong, 3-compartment Thieu Huong and 3-compartment Thuong Dien. Xuan Quan Pagoda also preserves a system of worshiping statues with many worshiping objects and relics, documents with many values of cultural and artistic history.

Every year, people hold Phap Thong procession to worship and attend the annual festival on the 12th day of the 4th lunar month. Thanksgiving Festival, Xuan Quan Pagoda - Hue Trach Tu, takes place from April 11 to 14 (lunar calendar) every year.

With typical artistic and cultural historical values, Xuan Quan village pagoda has been recognized and ranked as a national historical and cultural relic since 1992.

By P.H