Do Temple Festival in Giap Thin Spring - 2024 takes place

21/04/2024 16:00

(BNP) - The Do Temple Festival in Giap Thin Spring - 2024 that celebrates 1014th anniversary of King Ly Thai To’s ascension to the throne will take place from April 22 to April 24, 2024 (i.e. March 14-16, Giap Thin year). The festival features many cultural activities and traditional folk games.


A procession at the Do Temple Festival in Quy Mao Spring - 2023.

According to the Organizing Committee, the festival starts at 8:00 A.M. on April 22, 2024 (i.e. March 14, Giap Thin year) at the special national relic site of Do Temple including traditional ritual and incense offering activities; the procession from Do Temple, Dragon Temple to Ung Tam Pagoda (Dan Pagoda) and from Ung Tam Pagoda to Do Temple.

It also features various cultural and sports activities such as: Vietnam - Korea cultural exchange program; singing Quan ho folk songs on boats; Chinese chess competitions, volleyball, table tennis, wrestling, clay pot smashing, blindfolded; contest of cooking rice in clay pots; poetry exchange, physical exercise; firework, etc.

By B.H