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Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024 kicks off

TIEN HUY - TUAN ANH • 19/09/2024 11:24

The Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024 is taking place with a series of ritual and festive activities at Con Son - Kiep Bac special national relic site in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

Các đại biểu tại Lễ tưởng niệm 724 năm ngày mất của Anh hùng dân tộc Trần Hưng Đạo và khai hội mùa thu Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc năm 2024 — Participants in a ceremony to commemorate the 724th death anniversary of National Hero Tran Hung Dao and the opening of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024

The Con Son - Kiep Bac Autumn Festival 2024 opened at Con Son - Kiep Bac special national relic site in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province on September 18 evening, along with a ceremony to commemorate the 724^th death anniversary of National Hero Tran Hung Dao.

Hai Duong is a land with a long history, rich in cultural and revolutionary traditions, and one of the cradles of the Red River civilization, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau said in his opening speech.

Đại biểu dâng hương tại đền Kiếp Bạc — Delegates offer incense at Kiep Bac temple

Van Kiep, also known as Kiep Bac, is a military, cultural, and economic area of Chi Linh. After the first resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol invaders in 1258, Lord Tran Hung Dao chose Van Kiep to build military camps, making it the command center of the military defense line in the Northeast region, stretching from the Lang Son border to the East Sea, creating a position to fight the Yuan-Mongol invaders for the second time in 1285 and the third time in 1288.

After the victory in 1288, Lord Tran Hung Dao retired to his private residence in Van Kiep and passed away there on August 20, 1300.

Đồng chí Khăm Phăn Sit Thị Đăm Pha, Ủy viên Trung ương Đảng Nhân dân cách mạng Lào, Bí thư Tỉnh ủy, Tỉnh trưởng tỉnh Viêng Chăn (Cộng hòa Dân chủ nhân dân Lào); hòa thượng Thích Quảng Tùng, Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Trị sự Trung ương Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam dâng hương tại đền Kiếp Bạc — Governor of Laos’ Vientiane province Khamphanh Sitthidampha and Most Venerable Thich Quang Tung, Vice Chairman of the Central Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, offer incense at Kiep Bac temple

Since then, the worship of Saint Tran has become unique intangible cultural heritage and been preserved from generation to generation of Vietnamese people.

This year's autumn festival takes place at a time when experts are coming to the three provinces of Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, and Bac Giang to appraise a dossier seeking UNESCO’s recognition of Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac monument and landscape complex as a world heritage site. In which, with their outstanding values, Con Son - Kiep Bac special national relic site and Thanh Mai pagoda (also in Chi Linh) will make an important contribution to affirming and demonstrating the integrity and authenticity of the heritage complex.

Đồng chí Lê Ngọc Châu, Phó Bí thư Tỉnh ủy, Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh Hải Dương đọc diễn văn khai hội mùa thu, nêu bật công lao của Quốc công tiết chế Hưng Đạo đại Vương Trần Quốc Tuấn — Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Chau delivers the opening speech

Taking place on the same day at Kiep Bac relic were a seal opening and seal mark granting ceremony; the 582nd death anniversary of National Hero, World Cultural Celebrity Nguyen Trai; the opening of the Culture, Tourism, and Trade Promotion Week; and an exhibition of Tran Dynasty antiques.

Today (September 19), there will be activities within the framework of the Culture, Tourism, and Trade Promotion Week; water puppetry performances; and the opening of a trance performance festival at the relic.