The Mong Son Thi Thuc (requiem for forsaken spirits) took place at Con Son pagoda in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province at dusk of March 3.
This is the last ceremony of the Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival 2024, with the aim of praying for peace, prosperity, and bumper crops.
Monks, leaders of the Management Board of Con Son - Kiep Bac Relics, Buddhists, and people offer incense at Con Son pagoda, asking permission to hold the requiemThe organizers arrange two worshiping altars facing each other in the yard of Con Son pagoda. In the photo: The Buddha offering altarTrays of offerings to be used for the ceremony and later distributed to attendersThe requiem solemnly takes place with many rituals imbued with traditional cultural colorsVenerable Thich Thanh Van, Head of the Executive Board of the Buddhist Sangha of Hai Duong province, presides over the ritualsThe final ceremony at this year's Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival occurs late but many locals and tourists still stay to watch the eventThe requiem at Con Son pagoda was founded by Huyen Quang, the third patriarch of Truc Lam Zen, and successfully restored in 2006
