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Various food items being sacrificed for the wandering souls in Tháng Cô Hồn Buddhists and monks prepare to water lanterns on the occasion of Vu Lan festival. This festival is known as Tết Trung Nguyên [36] and is viewed as a time for the pardoning of condemned souls who are released from hell. The "homeless" should be "fed" and appeased ...
The Yulanpen Sutra, also known as the Ullambana Sutra (traditional Chinese: 盂蘭盆經; ; pinyin: yúlánpén-jīng; Japanese pronunciation: urabon-kyō; Korean: 우란분경; Vietnamese: Kinh Vu Lan Bồn), is a Mahayana sutra concerning filial piety.
The Meridian Gate was chosen because it is the venue for the most important political events of the Nguyễn dynasty such as the coronation ceremony of a new Emperor (lễ lên ngôi), the awarding of doctorates to high achieving mandarins, the Lunar New Year celebration (Tết Nguyên Đán), the reception of the ambassador of neighbouring ...
The 16th Vietnam Film Festival is also a meaningful "reunion" with the public in Ho Chi Minh City since the 5th Vietnam Film Festival was held in 1983 in the city named after Uncle Ho. 2009 is also the 50th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Cinema, so this is also a festival for Vietnam's Cinema to review its development journey with significant successes achieved in the region and ...
On the occasion of Tết Đoan Ngọ, there is Festival of Delicious Fruit celebrated in Chợ Lách, Bến Tre Province with activities: fruit competition, fruit arrangement competition and fruit crop competition.
Trấn Vũ bronze statue in main shrine of the temple. Legend has it that Quán Thánh Temple was established during the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (reigned 1010–1028) and was dedicated to Trấn Vũ, Deity of the North in Taoism, whose symbols of power are the serpent and turtle (see section on Animal Symbolism below). [1]
Thanh Lan (born 1 March 1948) is a popular Vietnamese American singer and actress. She was unable to leave Vietnam at the Fall of Saigon in 1975. In 1994 during a sponsored series of concerts in the United States, Vietnamese protesters accused her of colluding with the Hanoi government and being a communist sympathizer. [ 1 ]
National Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Quốc Khánh) is a national holiday in Vietnam observed on 2 September, commemorating President Hồ Chí Minh reading the Declarations of independence of Vietnam at Ba Đình Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. It is the country's National Day. [1]