Tens of thousands of tourists wear rain gear to Tam Chuc pagoda to participate in Buddha’s birthday 2022

May 16, 2022 07:35 GMT+7

PV’s Note InfonetOn the evening of May 15, Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ha Nam) held a procession of Buddha relics to celebrate Buddha’s birthday. Although it rained heavily, thousands of Buddhists and tourists still carried the Buddha’s relics in the rain to Tam Chuc Pagoda.

Although it was raining heavily, thousands of tourists and Buddhists still dignifiedly followed the procession.

To celebrate Buddha’s birthday, from 14h00 to 23h00 on May 15, 2022 (the full moon of the fourth lunar month), Tam Chuc National Tourist Area has free all yachts and sightseeing transportation such as bus. electricity to assist visitors.

In addition, Tam Chuc National Tourist Area and Tam Chuc Pagoda also serve 10,000 free vegetarian meals and flower lanterns for tourists and Buddhists from all over the world to attend the ceremony.

Buddha’s Birthday is one of the three biggest Buddhist festivals of the year. On this occasion, Tam Chuc Pagoda (Ha Nam) solemnly held a procession of Buddha relics to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, to pray for national peace, peace in the world, and peaceful living beings.

Tam Chuc is the largest pagoda in Vietnam, about 60km from the center of Hanoi. This spiritual tourist area has a total area of ​​​​nearly 5,000 hectares, including a lake of 1,000 hectares, natural mountains and forests of 3,000 hectares, and valleys of 1,000 hectares. Normally, the yacht fee and vegetarian rice here cost about 200,000 VND.

Thousands of lanterns are lit in the courtyard of Tam Quan Noi.

Each lantern that is lit sends a good thought, a peaceful mind for himself and for everyone. Each lamp in the hand is a symbol of light that erases all suffering and builds a beautiful life together.

According to statistics of the Organizing Committee, more than 20,000 people were present at Tam Chuc Pagoda on May 15 to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday 2022.

Tran Thi Thanh Ngan (20 years old, from Ha Nam) shared: “This is the first time I have attended such a large and meaningful lantern festival. Today I prayed for myself and my family. family is always healthy, people in this world love each other more.”

Many people take advantage of taking photos next to thousands of lanterns that have just been lit.

On the evening of May 15, it rained in Ha Nam, the ceremonies were still going as planned.

The ceremony took place solemnly with the Buddha bathing ritual.

Many children participate in this ceremony.

Buddha’s Birthday is one of the three major holidays in the year of Buddhism (Buddha’s Birthday, Vu Lan, and Enlightenment). This is an opportunity for Buddhists to remember the anniversary of the Buddha’s birth. The Buddha brought the light of truth to life, dispelling pain and suffering.

Not only has a profound religious meaning, the Buddha’s birthday celebration also conveys the human ethical values ​​of Buddhism.

On holidays, Buddhists often honor the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha (in the form of offering offerings, giving flowers, coming to listen to lectures), and practicing vegetarianism and keeping the Five Precepts, practicing giving and giving doing charity work, giving gifts and money to the weak in the community.

Traditionally, Buddha’s birthday in Vietnam is solemnly and respectfully organized by the Buddhist Church. The main ceremony is held on the fifteenth day of the fourth lunar month, the Churches of the provinces and the pagodas and viharas often organize activities to celebrate the great holiday such as: making a platform to organize cultural programs and parades. flower carts, releasing lanterns on the river, preaching about Buddhism, bathing Buddha rituals…

Through these activities, it is an opportunity for each Buddha to recognize his or her role in the responsibility of building society, building an increasingly prosperous and happy country, in accordance with the Buddhist motto “live life”. good life, good religion”.

Bao Khanh