Tich Dien Doi Son Festival - A typical spring festival in Ha Nam

Farms are a familiar image of Vietnamese people, an image that symbolizes the simplicity, simplicity and perseverance of Vietnamese people's lives. The green fields, stretching like a carpet of silk grass, are not only an important source of food but also a cultural feature and a constant source of inspiration for artists and nature lovers. Those traditional cultural values are still being preserved and promoted. One of the lands that is not only famous for its natural beauty but also famous for that value is the land of Ha Nam. Among them, the Tich Dien Doi Son Festival is one of the biggest events, marking the transition from the old year to the new year according to the traditional calendar.
 

Tich Dien Doi Son Festival, held in Tien Son commune, Duy Tien town, Ha Nam, is a festival that is not only an event to encourage agriculture but also an event to honor the cultural beauty of returning to the roots. source. This festival was first held in the 10th century. After many years of disappearance, this festival ritual returned on January 7, 2009.

According to recorded history, since ancient times, there was a legendary king who was able to see the ancestral marrow of the Vietnamese people. King Hung's great-grandfather inaugurated the Tich Dien ceremony. In the spring of 987, when King Le Dai Hanh and his civil and military mandarins first plowed the fields at Doi Son and suddenly saw a golden jar. In 988, King Le Dai Hanh continued to plow fields in Ban Hai and caught silver jars, so the king called these fields Kim Ngan Dien. From then on, every spring, the king personally plowed the fields and performed the Tich Dien ceremony with the desire to pray for a favorable harvest. The ritual became a historical tradition and later dynasties continued to maintain this ritual and perform it in many different forms. Despite many changes, during the Nguyen Dynasty, the Tich Dien ceremony was still held on a large scale and adhered to specific "laws", but not too solemnly. However, under King Khai Dinh, this ceremony ended.

The Tich Dien ceremony is not only a farmer's ritual to pray for a good harvest, but it also carries a deep humanistic meaning. That is the love that the king has for the farmers by caring about their lives through the fields. In addition, the festival serves as a way to propagate to future generations gratitude to our ancestors and their continuous efforts to develop agricultural production. Therefore, this is a reminder to the people of Ha Nam in particular and the people of Vietnam in general to actively promote traditional cultural beauty, actively produce and work to develop the country's economy. ta.

Tich Dien Doi Son Festival is a series of rituals and diverse performances, combined with culture, arts and sports, taking place from the 5th to 7th of the lunar new year. Specifically: procession of incense feet of King Le Dai Hanh from Lang temple to Doi Son, water procession ceremony, worship ceremony,... The main ritual in the entire Tich Dien Doi Son ceremony is the ritual of recreating a painting from the General Le Hoan, with his strategic vision, believed that Doi Mountain was a land with an important strategic position for the capital Hoa Lu. Therefore, when he ascended the throne, Le Dai Hanh returned to Doi Mountain to plow fields with the purpose of promoting agricultural expansion. The land reclamation ceremony is performed according to the process: King Le Dai Hanh plows 3 squares, leaders of Ha Nam province plow 5 squares, leaders of Duy Tien town plow 7 squares, leaders of Doi Son commune and elders plow 9 squares. . Besides, some other exciting activities during the festival include the buffalo decoration contest. If in the past people often used red cloth to decorate, today instead of red cloth, there are drawings of four sacred animals and four precious animals... 2009 was the first year the wrestling tournament at Doi Son was held. .

Doi Son Tich Dien Festival usually takes place from the 5th to 7th day of the first lunar month every year. The festival is not only an opportunity to preserve national cultural identity but also an important step in promoting the tourism potential of Duy Tien town, where many scenic spots such as Long Doi Pagoda converge. Paint.

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