Experience the unique spring food distribution festival of Duc Thanh Tran in Ha Nam

Phat Luong Duc Thanh Tran Festival at Tran Thuong Temple is a festival imbued with the cultural identity of Ha Nam province in the spring. This is not only an art festival, but also an opportunity for visitors to experience the mystery and sacredness of Vietnamese cultural traditions. Let's start the journey together to discover the unique features that the festival brings in the new colors of spring in Ha Nam.
 

The festival takes place at Tran Thuong Temple, one of three large temples across the country, built to worship Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan. According to ancient people, Tran Hung Dao realized the advantage of this strategic location in the campaign to defeat the Mongol army. This place is not only convenient to Chau River and Red River, but also can go up to Thang Long or down to the sea. That's why he placed 6 food warehouses to serve the second resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol army. After the victory, Tran Hung Dao returned and distributed food to the people as a way to show his gratitude to them. . In addition, he also paid a living allowance and exempted people from taxes, so when Tran Hung Dao passed away, local people built a temple to worship him right here and named it Tran Thuong. Although there are no records recording the story of the Tran Dynasty's food warehouse here, special traces around Tran Thuong temple such as pieces of black ceramic, porcelain, brown enamel, and ivory yellow of broken dishes have The decorative style of Tran Dynasty art, many charcoal flower shells,... have further verified this story.
 

Ceremony of handing out food to Saint Tran at Tran Thuong temple as a way to recreate the historical picture of "giving food to troops" of the Tran army when they defeated the Mongol army for the third time in 1288. The two Han people printed on the salary bag are two the word "Tran Thuong", according to the explanation of the elders of Tran Hung Dao commune. The bag is woven from cashew fabric, using red to represent Fire, and the yellow color of the letter represents Earth. Inside the bag are specialty grains from Ly Nhan countryside, including yellow flower sticky rice, soybeans and red corn. Each bag of wages carries the spiritual value of the festival, which is the wish for a year of good rain and wind, a good harvest, a year of prosperity and prosperity for all families.
 

The Tran Thuong Temple Salary Distribution Ceremony is held at the hour of the Rat on the night of January 14 and 15 with the following rituals: Ceremony to process food from the food warehouse into the temple for the ceremony; The torch lighting and incense offering ceremony of the delegates and the people and the procession of food and herbs as a secret ceremony at the harem.

Ceremony of procession of food from the moment salary enters the temple to perform the ceremony, with a team of 7 virgin girls wearing red ao dai, red scarves, carrying 7 trays containing small bags of salary and 9 new boys wearing red clothes. , wearing a conical hat, a yellow sash belt, and blue-trimmed leggings on his legs to carry the palanquin, with large salary bags placed on the palanquin. The annual procession is accompanied by an escort of lions, drums, gongs, festival flags and a male altar team. The ceremony team includes 7 girls and 7 boys who are responsible for lighting torches and performing the incense offering ceremony, bringing food and herbs into the harem to conduct the secret ceremony. Finally, there is the ceremony of distributing salary bags to tourists as well as people participating in the festival.

Besides the ceremony, the festival also has many different activities such as cultural, artistic, sports activities (Ha Nam open chess tournament) or art programs to serve the people and tourists who come to attend. family.
 

Organizing the Saint Tran Food Distribution Festival at the beginning of the year not only contributes to preserving and promoting cultural heritage values, but is also an opportunity to propagate and educate about patriotic traditions and spirit. fight the nation's foreign invaders, and more importantly, maintain the moral tradition of "when drinking water, remember its source".

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