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Huong Pagoda Festival to begin on January 27

The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on January 27 (the sixth day of the lunar new year).
Huong Pagoda Festival to begin on January 27 ảnh 1At the Huong pagoda complex (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The three-month Huong PagodaFestival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Soncommune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on January 27 (the sixth day ofthe lunar new year).

Lasting until April 23 (the fourth day of the third lunarmonth), the event will see new features, including online ticketsand electric cars around the site to serve visitors.

Going to Huong Pagoda is a spiritual journey to the BuddhistLand – where the Goddess of Mercy leads a religious life.

Visitors have sightseeing trips to pagodas, temples andcaves which are the main attractions at the Huong pagoda festival, and joinceremonies to ask for favours from Lord Buddha.

Built in the late 17th century, the Huong Pagoda Complex hasa large number of pagodas, temples, and caverns filled with marvelousstalactites and stalagmites.

The Huong Tich cavern has the autograph of Lord Trinh Sam in1770, describing the cavern as the most beautiful cave in the country./.
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