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).
Hanoi’s outlying My Duc district was ordered to suspend the annual Huong Pagoda Festival and stop receiving visitors in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.
Every year, when the spring knocks on the door, Huong Son mountain is full of apricot flowers. People across Vietnam will gathers for Huong pagoda festival.
The three-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, kicked off in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on February 10 (the sixth day of the lunar new year), attracting numerous visitors with less congestion than previous years.
Long Tong Festival (going-to-the-field festival), Huong Pagoda Festival, and Yen Tu Festival are among many major traditional festivals that take place in the first lunar month.
Huong Pagoda festival is biggest in Vietnam. It is not only a sanctuary for millions of pilgrims each year, but also offers a chance for tourists to come to contemplate landscapes at the site.
This year’s Huong Pagoda Festival in the suburban area of Hanoi welcomed approximately 1.4 million tourists, up 6,000 from the same period last year and including about 7,800 foreign visitors, according to the People’s Committee of My Duc district.
The festival of Huong Pagoda, one of the biggest traditional festivals in Vietnam, kicked off in Huong Son commune of My Duc district, Hanoi, on February 2 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).
The 3-month Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest in Vietnam, officially opened in Hanoi’s My Duc district on February 13 or the sixth day of the lunar New Year, with the attendance of 50,000 pilgrims.
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