Tan Vien Son Thanh festival opens in Ba Vi

The Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival is underway in Minh Quang commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi from February 8-10.
Tan Vien Son Thanh festival opens in Ba Vi ảnh 1At the event (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Tan Vien Son Thanh (Tan Vien Mountain Saint) festival isunderway in Minh Quang commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi from February8-10.

The annualfestival, including incense-offering ceremonies, folk games, music and sportexchanges, commemorates Tan Vien Son Thanh – one of the four immortals intraditional Vietnamese mythology.

Ba Vidistrict is home to more than 100 relic sites worshipping Tan Vien Son Thanh,including three temples of Thuong, Trung, Ha –sacred destinations that attracttens of thousands of tourists per year.

In recentyears, the district has upgraded the three temples at a total cost of 136billion VND sourced from local budget and philanthropists.

On theoccasion, Ba Vi tourism was launched with a view to developing spiritual,ecological and community-based tourism.

This year,the district hopes to welcome 2.6-2.7 million visitors and earn 270-280 billionVND (11.7 – 12.1 million USD).

It willalso work with the Hanoi municipal Tourism Department to devise a master planon developing Ba Vi – Suoi Hai into a national tourism area and start acommunity-based tourism plan in Van Hoa, Ba Trai and Ba Vi communes.

It alsoplans to call for investment in major tourism projects in the western side ofBa Vi mountain, Suoi Hai river and Thuan My hot spring.-VNA
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