The jubilant, exciting festival is an integral part of the spiritual life of the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese people celebrate the festival to show gratitude to supernatural beings such as gods or national heroes. Giong Festival is also a festival of such spiritual meaning to commemorate the Holy Giant or Phu Dong.
Hoi Giong is a traditional festival of tribute and praise of the hero of Thanh Giong, one of the four immortals of folk beliefs in Vietnam. The festival vividly simulates the battles of Thanh Giong and the Van Lang people in the fight against the An, thereby raising public awareness of the ancient forms of tribal warfare; At the same time educate patriotism, martial tradition, the willpower and the desire for independence and freedom of the nation. Hoi Gion is held in many places in the northern delta, but the most typical is Hoi Giong Temple in Phu Dong and Soc (Ha Noi). Hoi Giong in Soc temple (Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi) is held from 6 to 8 January lunar year. According to legend, after defeating An enemy, Phù Linh was the last stop of Thanh Giong before flying to heaven. To commemorate the work of the Blessed Sacrament, the people built the Relic Temple, including 6 temples: Ha Temple (Temple), Dai Bi Pagoda, Mau Temple, Thuong Temple call the temple Soc), monument Saint Giong and beer house. In it, Thuong Temple is a holy place of worship and organizes festivals with full of traditional rituals such as: carnival; procession; incense offering; To prepare for the main festival, on the night of the 5th, the carnival (statue bath) was conducted to invite the Holy Ghost to attend. On the 6th day of the festival, the people of 8 villages in 6 communes located around the Soc temple, Tan Minh, Tien Duoc, Phu Linh, Duc Hoa, Xuan Giang and Bac Phu. I pray that you bless the villagers with a warm and happy life. In it, the ceremony of offering flowers to the Upper Temple of Vi Linh village (Phu Linh commune) was held first. Bamboo flowers are made of bamboo rods about 50 cm long, about 1 cm in diameter, the head of the bamboo is drawn and dyed to symbolize the horse's gong of Thanh Giong. Bamboo flowers after the rise to the temple will be brought to the Lower Temple and then to the participants to pray for the sewing. On the 7th day of the festival (the legendary Sacred Day), the chieftain depicts the scene of Saint Giong chasing the last three enemy soldiers at the foot of Mount Vinalin before flying to heaven. By the afternoon of the 8th, the ceremony of modeling elephants and paper horses with large size was carried out to finish the festival by the war elephants and iron horses are two mascots associated with the process of victory Giong and horses are two The object associated with the process of Saint Giong against the enemy, protect the river coast. All visitors to the festival are expected to hand the elephants and horses to the river to be worshiped by faith, anyone who touches the Holy Sacrament will have luck in life. During the festival there are many folk games held such as chickens, chess, ca tru singing, cheo singing ... Festival at Phu Dong Temple is like a large folk theater with hundreds The role follows a standardized scenario. In particular, each role contains very deep ideas such as: "Mr. Hao" is the generals of St. Giong; "Price" is a regular army of Thanh Giong; The "heroes" represent the 28 invaders of the An; "Mr. Tiger" is a military team; The "Red Dress" is a small reconnaissance unit; "Black Village" is a military team ... Besides, the festival also has the procession as: "Route of the road" is to investigate the enemy; The "procession" is for me to train before the military; "The procession of Dong Dam" is negotiation, calling for peace; "Battle of Soi Bia" is a stylized simulation of fierce battles ... The outstanding values of Hoi Giaong culture show that it is a cultural phenomenon that is preserved and transmitted quite continuously and completely. thought many generations. The festival also has the role of linking the community and contains many creative ideas, expressing aspirations for the country to be peaceful, people have a good life and happiness. In art, Hoi Giaung brings many beauty and value of festivals such as processions, chess marks, drums, gongs, folk songs, dances, tiger dances ... November 16, 2010, in the city of Nairobi (the capital of Kenya), during the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Commission under UNESCO's 2003 Convention, the Association of Phu Dong Temple and Soc temple was officially recognized as Heritage intangible cultural representation of humanity. UNESCO has briefly and fully documented Hoi Giaung as "a cultural museum of Vietnam, preserving many layers of cultural and religious alluvium."
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