(HBO) - The People’s Committee of Lac Son district in the northern province of Hoa Binh has organised a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising Truong Kha temple in Lien Vu commune (Lac Son) as a provincial cultural, historical relic site.

 

The ceremony was also to re-enact the Truong Kha temple festival.

The Truong Kha temple is located in Chieng hamlet, Lien Vu commune. It was built in the 15th century and restored by locals in 1997 with roof tiles, a wooden altar arranged with ceramic incense bowls and some worshipping items.

In 2013, through capital sources mobilised among individuals and organisations, people in the commune rebuilt the temple on the foundation of the old one as a place of worshipping. Legend has it that the Truong Kha temple worshipped three Kun Dol gods who protect rice crops and cultivation of Muong people and they were worshipped by locals in the ancient Voi Trao area as tutelary gods.

The Truong Kha temple festival is held annually on the 15th and 16th day of the third lunar month. It is called bumper-crop praying festival with rituals such as a procession of the three Kun Dol gods, shooting white buffalos with Oong Thoong pipe, praying for rain and fishing. Besides, people could participate in national sports, folk games and art exchanges. 

With historical and cultural values, the Truong Kha temple festival in Lien Vu commune (Lac Son) has been recognised as a provincial cultural, historical relic site by the provincial People’s Committee under Decision No.12/QD-UBND./.


 


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