Crowded Huong Pagoda before festival opening day
VOV.VN - Thousands of pilgrims and tourists throughout the country flocked to Huong (Perfume) Pagoda before the opening day - the sixth day of Lunar New Year (February 2) to pray for peace, good weather, happiness and prosperity during the year.
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The Huong Pagoda Festival, the largest in Vietnam, lasts for three months. |
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Yen stream is overcrowded with visitors and boats. |
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More than 40,000 people came to Huong pagoda on the fifth day of Lunar New Year (February 1). |
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Fast-food shops are set up along the stream leading to the main pagoda. |
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Love duet and reform theatre artists perform along Yen Stream. |
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Visitors offer incenses at Trinh Temple, the first stopover during a journey to Huong Pagoda. My Duc District People’s Committee says Huong Pagoda Festival attracted 1.4 pilgrims and visitors last year and expected to welcome roughly 1.3-1.5 million this year. |
