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Nhan Dan/VNA – As many as 400,000 pilgrims have flocked to the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site in the northern province of Hai Duong since the beginnig of the Year of the Horse.
According to Nguyen Khac Minh, the head of the site’s management board, the relic area has welcomed at least 15,000 visitors a day. During the 2014 Con Son-Kiep Bac spring festival, held from February 13-16, more than 50,000 visitors were recorded each day.
Con Son-Kiep Bac was recognised as a national heritage site in 1962 and a special national heritage site in 2012.
Last year, the Con Son-Kiep Bac spring and autumn festivals received national intangible cultural heritage status.
Covering an area of more than 8 hectares in Chi Linh Town, the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site is closely associated with the lives and careers of Tran Hung Dao and writer Nguyen Trai (1380-1442), who was recognised as a Great Man of Culture of the World.
Tran Hung Dao, born Tran Quoc Tuan, was the Supreme Commander of Vietnam during the Tran Dynasty, leading Vietnamese troops to repel three major Mongolian invasions in the 13th century. The Mongols succeeded in conquering most of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but never got a foothold in Dai Viet (as Vietnam was then called).
He died on September 5, 1300 AD at the age of 70. A temple called Kiep Bac was built in Hai Duong province to remember him.
The Kiep Bac temple festival is held annually to commemorate and pay tribute to national hero Tran Hung Dao in the eighth month of the lunar year (from September 8-13, 2014).
This year’s Con Son – Kiep Bac spring festival marked the 680th anniversary of the death of Huyen Quang Ton Gia (1334-2014), the third progenitor of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism. The event also honoured Zen Buddhism’s great contribution to the unity of religions and national protection as well.
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