YBP - Hoa Cuong Temple is located on the slope of small hill, in hamlet 5, Hoa Cuong commune, Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province. The temple was built in about 1780 and restored in 1802. The temple was built by the people in the area to worship Đức Cao Sơn Thượng Đẳng Thần - who publicly cleared the land, set up villages, taught people the plow transplanted.
Temple has put up a statue and worshiped Hoa Cuong Mother, the reincarnation of the Holy Mother of Lieu Hanh, and Holy Mothers, the Great Buddha Nhu Lai Thích Ca Mâu Ni, ….
The temple was built of wood, roofed with palm trees, located upstream of Hoa Cuong stream. During a rainy night, heavy winds, spring water rose, shifted the temple standing on the alluvial ground; Ancient people found strange and miraculous, so they made the ground of the temple higher and became the current Hoa Cuong temple.
The temple is oriented towards the southeast. The temple was built according to the traditional temple architecture and the interior is divided into 3 main worshipping palaces. At present, the temple also preserves many of the horizontal lacquered boards, pair of wood panels of the ancient people, which are preserved and repaired by local people.
With praying for rain and wind, good green maize, the well-being of the people, the warm and happy families, the festival of January lunar calendar 15 of Hoa Cuong Temple is always solemnly organized not to take advantage of superstition.
Today, Hoa Cuong temple festival is organized on January 14 each year (according to the lunar calendar), attracting many people inside and outside the region to visit and worship. Coming to Hoa Cuong Temple, visitors not only witness but also attend folk games such as throwing Còn, pulling, pushing the sticks, ... of the peoples in the commune,
In 2005, the Chairman of Yen Bai People's Committee signed Decision No.460/QD-UBND recognizing the ranking of cultural history at the provincial level.
Contact Info:
- Festival Organizer: Mr. Ta Van Long - Chairman of Hoa Cuong Commune People's Committee
- Head of Board; Phone: 01699.033.262
- Management Board: Nguyen Thanh Tuyen - Head of Household Relief Management - Telephone: 0979.907.067
- Organizer Board: Ms. Tran Thi Thu - Phone: 0916.424.961
- Accommodation facility:
+ Quang Tung Guest House in Nga Quan Commune, Tran Yen District; Tel: 01685.601.835
+ Guest house 278, Co Phuc town; Tel: 0974.835.333
- Food Establishments:
+ Hong Quyen Restaurant; Tel: 01275.814.990
+ Viet Thanh Restaurant; Tel: 0972.530.282
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