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Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
Manage No	EE00002751
Country	Vietnam
ICH Domain	Social practices, rituals, festive events
Year of Designation	2017

Description	The Trần Thương Temple Festival is held from August 18 to 20 (lunar calendar), at Trần Thương Temple - the place to worship Hưng Đạo Đại Vương, his family and generals who contributed to the resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol army and also the place where Hưng Đạo Đại Vương chose to build a food warehouse, providing food for the army. The festival features many traditional rituals such as: The ritual to ask Đức Thánh Trần for people to open the Temple and organize the festival; The local people's worship and worship of the Saint; releasing flower lanterns at Trần Thương Lake; the spiritual ritual on the anniversary of Đức Thánh Trần... The most special feature of the festival is the food distribution ritual held on the night of January 14 and early morning of January 15 with the following rituals: The ritual of carrying food from the food warehouse into the temple for the ritual; the torch lighting and incense offering ritual by delegates and people and the ritual of carrying food into the secret ritual at the back palace, to recreate the history of "distributing military food" to reward the army of the Trần Dynasty when they defeated the Yuan-Mongol invaders for the third time.
Community	Nhân Đạo Commune, Lý Nhân District, Hà Nam Province

Description

The Trần Thương Temple Festival is held from August 18 to 20 (lunar calendar), at Trần Thương Temple - the place to worship Hưng Đạo Đại Vương, his family and generals who contributed to the resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol army and also the place where Hưng Đạo Đại Vương chose to build a food warehouse, providing food for the army. The festival features many traditional rituals such as: The ritual to ask Đức Thánh Trần for people to open the Temple and organize the festival; The local people's worship and worship of the Saint; releasing flower lanterns at Trần Thương Lake; the spiritual ritual on the anniversary of Đức Thánh Trần... The most special feature of the festival is the food distribution ritual held on the night of January 14 and early morning of January 15 with the following rituals: The ritual of carrying food from the food warehouse into the temple for the ritual; the torch lighting and incense offering ritual by delegates and people and the ritual of carrying food into the secret ritual at the back palace, to recreate the history of "distributing military food" to reward the army of the Trần Dynasty when they defeated the Yuan-Mongol invaders for the third time.

Community

Nhân Đạo Commune, Lý Nhân District, Hà Nam Province