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Hon Chen Temple Festival
Hon Chen temple festival is held on the 3rdday of the third lunar month (spring festival) and the seventh lunar month (autumn festival) in Ngoc Tran Mountain and Hai Cat Communal House, Huong Tra District, Thua Thien Hue Province. The festival worship to The Holy Mother Thien Y A Na (Mother of homeland), who created the land and the tree, the forest and taught people the art of growing these trees. The special of the event is to be celebrated on the Huong River. This is the traditional festival in Hue with many rites. The Holy Mother procession takes place on the Huong River at night which starts from Hue Nam Temple to Hai Cat Communal House with a long line of boats bound together into a big rafts. In the festival night, everyone wears court dress look like prince and princess in the Nguyen Dynasty. At the end of the festival are ceremonies of releasing and floating anterns.
Honchen Temple Festival, Vietnam is celebrated in the Hon Chen Temple which is situated in Ngoc Tran Mountain, which is about 10 kilometers away from the city of Hue. It is a festival filled with lots of pomp and color and just like the other Vietnam festivals and events it has some mythical or religious connotations to it.
The Hon Chen Temple Festival is related to the Cham legend, and celebrated to commemorate Thien Yana, the creator of land and trees.
Several rituals are performed during the Honchen Temple Festival in Vietnam. The merriment begins with a parade known as the ‘God Welcoming Ceremony’. Then the Vietnamese gather shrines of all the god’s worshipped by them, under one roof in the communal house. After that they the carry out various rites followed by another procession during the night for the Saint Mother Thien herself. On the Perfume River decorated with shining lights, rows of boats are tied up together to form a chain of rafts on which the parade takes place.
The celebrations of the Hon Chen Temple Festival, Vietnam also comprises of acts performed by costumed characters dressed up like royal people from the Nguyen Empire. The performances are usually done amidst natural surroundings like hills and river, making it more realistic. Clad in grand robes and turbans they surely put up a fabulous show.
The Hon Chen Temple Festival, Vietnam taking place two times in a year is very popular among the localities and also welcomes tourists from all over, to take part in the merry making.
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