Attending the ceremony were Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and representatives of several central ministries, departments and branches, leaders of Ha Nam province, and a large number of people and tourists from inside and outside the province.
This year's salary distribution ceremony was held at the hour of Ty on January 14, consisting of three parts: the ceremony of carrying the food from the temple of the local god into the temple for the ceremony; the torch lighting and incense offering ceremony by Party and State representatives and the people; and the ceremony of carrying the food into the secret ceremony at the back palace.
Salary distribution ceremony at Tran Thuong Temple 2012. Photo: VNA
In 2014, the Organizing Committee coordinated with the temple to distribute 100,000 food bags at 29 locations. Visitors will receive a red silk bag with a seal and card, inside the food bag of Saint Tran in the year of Giap Ngo will be 3 main types of grains produced by the Ly Nhan land, which are: red corn, soybeans and yellow sticky rice.
The Tran Thuong Temple's salary distribution festival is the biggest festival of the year in Ha Nam province. The festival is held to commemorate the great contributions of the national hero, General Tran Quoc Tuan. The festival is held right at the main temple - the place where General Tran Quoc Tuan chose to build a food warehouse, providing food for the army in the resistance wars against the Yuan-Mongol invaders in the 13th century.
2014 is the 5th year that Ha Nam province has organized the salary distribution ceremony at Tran Thuong Temple. Organizing the salary distribution festival at the beginning of the year at the Temple contributes to preserving and promoting the values of cultural heritage, while also propagating and educating the tradition of patriotism and fighting against foreign invaders of our ancestors.
