Dong Soc Son Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival)
Dong Soc Son Festival (Soc Son Temple Festival) organizes every year in memmorating the day that the legend hero took off his armour and flew to heaven.
Soc Son Temple - Hanoi
Time: From the 6th to the 8th day of the first lunar month. The main festive day is on the 7th day.
It is said that Soc Son was the final place Saint Dong took a rest before returning to Heaven. The festival organizes every year in memmorating the day that the legend hero took off his armour and flew to heaven. It involves an incense offering ceremony, Saints statue bathing ceremony, a bamboo flowers offerring (symbolize for riding-whip of the Saint) is on the 7th day (the main festive day), then thowing them, then people strive them for lucky. Cutting general ceremony symbolize for the action that Saint Dong cut the General of Yin invaders.
On the 8th day holding gia dam (ending) ceremony. Games in the festival: fighting cock, playing Chinese chess, swinging, ca tru singing to worship gods.
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