Keo Pagoda Spring Festival welcomes over 120,000 visitors

Four days after the festival began, the nearly 400-year-old Keo Pagoda, located in Duy Nhat Commune (Vu Thu District, Thai Binh Province), recorded a record number of visitors.
Keo Pagoda Spring Festival 2024 welcomes a record number of tourists.
Keo Pagoda Spring Festival 2024 welcomes a record number of tourists.

Do Ngoc Trung, Head of the Culture and Sports Department of Vu Thu District, said that it is estimated that in four days from February 13-16 (the 4th day to the 7th day of the Lunar New Year), the Keo Pagoda Special National Relic welcomed 120,000 -150,000 tourists.

This is the first time that the Keo Pagoda - Spring Festival has attracted such a large number of tourists.

Cheo singing clubs performing at the Keo Pagoda Spring Festival.

Cheo singing clubs performing at the Keo Pagoda Spring Festival.

The festival featured religious rituals and communal activities, such as Buddhist offerings, palanquin parades, love duet singing on boats, and folk games.

In addition to traditional religious rituals commemorating the Ly Dynasty Buddhist monk, the festival also hosted a variety of cultural activities that reflect the lifestyle of the Red River Delta’s agricultural communities.

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