The locals going to pagodas to worship Buddha on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Cat
From early in the morning, all roads leading to the Buddhist pagodas in Hue were bustling with people. Many families in the traditional ao dai brought incense and flowers to the pagodas to worship Buddha, praying for health and peace for each other.
The flow of people, who travelled to the pagodas such as Tu Hieu, Tu Dam, Tu Van, Hieu Quang, and Thien Ton, etc., was getting more and more crowded. They went to the pagodas with a leisurely and gentle mood of the first day of Lunar New Year.
Burning incense and sincerely worshiping Buddha, everyone wishes for goodness, peace of mind and body for a new year with plans and hopes ahead.
After that, many people walked around the pagodas, enjoyed the scenery, and posed for photos... Some pagodas also set up spaces for visitors to pick good fortune, and "lucky" trees for them to write down their wishes and hand them on the trees.
“This year, the weather is so beautiful. As the sky is blue and sunny, my family goes to the pagoda from early in the morning. My family’s tradition is going to the pagoda at the beginning of the year. With a year starts with peace, we wish that the whole year would always be as desired,” shared Mr. Nguyen Phuc (Hue City).
The following are some photos recorded by Thua Thien Hue Online:
As the weather on the morning of the first day of Tet this year was quite nice, many people went to the pagodas quite early in the morning
The children followed the adults to the pagodas and posed for photos in a decorative space inside Tu Van pagoda
Many young people joyfully wrote down their wishes on the first day of the New Year
The wishes were then hung on a "lucky" tree in the pagoda’s front yard
A foreigner went to the pagoda to offer incense on the first day of the New Year
Many pagodas also prepare a bamboo Neu pole, and Tet space for visitors to have fun and pose for photos
Going to the pagodas to worship Buddha on the first day of the New Year is a tradition maintained by many families in Hue
The closer to noon, the more crowded the pagodas
People burned incense and sincerely worshipped Buddha to pray for goodness, as well as peace of mind and body
By N. MINH