Ba Vang Pagoda is located in Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh Province, about 120km from Hanoi city’s center. Also known as Bao Quang Pagoda, it preserves unique values of Vietnamese Buddhist Sec – Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen.
Ba Vang Pagoda is the only place in Quang Ninh Province to organize Chrysanthemum Festival on the 9th day of the ninth lunar month to honor the chrysanthemum – the symbol of Buddhist culture associated with Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen.
The festival includes many activities such as water procession from the old well to the sanctum, offerings ceremony, chrysanthemum arranging contest, enjoying chrysanthemum tea, reciting zen poems, calligraphy demonstration, tuong (Vietnamese classic opera) and cheo (Vietnamese popular theatre) performances, etc.
