HCM City: Calligraphy festival hosted to welcome Year of Buffalo
A calligraphy festival is underway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar and preserve the country’s traditional culture.
A calligraphy festival is underway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – A calligraphy festival isunderway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi MinhCity to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar and preserve thecountry’s traditional culture.
The festival “Pho Ong Do” (the Street of Calligraphers),themed “A Spring of Peace”, was launched by the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)in HCM City on February 7.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Venerable Thich Thien Quy,deputy head and secretary of the municipal VBS’s Executive Council, said overthe past year, Buddhist monks, nuns and followers have together with people nationwidejoined COVID-19 response and provided aid to people affected by flood andnatural disasters.
Such efforts demonstrate the VBS’s commitment to share andshoulder the nation’s burden and challenges, he said, adding that in the timeof COVID-19, the successful organisation of various Buddhist cultural eventshave widely spread noble Buddhist human values among the society.
The Venerable further said that the festival recreates andpromotes the beauty of the traditional culture in today’s life and at the sametime, reflects the VBS’s hope for unity among religions and ethnic communitiesand a life of peace and success in the New Year.
The event will run through February 26.
All visitors are required to comply with preventive rulesagainst the COVID-19, including wearing facemask and using hand sanitiser./.
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A calligraphy festival is underway at Vietnam Quoc Tu (Vietnam National Pagoda) in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the Year of the Buffalo in the lunar calendar. (Photo: VNA)
