10:02, 27/02/2018

Around ten thousand people visit Ponagar Temple during Lunar New Years 2018

According to Tran Dinh Dung, Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Monument Preservation Center, in the first days of Lunar New Years 2018, there were a large number of visitors going to Ponagar Temple (Nha Trang).
 

According to Tran Dinh Dung, Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Monument Preservation Center, in the first days of Lunar New Years 2018, there were a large number of visitors going to Ponagar Temple (Nha Trang).
 
Specifically, around ten thousand people not including the locals going to the temple to offering incense visited Ponagar Temple on the occasion of Lunar New Years 2018 (from February 15 to 20). Afterwards, the temple receives 7,000 to 8,000 visitors per day. Most of the visitors are from China.

 

Performing traditional music of Cham people at Ponagar Temple
Performing traditional music of Cham people at Ponagar Temple
 
In order to offer tourists attractive services, Ponagar Temple often holds some programs bearing typical cultural features of Vietnamese such as traditional music performance, brocade weaving, pottery making. The brocade and pottery products made by Cham people (ethnic group in Vietnam) are also displayed and sold at the temple as souvenirs.
 
X.T
Translated by H.N