02:04, 15/04/2010

Thien Y A Na Festival opens

Thien Y A Na Festival was held on April 14 by the management board of Am Chua Temple in Dai Dien Trung Village, Dien Dien Commune, Khanh Hoa Province in association with the management board of Vestiges & Beauty Spots.

Thien Y A Na Festival was held on April 14 by the management board of Am Chua Temple in Dai Dien Trung Village, Dien Dien Commune, Khanh Hoa Province in association with the management board of Vestiges & Beauty Spots. Among the representatives attending the event was Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, Vice Chairperson of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee.

Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, Vice Chairperson of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee at the ceremony.
 

The Festival is annually celebrated on the first three days of the third lunar month at the temple in commemoration of Lady Goddess Thien Yana  who is honored as Holy Mother. Legends says the Goddess once descended and spent her childhood here. The Goddess is credited with founding this homeland, discovering the rice tree and teaching the local people how to cultivate.

N.T