(VOVworld) – The 2013 Spring Festival on Yen Tu mountain, the country’s leading centre for Buddhism, opened on Monday in Uong Bi city in the northern province of Quang Ninh. This year’s festival began a day ahead of schedule. The organizers announced the Prime Minister’s decision to recognize Yen Tu site as a Special National Relic. Vice Chairwoman of the Uong Bi People’s Committee Hoang Thi Ha said: The number of visitors to this year’s festival is predicted to jump to 2.7 million. The Yen Tu relic site has been upgraded to better serve visitors. We believe that Yen Tu will attract repeat festival goers and Buddhist followers.

Yen Tu is recognized as a Special National Relic (Photo: giaoduc.net.vn)

In the beginning of 2013, Yen Tu has welcomed more visitors than the same period last year. There were 30 thousand visitors to this relic site in the first 5 days of the lunar new year.