Trang Trinh Temple calligraphy conveys new year wishes
(VOVWORLD) -A spring calligraphy ceremony was held at the Trang Trinh Temple National Special Historical Site, Hai Phong city, on Sunday, the 6th day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Horse, with a procession of pens, inkstones, and water from the Kinh Thien Pen Tower.
 The Spring Calligraphy Ceremony is held at the National Special Historical Site of the Temple of Trang Trinh Nguyen Binh Khiem in Nguyen Binh Khiem commune, Hai Phong city. Photo: VOV |
Participants offered incense in tribute to Nguyen Binh Khiem, a renowned 16th-century Vietnamese Confucian scholar, educator, poet, and prophetic politician. Artisans performed calligraphy on the beauty of the art of producing beautiful writing.
Afterwards, teachers and students wrote the first calligraphy with the theme "Achieving academic success, passing exams, and possessing a sharp mind". Chu Van Hieu from Hung Yen province came to the temple to ask for auspicious calligraphy for his daughter at the beginning of the year.
“I brought my daughter here to offer incense and pray for her studies, hoping she will uphold the tradition of studiousness of the Vietnamese people. Besides asking for good fortune from the scholar, she wished for good luck in her studies and success in her exams,” Hieu said.
 Students write their first words of the year with the theme "Achieving academic success, passing exams, and possessing a sharp mind." Photo: VOV |
According to the Nguyen Binh Khiem Public Service Center, the unit managing the historical site, from February 17 to 19, the first to third day of Tet (Lunar New Year), the site welcomed over 225,000 visitors.