Dong Nai organizes the first festival for Ong Pagoda

According to information from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Dong Nai province, in the first month of the traditional Snake Year 2013, Dong Nai organizes Ong Pagoda festival is the first time from February 19 to Jan 22nd, 2013 (meaning from 11th to 13th / January in Snake Year).
Ong Pagoda (also known as seven-government ancient-temple) located at Nhi Hoa Hamlet, Hiep Hoa Village, Bien Hoa City, was built in 1684. This is the basis of the first culture of the Chinese community in Southern Vietnam. It marks a historical landmark for the coexistence of the Vietnamese and Chinese community in things like mining wasteland, established careers and protected the land called Bien Hoa - Dong Nai. It is also a cultural exchange for over 300 years. Located in the middle of the island city, the Ong temple has the historical value and unique architecture with its beautiful space (towards the Dong Nai River). In recent years, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, it has attracted thousands of tourists to visit.

Ong Pagoda in Dong Nai Province

According to information of Monument Management Board and Landscapes of Dong Nai, the Ong Pagoda festival is in the folk beliefs, so it also be organized based on the folk style. Activities of the festival will be in Dong Nai province handed to the Board of the pagoda to lead. The entire funds for the festival are expected to more than 2 billion VND, and it will be created based on a form of socialization.

A section in Ong Pagoda

Mr. Le Tri Dung, Director of Management Board, said: We expect during the three-day festival, there would be more than 100000 visitors attended. To ensure safe for the festival and save, the organizers have worked with authority branch to function well in terms of traffic management. The organizers will also give a public way on the price of some commodities.

Visit Fairies Island in the “Cat Tien” National Park

Fairies Island (Tien Island) is far from Ho Chi Minh city about 170 kms, it (the “Cat Tien” National Park) is as a small mountain in the middle of Dong Nai River at upstream.

Beneath the shade of mangrove forest is an area of 57 hectares; and the people were "fascinated" apes, langurs, culi here to nurture. It is the expert on animal, the staff of  the Monkey World environmental organizations with Vietnam forest organisms. They shared efforts to rescue primates are in danger of extinction in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Step on the Fairies Island, a walk in the road 700 meters long, visitors are reminded not to make noise so as not to miss such a golden opportunity: Hear the dewdrops on the leaves fall retorted, echoing voice howling monkeys under the green dome; this is like the friendly word of welcome. Fairies Island welcomes visitors with tiny wildflowers underfoot, trees, vines and trees covered with old dry in the sky like a painting.

By the mid of Tien Island, visitors will see Dr. Marina, a British citizen. She has lived here for nearly five years to research and care of primates. Every morning, she was a housewife out the menu for the "structure" (the animals here) is dancing in the barn. When they ate enough food, she filled fun way to observe them to help them transition to living habits in captivity to be a free environment.

Fairies Island, visitors are not as popular back lessons about human origins, but also gain knowledge about the life of primates. Rescue Center Wildlife in "Cat Tien" has attempted to primates are taken from multiple sources such as hunted, captive ... They are cared for, healthy eating, children are supported to lay the forest and bring back up each herd and live in harmony with the natural environment.

By the “Cat Tien” National Park, in addition to attractive scenery, you can also breathe fresh air between the primary forest. In addition, visitors have more the opportunities to learn and observe life as well as lively fun of him "Emperor Qi" (The primates known as a Chinese story) transitions, picking leaves, coarsely left for the children are carrying the following Prof…

Fairies Island is a small island, but we understand a big thing about the life of all species, including humans. All rely on each other under the green dome, in the diversity and biological balance.