The first Buddhist Culture Museum in the country was
opened yesterday at the city''s Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva)
Pagoda with an exhibition of over 500 Buddhist antiques.
Hundreds of Buddhist antiques which have been stored
in a temple in Da Nang City for many years will be exhibited to the
public on December 24 for the first time.
Buddhist bikku (monk) Thich The Tuong has been
working hard to turn his one hectare farm into a bamboo conservatory on
the Son Tra Mountain, which protects over 110 bamboo species.
A performance troupe from Thailand will take part in
the Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival on Da Nang''s Son
Tra peninsula on April 5-7.
A painting and photo exhibition on landscapes by Ngu Hanh Son (Marble
Mountain) kicked off the Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva)
Festival yesterday in Ngu Hanh Son District, southeast of the city.
Around 10,000 gathered for the Quan The Am
(Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival yesterday in Son Tra District,
southeast of the central city of Da Nang.
Tramthog Rinpoche, abbot of the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India,
preached the history of Vajrapani to nearly 500 Buddhists during the
first day of the annual Quan The Am (Avalokitecvara) Boddhisattva
Festival in Da Nang City yesterday.
