A great requiem ceremony (Dai Le Trai Dan) was held by the representative board of the Chinese Buddhist community in HCMC and the HCMC Buddhist Sangha at the Nghia An Temple in District 5 on November 1.
Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyễn Hồ Hải (white shirt) attends the great requiem ceremony
Attending the event were Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyễn Hồ Hải and former Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Võ Thị Dung.
The great requiem ceremony featuring Buddhist traditional worship and rituals aims to pray for national peace and safety, pay tribute to soldiers who sacrificed their lives for national liberation and defense and frontline forces who sacrificed their lives while saving patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Speaking at the event, Venerable Thích Huệ Công, head of the representative board of the Chinese Buddhist community in HCMC said that the ceremony also focuses on raising funds for the poor and charity activities.
The great requiem ceremony that is held every five years will run until November 9.
Source: https://www.sggpnews.org.vn/
