(VNF) - Ba Pagoda (Lady Pagoda) festival was held with many meaningful activities impressive to the pilgrims at August Revolution Street on February 11^th.

During the first lunar month, Thu Dau Mot Town, 30km north of Ho Chi Minh City, is beautifully decorated with colorful posters, flags and lanterns to welcome thousands of people flocking to the Lady Pagoda festival.

The activities of street guidance, tyre puncture repair, free drinks and cool handkerchiefs have been organized by plenty of organizations and inpiduals to support the visitors. On August Revolution Street near the Pagoda, the visitors could easily spot the hospitality of locals in the festival.

Many people delivered drinks and cool handkerchiefs for free. (Source: news.zing.vn)

Just only in the morning, Ms. Van Anh, residing at Phu Cuong Ward, has delivered about 200 bottles of water for free to visitors. (Source: news.zing.vn)

From the morning to noon, Ms. Phan Thi Tran has delivered nearly 1,000 litre soy milk to tourists, pilgrims and labour workers. (Source: news.zing.vn)

Thu Dau Mot City Charity Group “Gia Dinh bay mau” (Seven colours Families) called upon donation to deliver breads, water bottles to the visitors, pilgrims and labour workers. (Source: news.zing.vn)

Sites of free drinks and vegetarian bread were set up. (Source: news.zing.vn)

Along Binh Duong highway and August Revolution Street, many volunteer groups have engaged into street guidance, free tyre puncture repair, and motorbike taxi services to the visitors. (Source: news.zing.vn)

The Lady Pagoda Festival is a big event for Vietnamese people in the South.

The pagoda at No. 4 Nguyen Du Street was built on the Huong Chu Hieu canal in the mid-19^th century by Chinese refugees.

According to the legend recorded on a stone tablet in the pagoda, Lady Thien Hau, who belonged to a virtuous family during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) in China, had the special gift of forecasting the weather to help people avoid acts of God./.

Translated by Minh Phuong