Din Temple Festival is a regional festival spread throughout the district communes and to other districts in the province. In the Din temple festival, there are ceremonies such as: procession of water, asking for holy water, procession of incense bowls for mandarins, ceremonies, etc., especially the procession of carp making and ritual execution.
Din Temple is located at the beginning of Chiền hamlet, Nam Dương commune, Nam Trực district, 11 km from Nam Định city, to the South along National Road 55. Every year Din Temple Festival is open from 8 to 10 December. The festival was held in the area of 2 communes of Binh Minh and Nam Duong (4 previous villages). Din Temple Festival is a regional festival spread throughout the district communes and to other districts in the province. In the Din temple festival, there are ceremonies such as: procession of water, asking for holy water, procession of incense bowls for mandarins, ceremonies, etc., especially the procession of carp making and ritual execution.
Black carp is an indispensable gift in the Din temple festival, especially the procession of the first day of the tenth day of the tenth month of December, which people in the region still call the procession of fish. Selected carp must be at least 4 or more piles wide (mallet is calculated by the width of the 4 fingers of an adult adult after circling around the neck of the fish). If any fish reach 4 or more pats are the fish that meet the requirements. Any commune that can select 3 equally large fish is very difficult. But this is also the pride and pride of the people of the commune, the people of that commune have shown their feelings and aspirations when they presented the Holy Dragon with a sacred product, wishing that good things would come to them in the year. there. On the morning of December 10, 3 live carp were taken to the palanquin, led by the procession was the dragon dance team, to the flag bearers, two rows of five-colored flags, followed by gongs, drums. Eight signatures and precepts came to the dance team to bring money and to the palanquin. On the two sides of the road, families presented incense and gifts at the door to worship the gods. The procession lasts in the order of: Bai Duong, Trang Tru, Hiep Luat, Co Lung. The sound of gongs, drums mixed with trumpets and chants, the call of the palanquin leads to the festive atmosphere of the whole region. The procession arrives at the communal house of the villages to send the boys to carry their fish to the holy altar (the fish are wrapped around the abdomen with the new heads turned upwards). Every empty point, then claw the fish tail once. After finishing, the biggest part is the pilgrim, the second part is proud, the third part is the deck. Nowadays, four ancient communes have formed 19 hamlets on the festival. All 19 hamlets participate in the procession to the Thanh Hoang temple, the etiquette is still original.
The practice of performing at the Temple of Din festival does not only stop at a kind of deck, but competes in many genres such as: "The pearl", "The rice", "the sugar map", "spring rolls", "banh chung", "cake thick "... if we come to admire the types of decks in Din temple festival very carefully, can seriously see the spiritual and material value of the gifts in this festival. The people here take very seriously the process of making bakers and making biscuits to worship. From planting rice to harvesting, grinding rice, pounding rice, choosing rice, wrapping cakes, boiling boiled bread, all have to be skillful by the hands of men here according to the regulations of the village of women not to participate, even counting. Even the firewood, the leaves of the banana leaf also have their own area. Any locality that violates the law is considered not to participate in the festival of consecration. The road map at Din Temple Festival is very elaborate. There are five types of sugarcakes: sweet potato, sticky rice cake, spear cake, thorny cake, five-color cake. These kinds of cakes have very elaborately made and last for 4-5 months. Then close the 5 types of cakes on the square mold. The cakes are displayed on a tray with five bowls of tea, a boiling bowl is a tray of high-quality sugar, this is one of the types of offering to pay homage to Saint Long Kieu. The time is the pride of the local people. These five types of cakes are very elaborate and the baking time lasts 4-5 months. Then close the 5 types of cakes on the square mold. The cakes are displayed on a tray with five bowls of tea, a boiling bowl is a tray of high-quality sugar, this is one of the types of offering to pay homage to Saint Long Kieu. The time is the pride of the local people. These five types of cakes are very elaborate and the baking time lasts 4-5 months. Then close the 5 types of cakes on the square mold. The cakes are displayed on a tray with five bowls of tea, a boiling bowl is a tray of high-quality sugar, this is one of the types of offering to pay homage to Saint Long Kieu. The time is the pride of the local people.
Kieu, at the same time is the pride of the local people. Salty fish in the festival of Din Temple from past to present has many delicious dishes but it is indispensable for eight types of sausages: spring rolls, spring rolls, spring rolls, spring rolls, spring rolls, pomegranate rolls, silk rolls, spring rolls. The method of making rolls is not limited to simple manipulations, but has been raised to art by the people, into professional secrets that are only transmitted to trusted people of the general and communal goods. The types of rolls here are by hand, pounded with a stone mortar and wooden pestle, not used to grind meat. Eight types of sausages all have different characteristics, high quality, which are all artistic from the creative minds of the people of Bai Duong.
Din-Nam Duong temple festival, Nam Truc district, Nam Dinh has a lot of content with fun games and many interesting contests, but the procession of traditional carp and the traditional contests are unique customs. The processions of fish and fighting will forever maintain, develop and become a beautiful custom of traditional culture, culinary culture of modern life today.
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