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Share an experience that I visited the Spring Festival Temple Fair in Vietnam ~

On the 10th day of the first lunar month, a temple fair will be held in Deng Tong. Deng Tong is a border city between China and Vietnam, and Pingxiang is the nearest border city to China. Pingxiang is still very close to Deng Tong, only about five kilometers away from the border. There is also an international train in Beijing, and the terminal is Deng Tong. Pingxiang is mountainous, and the mountains flash by outside the window. Houses built by local ethnic minorities are in ravines and roadsides, and it is not good for people to hang the national flag. The closer we get to the Nonghuai Port, the more local frontier armed police and public security personnel are there to direct traffic and evacuate vehicles. In order to promote the economic development of China and Vietnam, in earlier years, Vietnamese citizens only needed to show their ID cards when they went abroad to visit the Deng Tong Temple Fair on this day, but now it seems that they can't. I use my passport to go there. Non-Pingxiang tourists without passports can also apply for one-time border travel passports. This passport is no trouble, just give it to the travel agency for them.

As soon as I arrived in Vietnam, I immediately felt the difference in painting style. Vietnam used to be a colony of France, so the buildings on the street are somewhat French. There are many stalls set up by Vietnamese locals on the street, such as baked sweet potatoes and French toast. , and Vietnam roast pig, 20 jins, roast chicken about 12 jins, a bowl of Vietnamese rice noodles 78 yuan, the taste is very authentic. There are also many stalls selling Vietnamese specialties in the street, most of which are selling Vietnamese coffee, candy and the like, which are similar to those sold by domestic Vietnamese specialty stores, and there are also many stalls selling Vietnamese fruits, such as coconuts, mangoes, cold potatoes and so on. Some of these women selling goods are Vietnamese peasant women, who are of the same ancestry as the Zhuang nationality in China and belong to a cross-border ethnic group. There is basically no big problem in communicating with them in Zhuang language.

Similar to the reasons for the formation of temple fairs in China, Vietnamese temple fairs are also centered on temples. There is a Buddhist temple in Dengtong, which has a history of more than 300 years according to local people. This temple is in the architectural style of China, and the couplets are also engraved with Chinese characters. 1979, Deng Tongling Ci was bombed in half. 1985, overseas Chinese scattered all over the world raised funds to build it into what it is today. This temple is the core of Deng Tong Temple Fair. There are a sea of people inside and outside the temple, and the locals choose to worship in the temple on this day.

How to get to Deng Tong Temple Fair;

It is suggested to pay attention to the announcement of Pingxiang government before and after the Spring Festival, and whether it is allowed to leave the country without a passport on that day. Don't worry if you need a passport. As early as the first day of the Lunar New Year, there will be a travel agency on the streets of Pingxiang to recommend a one-day tour of Dengtong Temple Fair on the tenth day. If you don't have a passport, you can ask the travel agency to apply for a one-time border travel passport. Travel expenses are very cheap. It was 190/ person when I went.