Hanoians make ceremonial offerings

Thousands of people on the evening of February 27 flocked to major pagodas in Hanoi to make ceremonial offerings to wish for peace and good luck on the occasion of Tet Nguyen Tieu (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month festival).
At Phuc Khanh pagoda, crowds of people joined in the ceremony to relieve themselves of a run of bad luck, jamming a stretch of road from the beginning of the flyover to the three-way crossroad at Thai Thinh-Nguyen Trai.
A similar situation occurred in Ha and Tran Quoc pagodas, and in Quan Thanh temple.
At 6a.m on February 28, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the West Lake Temple’s parking area was overcrowded. In the inner temple, people elbowed each other to pray and make obeisances and some people even carried trays of objects for offerings on their heads.
The security in pagodas this year was considered better than in previous years.
In the area where Quan Su pagoda is located, security forces were reinforced to ensure traffic control and avoid jams caused by people coming to make ceremonial offerings.