Quang Ninh: Promoting tourism resources from Buddhist heritages

Quang Ninh is the homeland of the Tran Dynasty, the birthplace of the Truc Lam Zen sect in Yen Tu with traces remaining in many famous pagodas.

In addition, the Buddhist map of the Mining Region also has hundreds of relics and scenic spots such as pagodas such as Loi Am, Long Tien, Cai Bau, Ba Vang... These may not be the oldest, most ancient or most majestic pagodas in the country, but many of them are prominent highlights on the tourism and heritage economic map of the province and the country in general.

Quang Ninh has the advantage of natural terrain "leaning on the mountain, facing the sea" creating a landscape that attracts tourists. The pagodas are also often in two groups, one is located on the mountain in the middle of a large, pristine ecosystem and the other is located on the coast where the sound of waves hitting the shore all year round.

Therefore, tourists who come to visit and worship Buddha can experience the scenery among the green mountains and forests or look far away, feeling the saltiness and openness of the sea.

Typically, at Ngoa Van Pagoda, Yen Tu Pagoda, Loi Am Pagoda, the pilgrimage route is a forest path, passing through rows of old trees, small ancient pagodas, nestled in the green of the forest, making it more mysterious, more quiet, and more sacred.

Or at Cai Bau Pagoda, Truc Lam Co To Pagoda, Tran Island, the immense space of the sea and sky is the special feature that attracts more tourists.

Exploiting the potential of this heritage, Quang Ninh has made major decisions over the past years. One of them is to concentrate resources, especially mobilizing non-budgetary resources to preserve, renovate and restore relics, thereby creating a spacious and sustainable appearance for a series of Buddhist relics in the area.

Moreover, many pagodas have expanded their campuses to create a "green, clean, beautiful" space, investing in a diverse service system, meeting the needs of many types of guests, including foreign and Vietnamese guests, from ordinary to high-class guests.

The infrastructure system linking socio-economic development in general and heritage tourism in particular has also been invested synchronously, from the strategic traffic system with all types (roads, highways, airports, international passenger ports, etc.) to the electricity, road, and cable systems at many Buddhist sites.

Tourist tours associated with Buddhist relics have also developed in the direction of connecting and attracting tourists to visit a majestic sea and island area, while experiencing spiritual culture and high-class resorts in the area.

In recent years, Quang Ninh has paid great attention to state management of heritage, including ensuring a healthy business environment at pagodas, especially during the Spring festival season when it welcomes the largest number of visitors of the year.

Quang Ninh has also been considered a bright spot in organizing and managing festivals over the years, with solemn rituals, joyful and healthy festivals with a variety of cultural and sports activities; ensuring security and order, traffic safety, environmental sanitation, minimizing gambling, pickpocketing, begging, panhandling, and offensive food trading.

Although not much, the Buddhist heritage in the area has attracted a number of businesses to invest seriously, meticulously, and carefully, creating healthy cultural spaces, closely connected with the core values of the heritage, and being an ideal resort for tourists.

Through models and products, businesses have contributed to spreading the image and Buddhist heritage of Quang Ninh to tourists from all over.

It can be said that accompanying the province in preserving and effectively exploiting the economic values of Buddhist heritage, we must also mention the role of the Quang Ninh Buddhist Sangha. The Sangha has made many contributions to restoring, spreading and illuminating the Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhist sect in recent years.

Among them, we must mention the restoration and construction of many new pagodas, including those in remote areas, border areas and islands such as Xa Tac temple-pagoda, Hai Ha temple-pagoda, Truc Lam Co To pagoda, Truc Lam Dao Tran pagoda.

Many pagodas regularly attract millions of tourists and Buddhists to visit and worship every year, making an important contribution to the local socio-economic development. Not only that, these Buddhist heritages also create a unique brand for the image of Quang Ninh tourism on the national tourism map.

Quang Ninh has many pagodas located in the Yen Tu-Vinh Nghiem-Con Son-Kiep Bac Relics and Landscape Complex, which was recently recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

This is an opportunity for the province's Buddhist tourist attractions associated with this heritage complex to continue to reach international stature more strongly in the future./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/quang-ninh-phat-huy-tai-nguyen-du-lich-tu-cac-di-san-phat-giao-post1068966.vnp