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Kính thưa Quí Vị.
Kính mời quí vị đến chùa Quang Minh vào ngày Chủ Nhật 25/02/2024 tham dự sự kiện quan trọng.
Thân kính,
Phạm Phúc Nhân

 

Report of Quang Minh year of the Dragon festival 2024

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please temporarily borrow two verses from Nguyen Du's famous poem

alot  handsome actors and beautiful actresses

Horse cars such as beautiful  clothes fulled  on spring road

To describe the excitement of welcoming spring among Melbourne compatriots at the special monasteries at Quang Minh Temple.

Spring is a symbol of better and newer changes and overcoming difficulties in the old year to achieve more beautiful and perfect things in the new year..

This Dragon Festival brings many meanings of strength, maturity and shine to all aspects of life.

Quang Minh Temple  is pleased to welcome you from 6:00 p.m. on February 9, 2024 to celebrate New Year's Eve at the 5-hectare campus surrounding the temple

With beautiful weather of 20 degrees, cool breeze, thousands of beautiful traditional costumes of colorful Vietnamese girls accompanied by handsome boys, young men and women, children, and the elderly come here seemingly in big waves overflowed onto the beach.

It is estimated that there are about 30,000 tourists interacting and visiting the pagoda on New Year's Eve and the first and second days of the Lunar New Year.

Fellow countrymen had the opportunity to enjoy lion dances, dragon dances, fireworks and firecrackers served by more than 100 volunteers.

The guests attending and giving speeches on New Year's Eve include: Ms Colleen Marian and Uncle Keith Randall, Indigenous Elder, Gathering Place, Cr. Cuc Lam, Mayor Maribyrnong City Council, Hon Daniel Mullino, Federal Member for Fraser, The Hon Ingrid Stitt MP, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, The Hon Natalie Suleyman MP, Minister for Veterans, Minister for Small Business, Minister for Youth, Mr Trung Luu MLC, Member for Western Metropolitan Region, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, The Hon Katie Hall MP, Member of Footscray, Cr. Ranka Rasic, Mayor, Brimbank City Council, Cr. John Sipek, Represent Mayor, Moonee Valley City Council, Mr Bruce Mildenhall, President, Vietnamese Museum Australia, Mr Scott COLSON, Acting Superintendent, Victoria Police, Ms. Cam Nguyen & Ms Nicky Chung, President and CEO of The Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association, Mr Changhoon Yi, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Youth Leaders& Children from the Quang Minh Buddhist’s Youth Association along with 3 charming MCs My Hien, My Phuoc, My Oanh and the music band Tuy Hong.

Dong Huong came to the pagoda to welcome spring and enjoy the traditional Giap Thin Tet at Quang Minh Pagoda.

You have been  very surprised with the 9 unique small  scenes  filled with the meaning of the Tet holiday atmosphere of your hometown in a foreign land.

Giap Thin spring welcome gate welcomes guests full of luck and prosperity throughout the year.

The image of a majestic and colorful Dragon in front of a Buddha image is the highlight of the Year of the Dragon.

Images of flower boats named after southern rivers of Viet Nam , poor thatched roofs in the countryside welcoming spring in the homeland, cozy families of the past welcoming spring with old images reminiscent of childhood days cooking banh chung, traditional sewing machines, Sắc Xuân with 4 Seasons, the ancient roof of Hoi An in the central region, of Viet Nam with the old city of Saigon appearing with traditional cyclo circuses and many other meaningful miniatures welcoming you..

Thank you to all volunteers who came to enjoy the pagoda, all federal and state government officials, all the volunteers, the two youth Buddhist families who performed the performances, the security guards, and the lion dancing couple. Vovinam, maintained Gardening, office, Kitchen, business, library, ceremonies, ashram of Cưc Lạc Liên Hữu  etc. and especially the reception team day and night for 2 consecutive weeks completing 9 small beautiful scenes  under the supervision Consult Venerable Minh Tu for the magnificent and brilliant Dragon..

All of you are like swallows publicly helping  off or silently creating a group photo that creates a brilliant spring for Quang Minh Pagoda in this year's Giap Thin spring.

I wish all monks, nuns, and visitors  to enjoy a spring of happiness, peace, longevity, and all good things like Dragon wings soaring highly, sublimating to welcome a new year full of hope.

Phạm Phuc Nhân.

 

Quang Ming Temple successful campaigning for the earthquake in Turkey

Thank you for the golden heart of fellow Buddhists.

The donation of 81,556 dollars sent to bank on 11 am 20/02/2023 in 24 hours of campaigning for the earthquake in Turkey is a record


As predicted, the weather is very nice, the temple yard has no parking space, fellow Buddhists over 1000 people from 10 am in turn come to the temple to go to the temple and participate in fundraising, the temple yard is graceful with many colourful ao dai such as: new year's first day,
In the kitchen, more than 20 volunteers in the reception team with yellow costumes and white hats decorated with 14 dishes and 10 desserts. It should be mentioned that the temple has only prepared very suddenly, only 5 Days in the kitchen department consists of 30 people day and night preparing food for today.
Right at 11:30 am, the reception board opened the door to invite fellow countrymen to the party. Inside the hall with a capacity of 400 guests and the rest of the guests went out to sit in tents and around the Shakyamuni Buddha statue park. Thank you to all more than 1,000 compatriots who enthusiastically supported the fundraising for the Turkey Earthquake today.
Through today's speeches by Ministers Natalie Suleyman and Mr. Suleyman, we gain a deeper understanding of the tragic and plight of the victims.
Thank you to the monks and nuns of the temples.
Thank you, volunteers, MC, SBS, reception, kitchen, IT audio, finance, security, Buddhist families.
The amount of money contributed 81,556 dollars to the bank at 11am on February 20, 2023, during 24 hours of campaigning is a rare record, if we continue to receive the amount that can exceed 100,000 The amount has been liked by the Venerable Master. Phuoc Tan personally handed over to Mr. Suleyman, the representative of the Turkish community in Australia, initially 77,000 dollars, 10 minutes later increased to 79,000 dollars, will be transferred directly to the victim's emergency room. The amount increased to 81,556 dollars sent to bank at 11am 20/02/2023
The amount of money contributed 81,556 dollars to the bank at 11am on February 20, 2023 in 24 hours of campaigning is a rare record, if we continue to receive the amount that can exceed 100,000 The amount has been liked by the Venerable Master. Phuoc Tan personally handed over to Mr. Suleyman, the representative of the Turkish community in Australia, initially 77,000 dollars, 10 minutes later increased to 79,000 dollars, will be transferred directly to the victim's emergency room. The amount increased to 81,556 dollars sent to bank at 11am 20/02/2023,.
Those of you who contributed and want to file a tax return received a receipt yesterday.
If you still want to contribute, please contact Mr. Suleyman Telephone: 0409366360 Turkish Community.
Thank you very much for your generosity.
Kind regards
Pham Phuc Nhan

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