Description
Road to the relic: from Nha Trang city along National Highway 1A go down to the South about 54km, to Xuan Ninh church turn left about 800m to reach the relic. If you go from Cam Ranh city along National Highway 1A to the North about 6km, to Xuan Ninh church turn right about 800m to the relic.
Lang Ong - Ba temple is now located in Xuan Ninh 2 quarter, Cam Phuc Nam ward, Cam Ranh city, Khanh Hoa province. Initially, when a part of the Vietnamese population from Quang Nam to Binh Dinh and Phu Yen came to Cam Ranh peninsula to make a living, they named the village Thach An (the name of the mountain here). After the country was unified, a part of the population of Cam Ranh neighborhood (belonging to Cam Ranh peninsula) moved to the mainland to live. In 1976, a part of Xuan Ninh villagers (Mong Cai, Quang Ninh) also migrated here. Therefore, Cam Xuan village was taken with the first two letters of Cam Ranh and Xuan Ninh to form the name of the village. The name of the mausoleum - the temple is also called after the village of Cam Xuan.
Mieu Ba
Tomb of Ong - Temple of Ba was born around the beginning of the 19th century. The main occupation of the villagers is fishing, so when building religious buildings, the god they worship is also associated with their profession, the god Nam Hai. Every village that does both farming and fishing often has one more god, so in addition to Nam Hai, Thach An village also worships Holy Mother Thien Y A Na, the god who guides people to cultivate, raise livestock, and weave cloth. When moving to the mainland, people worship more Quan Thanh, Four Palaces, Tam Toa Thanh Mau, Tran Hung Dao Dai Vuong ...
The main architectural works include: Nghi Mon, Phong Nha, Martial Ca, Ong Tomb, Ba Temple.
Overview of Ong Mausoleum - Ba Cam Xuan Temple
Usually whenever a new king ascends the throne or there is a great event, the gods worshiped in the local monuments are also given titles in the deity ordination to maintain the governance as well as the gods. protect the inhabitants of that land. Ong Mausoleum - Ba Temple has been ordained 11 times:
- Ordained King Tu Duc in the 3rd year (1850), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained King Tu Duc in the 3rd year (1850), conferred on Thien Y A Na;
- Ordained King Tu Duc in the 33rd year (1880), conferred on Thien Y A Na;
- Ordained King Tu Duc in the 33rd year (1880), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained King Dong Khanh in the 2nd year (1886), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained King Dong Khanh in the 2nd year (1886), ordained Thien Y A Na;
- Ordained the reign of King Duy Tan in the 3rd year (1909), conferred on Thien Y A Na;
- Ordained the reign of King Duy Tan in the 3rd year (1909), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained the reign of King Duy Tan in the 5th year (1911), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained King Khai Dinh in the 9th year (1924), conferred on Nam Hai;
- Ordained King Khai Dinh in the 9th year (1924), conferred on Thien Y A Na.
Up to now, the Tomb of Ong - Ba Temple still retains the traditional cultural features, regularly maintains the worshiping rituals, organizes the traditional festival taking place on the 16th day of the third lunar month every year. This is the fishing festival of the people to pray for a bountiful year of fishing and the fishermen who go out to sea always have good luck with calm waves.
Ceremonies include: ceremony of color procession, ceremony of tidal ceremony, ceremony of procession of Mr. Nam Hai, ceremony of asking for birth, ceremony of sacrifice to gods; the meeting part has boi singing. In Boi singing, there are often Thu Le singing and Ton Vuong singing.
In addition, in the year of Ong Mausoleum - Ba Temple, there are worshiping ceremonies:
- On the 12th day of the second lunar month to worship Mr. Nam Hai;
- On the 24th day of the 3rd lunar month worshiping Mr. Nhi Kiem;
- On the 12th day of the 7th lunar month to worship Mr. Nam Hai;
- On the 25th day of the 9th lunar month to worship Mr. Nam Hai;
- On the 18th day of the 12th lunar month to worship Ba.
Recognizing the values of the relic, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 2345/QD-UBND dated November 21, 2005 recognizing the Tomb of Ong - Ba Temple as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic.