(VOVworld) – A ceremony to open the 2014 Con Son - Kiep Bac Spring Festival and to mark the 680^th death anniversary of Monk Huyen Quang, one of the founders of Truc Lam Zen was held Saturday in the northern province of Hai Duong. Participants include officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, the Vietnam Buddhist Shangha, local authorities, officials from cities and provinces across Vietnam, and from the Republic of Korean city of Suwon. The Con Son- Kiep Bac Spring Festival takes place from February 13^th to 16^th with many rites including incense offering rite, sacrifice rite, and traditional cultural and sports activities such as sticky-rice cake making contest, quan ho folk singing, and calligraphy writing.