VietNamNet Bridge - In three days, the Hong Phuc Pagoda in Hanoi made
2,000 banh chung to give to the poor and the disadvantaged people.
VietNamNet Bridge - In three days, the Hong Phuc Pagoda in Hanoi made 2,000 banh chung (traditional rice cake of Vietnam) to give to the poor and the disadvantaged people.
On February 5-7, the Hong Phuc Pagoda in Hoe Nhai ward, Hanoi made
nearly 700 cakes a day to donate to the poor in Hoe Nhai Ward.
The cakes are made of glutinous rice and green beans, not meat as traditional cakes.
Many elderly people and local people came to the pagoda to join a hand in this charity program.
This program was launched five years ago by the pagoda’s senior monk Thich Tam Hoan and it has been maintained annually.
The cakes were arranged in a big pot for boiling.
Boiling banh chung in the temple yard.
Mrs. Kham, 79, has joined this activity for five years.
In addition to the New Year cakes, the pagoda also cooked thousands
of rice meals to present to patients at the Blood Transfusion and
Hematology Institute, presented gifts and scholarships for poor
children.
Each pair of cakes will be donated to each disadvantaged family.
Venerable Thich Tam Hoan handed cakes to poor people.
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