Spiritual culture and the practice of spiritual rituals in Vietnam: Case study of Dau Pagoda festival, Bac Ninh and Tran Temple festival, Nam Dinh

In the long-term development of history, cultural values are summarized, built and developed in that long-term development history. Spiritual culture as a cultural value of human beings, as well as other cultural values such as culinary culture, costume culture... are formed and developed in the process of dealing with the natural environment, human society, and through human actions, cultural values are expressed. Spiritual culture is a culture that expresses sacred values in daily life and expresses sacred beliefs in religious life. Such as worshiping gods, worshiping Mother Goddesses, worshiping ancestors are all spiritual cultural activities of Vietnamese people. These activities have revealed the beliefs in the sacred realm of the Vietnamese community, and through these activities, those beliefs have existed for a long time. The paper will study the relationship between spiritual culture and spiritual ritual practices at Dau Pagoda festival in Bac Ninh province and Tran Temple festival in Nam Dinh.