Thread: Hung King Temple Festival

The festival begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich, Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu. The procession carries bamboo elephants and wooden horses symbolizing the submission of animals to the Kings Hung and the wedding of the Mountain Genie and Princess Ngoc Hoa. Banh chung (square sticky rice cake) and banh giay (round sticky rice cake) are indispensable offerings in the procession in order to honor the merit of the Kings Hung who taught people to plant rice and to remind people of Lang Lieu who invented these cakes.
The worship service is held on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month and commences with a flower ceremony with the participation of state representatives. Held in Thuong Temple, where the Kings Hung used to worship deities with full rituals, the ceremony is conducted with the traditional rituals representing the whole nation. During that time, the nha to Do Ngai guild performs singing and dancing to welcome visitors.
The children of the Kings Hung throughout the country converge on the temple to offer incense. The procession includes the state representatives, one hundred young men and women in traditional costumes symbolizing “children of the Dragon and Fairy” and pilgrims.
The procession marches are followed by a Xoan singing performance (a kind of folk song of Vinh - Phu region) in Thuong Temple, ca tru (a kind of classical opera) in Ha Temple, and other activities including bamboo swings, nem con (throwing a sacred ball through the ring), cham thau (beating bronze drum), dam duong (pounding rice).
Hung Temple Festival not only attracts visitors from all over the country because of its special traditional cultural activities, but it is also a sacred trip back in time to the origins of the Vietnamese nation. People usually show their love and pride of their homeland and ancestral land. This religious belief deeply imbedded in the minds of every Vietnamese citizen, regardless of where they originate.

It's festival that really bound each people with others. All people come together and celebrate together that's the beauty of every festival.

Every year, This temple festival will celebrate. a large number of visitors from all over the country participate a national festival.Hung Kings' Temple Festival has become a Vietnamese national holiday since 2007. This is nice festival to see and participate.

Sounds very interesting,
Pleasure to find this nice information about Hung King Temple Festival.
Hope to get more from here.

I'm proud of my tomb of King Hung.
It's a very beautiful and sacred places

Looks like that the festival is very interesting hope I can experience that kind of festival too...

Looking forward to visit the place and enjoy the festival too...^_^

Thanks for the interesting information!!! i like it!

i m not from Vietnam but i learn lot of info about Vietnam on this forum, i like vietnam culture very much and i hope one day i will visit Vietnam and see this tomb of King Hung.