( PowerPoint 2007+ ) Hung Kings' Death Anniversary ( Lễ hội giỗtổ Hùng Vương )

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Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary
Hung Kings` Death Anniversary
1. Legend of Hung Kings Death Anniversary

It is said that thousands of years ago, Lac Long Quan (King Dragon of the Land of Lac Viet) had superhuman strength and liked to stay near water. He succeeded to the throne of his father, and governed the Lac-Viet tribe.

De Lai, king of a northern tribe, with his daughter Au Co made a trip to visit the south.Admiring Lac Long Quan`s talent, De Lai married Au Co to Lac Long Quan
Lac Long Quan’s statue in Hung Temple
Au Co and 100 eggs, which hatched into 100 children
Lac Long Quan and Au Co when they separated
After that, Au Co became pregnant and gave birth to a membranous sac. The sac kept getting larger and larger, and burst on the seventh day. Surprisingly, there were one hundred eggs in the sac, which hatched into one hundred beautiful children.
The couple then parted due to their different origins. Lac Long Quan led 50 children down to the coastal region to populate the land and propagate the race. Au Co brought 50 children up to the mountainous area.
The Hung Kings
The children of Lac Long Quan and Au Co were the ancestors of Vietnam, and so the Vietnamese are known as "Dragon and Fairy descendants." The eldest child, Hung Vuong, was left to become King; he founded the capital in Phong Chau and named the country Van Lang. He`s the first king of Vietnam.
From generations to generations, the Vietnamese people hold a festival nationwide on the 10th day of the third lunar month to commemorate the anniversary of their ancestor`s death, founder of the Vietnamese nation - the first Hung King.
Lac Long Quan and Au Co’s statue in Nha Trang
2. Hung Kings` Anniversary
Annually held from 8th to the 11th days of the third lunar month
The main festival day is on the 10th day
Takes place at the Hung Temple on Nghia Linh Mountain (Phong Chau District, Phu Tho Province, some 85km northwest of Hanoi).
Hung Temple’s Gate
Ha Temple
Trung Temple
Thuong Temple
Gieng Temple
- Begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich, Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu.
- Carries bamboo elephants and wooden horses.
- Begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich, Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu.
- Carries bamboo elephants and wooden horses.
The procession
Palanquin procession
"Banh Chung" and "Banh Day" are unreplaceable offerings in order to honour the merit of Hung Kings who taught people to plant rice and to remind people of Lang Lieu who invented these cakes.
“Banh Chung” and “Banh Day”
Making rice cakes to offer to Hung Kings
The children of the Hung Kings 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.
People are burning incense
Millions of visitors have flocked to Nghia Linh Mount
The procession marches are followed by
- 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
- Other activities: including bamboo swings, nem con (throwing a sacred ball through the ring), cham thau (beating bronze drum), dam duong (pounding rice),…..
Xoan singing
“Banh Chung” Cooking Contest
“Banh Giay” Cooking Contest
Free-Wrestling Contest
Boat Racing Contest
“Dam Duong”
Dragon Dancing
Swinging Contest
Writting Calligraphy
Cock fighting
3. Meaning of Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary
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.
News about Hung Kings Festival
on Champion Paper
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