The northern province of Phu Tho held rituals on April 2 (the sixth day of the third lunar month) to commemorate the death anniversary of the nation’s legendary Great Father Lac Long Quan and pay incense tribute to Great Mother Au Co.
Many visitors flock to Hung Temple historical relic site to commemorate the nation's Great Father (Photo: VNA)
Phu Tho (VNA) – The northern provinceof Phu Tho held rituals on April 2 (the sixth day of the third lunar month) tocommemorate the death anniversary of the nation’s legendary Great Father LacLong Quan and pay incense tribute to Great Mother Au Co.
Local leaders and people prayed for the country’speace, solidarity, and firm protection of national territorial integrity andsovereignty over seas, islands, and border areas, and socio-economicdevelopment.
Following the solemn rites at the Hung Templehistorical relic site, numerous sport and culture activities were held, such as“hat xoan” (xoan singing), men’s volleyball, chess, and wrestling competitions,crossbow shooting, stick pulling, a photo exhibition on local tourism, and aspecial art performance.
Legend has it that Lac Long Quan, whose realname was Sung Lam, the son of Kinh Duong Vuong and Than Long Nu, married thedaughter of Heaven’s God De Lai, fairy Au Co.
Au Co then gave birth to a pouch filled with onehundred eggs, which soon hatched into one hundred sons, believed to beVietnam’s ancestors. But soon after, Lac Long Quan and Au Co separated. LacLong Quan went to the coast with 50 children while Au Co went to the highlandswith the other 50.
Their eldest son was made the King, who namedthe country Van Lang and set up the capital in Phong Chau (nowadays Viet Tricity, Phu Tho province), starting the 18 reigns of Hung Kings.
The worshipping rituals of the Hung Kings areclosely related to the ancestral worshipping tradition of most Vietnamesefamilies which forms an important part of people's spiritual lives. It wasrecognised by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in2012. The commemoration of LacLong Quan, Au Co and the Hung Kings is held annually at the Hung Kings Templein Phu Tho province in the first days of the third lunar month, with the mainactivity organized on the 10th day. Millions of people flockto the Hung Kings Temple in Phu Tho for the Hung Kings Temple Festival everyyear. -VNA
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Many visitors flock to Hung Temple historical relic site to commemorate the nation's Great Father (Photo: VNA)
