Hung Temple Festival rejects records

Phu Tho has prepared for the organization of the Hung Temple Festival 2014. This year, the Organizing Committee has refused to offer records to King Hung from units, organizations and individuals and has prepared most carefully to strive to make the Hung Temple Festival a model festival of the whole country.

The whole country offered incense at the same time.

The worship of Hung Kings is a fine tradition of national culture. This is affirmed by the belief that has had a lasting vitality for thousands of years as well as the recognition by UNESCO that the worship of Hung Kings in Phu Tho is an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

This year, the Hung Kings' Commemoration Ceremony - Hung Kings' Temple Festival is held for 5 days, from the 6th to the 10th of the 3rd lunar month (from 5th to 9th April 2014) at the Hung Kings' Temple historical relic site, Viet Tri city and the communes and wards surrounding the Hung Kings' Temple, places with relics worshiping the Hung Kings and famous people and generals of the Hung Kings' era in Phu Tho province. The festival has the participation of 4 provinces: Bac Ninh, Quang Binh, Vinh Long and Long An with many unique cultural activities.

In Viet Tri City, the following activities will take place: Art program to celebrate the King's death anniversary - Festival 2014 with the theme: "Back to the heritage countryside"; Xoan singing festival; Exhibition of architectural models of Hung Vuong Tower; Exhibition of paintings and photos "Vietnam's sovereignty over seas and islands"; Hung Vuong fair; contest of wrapping and cooking banh chung and pounding banh day; high-altitude fireworks display at Hung Vuong Square...

The new point in this year's Hung Temple Festival is that the Management Board of the Relic Site has advised the Provincial People's Committee to request the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to direct localities with relics worshiping Hung Kings to simultaneously offer incense at the same time as the incense offering at the top of Nghia Linh Mountain at Hung Temple.

In addition, within the framework of the festival, the provinces participating in organizing this year's Hung Kings' Commemoration will bring performances imbued with regional cultural identity such as: Don ca tai tu of Vinh Long and Long An provinces, Bac Ninh folk songs, and Quang Binh folk songs.

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Rejecting the records

Yesterday, March 26, Mr. Ha Ke San, Vice Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee - Head of the Hung Temple Festival 2014 Organizing Committee, said that to avoid conflicting information, this year the Hung Temple Festival Organizing Committee will not accept donations from organizations, individuals, and units regarding record items to offer to King Hung.

Mr. San added that in previous years, items such as the biggest banh chung, the biggest bottle of wine, etc. were donated by individuals and organizations out of their own hearts. However, they also brought about many negative comments. This year, the Organizing Committee resolutely refused such gifts. Also according to Mr. San, the record for the largest flag donated by an organization this year was rejected.

Besides, to ensure a clean and beautiful Hung Temple festival, truly a gathering point for every Vietnamese person, the Organizing Committee has prepared the program content for the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day and Hung Temple Festival, and the sectors and localities are actively implementing the content as assigned by the Organizing Committee.

The police sector has established two interdisciplinary inspection teams to help the Organizing Committee maintain the implementation of festival rules and regulations; coordinate with the Department of Transport to organize traffic flows and routes to ensure convenience for people attending the festival...

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has completed the development of a detailed plan and scenario for organizing cultural, artistic and sports activities during the Hung Kings' death anniversary; at the same time, it has established two interdisciplinary inspection teams to inspect and handle illegal cultural activities, cultural services and advertising in Viet Tri City and in the festival area.

The Department of Industry and Trade directed the Market Management force to strengthen the management of sales service activities and service establishments serving people attending the festival; coordinate with functional agencies to check the price posting of some items in the Hung Temple area and Viet Tri City...

The ceremony at the Hung Temple Festival includes a number of activities: Incense offering in memory of the Hung Kings; death anniversary of the National Ancestor Lac Long Quan; incense offering in memory of Mother Au Co; incense offering at the relics worshiping the Hung Kings and famous people and generals of the Hung King era; palanquin procession of the communes surrounding the Hung Temple historical relic site.

The festival includes activities such as: Cultural camp, art performances, display of products and culinary culture of 13 districts, towns and cities in the province; Bronze drum beating, lion dance; Contest of wrapping, cooking banh chung, pounding banh day; Photo exhibition "Worshiping the King - the origin of ancestors"; Exhibition of typical art photos about the homeland and people of Phu Tho.

According to NNVN