Many meaningful activities on the occasion of Hung King's death anniversary 2017

This year's Hung Kings Commemoration Day program will take place over 6 days: from April 1 to April 6, 2017 (ie March 5 to March 10 of the lunar calendar) with many activities organized solemnly and economically.

This year's Hung Kings Commemoration Day program is held for 6 consecutive days.

This year's Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Kings' Temple Festival is hosted by the People's Committee of Phu Tho province, with the participation of Ben Tre, Binh Phuoc, Hanoi and Thai Binh. The activities will take place within the Hung Kings' Historical Relic Site, Viet Tri city, the communes surrounding the Hung Kings' Temple, the Hung Kings' relics and famous people and generals of the Hung Kings' era in the whole province; in which, the center is the Hung Kings' Historical Relic Site and Viet Tri city.

Activities during this year's Hung Kings' Commemoration Day include: Offerings to the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day; participating in the Incense Offering Ceremony to commemorate the Hung Kings at the Upper Temple; the 5th expanded contest of wrapping banh chung and pounding banh giay in Phu Tho province; organizing exhibition booths to introduce local specialties at the Hung Kings' Fair, Viet Tri city, displaying orchids, artifacts about the Hung Kings' worship beliefs past and present, Van Lang antiques, photo exhibition - promoting Phu Tho tourism and books, newspapers, documents on Vietnam Book Day 2017; organizing the 12th Hung Kings' Friendship Tennis Tournament; professional art performances... Hanoi city and Thai Binh province will participate in the art program to welcome the festival and perform water puppetry.

The ceremony of this year's Hung Temple Festival was held 30-60 minutes earlier than last year, in which the death anniversary of the National Ancestor Lac Long Quan and the incense offering ceremony in memory of the Mother Au Co took place in the early morning of April 2 (March 6 of the lunar calendar); the 2017 Hung King's death anniversary was held at the Upper Temple at 6:30 a.m. on April 6 (March 10 of the lunar calendar). The palanquin procession to the Hung Temple of the communes, wards and towns surrounding the relic took place from 7:00 a.m. on April 4 (March 8 of the lunar calendar). Localities with temples to worship Hung Kings and famous people and generals of the Hung King era offered incense at the same time at 6:30 a.m. on March 10 of the lunar calendar.

The banh chung wrapping and cooking contest is one of the indispensable activities in the Hung Kings' death anniversary.

Starting from April 1, the cultural camp took place with a mass art festival, folk song performances, xoan singing, teasing, folk performances... In particular, Phu Tho Xoan singing was performed by artisans from the original Xoan villages in the program "Xoan singing in ancient villages" associated with cultural heritage tourism spots at Lai Len temple (Kim Duc commune), Hung Lo communal house (Hung Lo commune), An Thai communal house (Phuong Lau commune). Lai Len temple is also the place to display documents on Xoan singing and organize the Xoan singing festival for children and teenagers in Viet Tri city on the morning of April 3.

In addition, various forms of Cheo, Chau Van, and Water Puppetry will be performed by the Thai Binh Cheo Theatre, the Art Troupe of Binh Phuoc and Ben Tre Provinces, and the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre - Hanoi during the festival days. The Banh Giay and Banh Chung offering ceremony of the Hanoi Folk Culture Troupe and Cam Khe District, Phu Tho Province will also take place on the morning of April 3. On April 4, the 5th Phu Tho Province Open Banh Chung Wrapping, Cooking, and Banh Giay Pounding Competition will take place.

Regarding sports, the Viet Tri Open Rowing Competition on Van Lang Park Lake took place on the morning of April 1; the Traditional Rowing Competition on Lo River will take place on April 5; Mass sports competitions: Men's volleyball, Chinese chess, traditional wrestling, crossbow shooting, and stick pushing were held on April 2; the National Volleyball Tournament for Strong Teams competing for the Hung Vuong Cup will open on April 4 and the final and closing ceremony will take place on the evening of April 8 (ie March 12, Dinh Dau year).

To avoid affecting the sacred beauty of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival 2017, the People's Committee of Phu Tho province has set the goal of "5 no's": No beggars; no traffic jams; no soliciting or "ripping off" tourists; no offensive behavior; no environmental pollution.

According to Petrotimes