The traditional festival is held on the death anniversary of the Hung Kings – the 10th day of the third lunar month, which falls on April 25 this year. The event has been observed for thousands of years, displaying the country’s cultural characteristics and consolidating national solidarity. People visit the Hung Temple Complex in Phu Tho province. The festival this year will be hosted by Phu Tho province while four other provinces will help organize, including the Northern province of Thai Nguyen, the Central province of Quang Nam and the Southern provinces of Binh Duong and Kien Giang. Various activities will be held at the Hung Temple Complex, Viet Tri city, communes surrounding the Hung Temple Complex and temples worshipping the Hung Kings and heroes of Hung Kings era throughout Phu Tho province. According to plan, contributing provinces will join in the worship ceremony and contribute money to cover the organizing expenses and to upgrade the Hung Temple Relic Site. The provinces will join in various activities during the festival like holding a chung (square cake) making contest and preparing day (glutinous round) cake; exhibit local delicacies at a fair during the event and perform at art shows. At a recent meeting, authorities of involved provinces agreed on the plan and will promote the festival so that many people all around the nation would join in the event. Ha Ke San, Vice Chairman of the Phu Tho province People’s Committee, head of the organizing board, asked involved sectors in the… [Read full story]
(Cinet) - On April 13, at the Festival Centre-Hung Kings Temple Historical Relic Site, the provincial People's Committee of Phu Tho held a grand ceremony to receive the UNESCO certificate recognizing the worship of Hung Kings as an intangible culture heritage of humanity. A ceremony to honor and present a certificate recognizing the Hung Kings worshipping ritual as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity and to start the 2013 Hung Kings Temple Festival was held in the evening of April 13th at the Festival Centre-Hung Kings Temple Historical Relic Site in Phu Tho Province in the presence of State…... [read more]
(Cinet)- The worshipping of Hung Kings in Phu Tho province, Vietnam has been recognized by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage on December 6. The information was released by Cecile Duvelle, Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at a press conference on Nov. 29 in Paris. ‘The Hung Kings worshipping rituals’ in Phu Tho on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was made at the seventh session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. ‘The Hung Kings worshipping…... [read more]
(Cinet)- According to Phu Tho provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Document “Hung King Worshipping Religion” fulfilled the final period and sent to the UNESCO for recognition as intangible cultural heritage of human beings in 2012”. Some activities have been implemented for a recognition “Worshipping religion of Hung King in Phu Tho” as the intangible cultural heritage of human beings. According to Mr. Pham Ba Khiem, vice-head of Departent of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Document was sent to the UNESCO, the Secretariat of UNESCO for adjusting some pictures and contents of community religion. The worshipping is a traditional…... [read more]
(VEN) - With distinguished features and the renovation in organization and festival content, the Hung Kings' Commemoration in 2011 was held across an expanded backdrop, from the Hung Temple to the city of Viet Tri, Lam Thao and Phu Ninh Districts. The festival was more meaningful, given the impending submission of Hung Kings' Festival, Hung Kings worship and the xoan singing to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as world intangible cultural heritage. Apart from ceremonial activities that took place in April 7, April 8 and April 12 and various national traditional festive activities such as banh…... [read more]
PANO - A ceremony to honor and present a certificate recognizing the Hung Kings worshipping ritual as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity and to start the 2013 Hung Kings Temple Festival was held in the evening of April 13th at the Festival Centre-Hung Kings Temple Historical Relic Site in Phu Tho Province in the presence of State President Truong Tan Sang. The UNESCO's recognition of Vietnam's first ancesstors' worshiping ritual on December 6, 2012 has been an honor and pride of Vietnamese people because this ritual, over the past 4,000 years, has been playing a vital role in…... [read more]
