A Phu Tho province ceremony introducing the short film Hung King’s Temple - The Sacred Homeland (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The northern province of Phu Tho will launch ashort film in Vietnamese and English to introduce and popularise the Hung KingsTemple and traditional Vietnamese beliefs.
The 10-minute film entitled Den Hung -Linh Thieng Nguon Coi (Hung Kings Temple - The Sacred Homeland) was made byPhu Tho province, the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site and PetroVietnam GasCorporation.
Traditional Vietnamese beliefs and practices are introduced in the film, givingviewers a chance to learn more about the glorious history of the nation.
The film will air on Voice of Vietnam Television, People’s Television and VietnamMultimedia Corporation Television in the coming Lunar New Year. It will showthe custom of worshipping Hung Kings on the occasion of the Ancestral Anniversaryand Hung Kings Temple Festival, falling on the 10th day of the third lunarmonth.
Legend has it that Lac Long Quan (Dragon King) and his wife Au Co (PhoenixQueen) gave birth to one hundred men. Fifty sons went with their mother to livein the mountain and the father took the other sons out to sea. The eldest sonfollowed the mother to settle in Phong Chau of today’s Phu Tho province andfounded the country known as Van Lang.
Van Lang was the first state of Vietnamese people. The Hung Kings’ dynastylasted 18 generations.
The custom of worshipping the Hung Kings developed from the 12th century, beingofficially honoured during the reign of King Le Thanh Tong in 1470. Since then,celebrations of the founders of the Vietnamese nation were maintainedthroughout the community. The practice was recognised as an Intangible CulturalHeritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2012.-VNS/VNA
The 10-minute film entitled Den Hung -Linh Thieng Nguon Coi (Hung Kings Temple - The Sacred Homeland) was made byPhu Tho province, the Hung Kings Temple Relic Site and PetroVietnam GasCorporation.
Traditional Vietnamese beliefs and practices are introduced in the film, givingviewers a chance to learn more about the glorious history of the nation.
The film will air on Voice of Vietnam Television, People’s Television and VietnamMultimedia Corporation Television in the coming Lunar New Year. It will showthe custom of worshipping Hung Kings on the occasion of the Ancestral Anniversaryand Hung Kings Temple Festival, falling on the 10th day of the third lunarmonth.
Legend has it that Lac Long Quan (Dragon King) and his wife Au Co (PhoenixQueen) gave birth to one hundred men. Fifty sons went with their mother to livein the mountain and the father took the other sons out to sea. The eldest sonfollowed the mother to settle in Phong Chau of today’s Phu Tho province andfounded the country known as Van Lang.
Van Lang was the first state of Vietnamese people. The Hung Kings’ dynastylasted 18 generations.
The custom of worshipping the Hung Kings developed from the 12th century, beingofficially honoured during the reign of King Le Thanh Tong in 1470. Since then,celebrations of the founders of the Vietnamese nation were maintainedthroughout the community. The practice was recognised as an Intangible CulturalHeritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2012.-VNS/VNA
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