Area: 3,528.4 sq. km. Population: 1,336.6 thousand habitants (2006) Capital: Viet Tri City. Administrative divisions:- Town: Phu Tho - Districts: Ha Hoa, Thanh Ba, Doan Hung, Lam Thao, Thanh Son, Yen Lap, Tam Nong, Thanh Thuy, Phu Ninh, Cam Khe, Tan Son. Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Muong, Dao, San Chay...
Location: Located on NghiaLinhMountain, 175 meters by sea level, VietTriCity, Phu Tho Province. Characteristic: Kings Hung Temple is a complex of majestic architectures that consist of Ha Temple and Thien Quang Pagoda, GiengTemple, Trung and Thuong temples, and King Hung Tomb.
Time: The 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month, main festival day on the 10th day of the third lunar month.Place: NghiaLinhMountain, Hy Cuong Commune, VietTriCity, Phu Tho Province. Objects of worship: Kings Hung.
Characteristics: This is the ancestors’s death anniversary of the whole nation. At the same time with incense-offering ceremony at Hung Temple in Phu Tho Province, sacrifice-offering ceremonies at Hung Temple in Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang and other provinces are aslo celebrated.
Legend: 18 generations of Kings Hung established Van Lang State, the predecessor of the present - day Vietnam.
Main activities:
The procession of 3 local communes from the communal houses to the foot of the mountain.
The incense offering ceremony.
Xoan singing, bronze drum dancing.