Phu Tho, Viet Nam
Phu

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...

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Kings Hung Temple
Kings

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.

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Hung Temple Festival
Hung

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.

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