Was Lac Long Quan the same as King Hung?

VTC News•12/04/2025

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According to "Dai Viet Su Luoc" and other documents, this dynasty spanned 18 generations of kings, beginning with Kinh Duong Vuong and ending with Hung Due Vuong. Lac Long Quan, whose given name was Sung Lam, also known as Hung Hien Vuong (the second Hung Vuong), was born in the year of the Dragon (2825 BC), ascended the throne at the age of 33, and reigned for a total of 269 years, from the year of Mau Ty (2793 BC) to the year of the Dragon (2525 BC).
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Trieu Thi Trinh
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Empress Y Lan
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Mi Nuong
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Au Co
According to legends, Au Co was a beautiful fairy who lived in the high mountains. Her marriage to Lac Long Quan and the birth of 100 children transformed the Vietnamese people into descendants of dragons and fairies.
Âu Cơ (2825–2520 BC) is a figure in Vietnamese legend. Along with the great legends of Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ is considered the ancestral mother of the Vietnamese people. Her story with Lạc Long Quân is recorded as a legend and myth in the first chapter of Lĩnh Nam Chích Quái. This legend was first considered official history and recorded as a chronicle in the Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư (Complete History of Đại Việt) during the Later Lê Dynasty, but it is absent from the older historical work, the Đại Việt Sử Lược (Brief History of Đại Việt) during the Trần Dynasty.

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Hung Vi Vuong
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Hung Quoc Vuong
Hung Quoc Vuong was born in the year Canh Ngo (2570 BC), belonging to the Can branch, his given name was Lan Lang, the eldest son of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, and he remained in Phong Chau to succeed his father. He established the third dynasty. He changed the name of the country from Xich Quy to Van Lang.
King Hung Quoc ascended the throne at the age of 18 and reigned for 272 years, from the year Dinh Ty (2524 BC) to 2253 BC.
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Hung Due Vuong
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Hung Hien Vuong

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Unicorn
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Thunder God
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Fairy
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According to the legend of the Dragon and the Immortal, King Lac Long Quan, of the Dragon lineage, married the Immortal Au Co. Lac Long Quan and Au Co were both noble deities who gave birth to a sack containing a hundred eggs, from which a hundred children hatched.
One day, Lac Long Quan felt he could not live on land forever, so he bid farewell to Au Co and took fifty children to the sea, while she took fifty children to the mountains. The eldest son who followed Au Co was crowned king, taking the title Hung Vuong, establishing his capital in Phong Chau, and naming the country Van Lang. For more than a dozen generations, the kings all took the title Hung Vuong. Because of this legend, when Vietnamese people refer to their origins, they often say they are descendants of the Dragon and the Immortal.
The ancient Vietnamese historical text, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, also records a similar legend, but omits the element of a hundred eggs in a sack, only mentioning Âu Cơ and Lạc Long Quân giving birth to a hundred children.

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World cultural heritage
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Intangible cultural heritage of humanity
On December 6, 2012, UNESCO officially recognized the Hung Kings worship belief in Phu Tho as a Representative Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This is a very important event for the Vietnamese nation, demonstrating the strength of national unity in our nation's millennia-long struggle for national liberation and defense.
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World Documentary Heritage
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World Natural Heritage