The ceremony was solemnly held with the character of a national holiday. The offerings were "three animals" (1 pig, 1 goat and 1 cow), Chung cake, Day cake and colorful sticky rice...
After the ceremony comes the festival. Every year, the Hung Temple Festival organizes a palanquin competition for the surrounding villages. The palanquin that wins first prize in this year's competition will represent the remaining palanquins in the festival next year and be carried to the Upper Temple to celebrate the national ceremony. Therefore, the palanquin that wins first prize is the pride of the villagers.
During the Hung Temple festival, there is the custom of singing Xoan, singing Ca Tru... Around the area at the foot of Hung Mountain, there are many exciting folk performances and games such as: swinging, cockfighting, human chess, to tom... Groups of boys and girls gather in groups of three or five to show off their talents in singing Vi, singing Trong Quan or singing duet love songs... In the evening, there is Cheo singing, Tuong singing organized in the large fields right at the entrance of Ha Temple or Gieng Temple...
Hung Temple Festival is a beautiful custom in the tradition of the Vietnamese people. In the folk consciousness, the land of the ancestors has become the "sacred land" of the whole country, the place where the origin of the nation originated. Pilgrims to the land of the ancestors, regardless of age, gender, are proud to be descendants of King Hung.
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