Visit Phu Tho to see the reenactment of the ancient story of King Hung teaching people to grow rice.

(CLO) On the morning of February 12, at Dan Tich Dien, Minh Nong ward, Viet Tri city ( Phu Tho province), the Hung King Festival took place, to show gratitude for the great contributions of the Hung Kings who pioneered agriculture in the early days of nation building.

This is a unique and typical festival that marks the beginning of Vietnam's rice cultivation, associated with the Hung King era, creating a highlight for festival activities in the process of building Viet Tri city into a festival city returning to the roots of the Vietnamese people.

The festival includes a ceremony with rituals from Cao Nieu, worshiping Than Nong, sacrificial activities, especially the reenactment of "King Hung teaching people to plant rice". The festival includes rice planting competitions, rice cake pounding competitions of the teams and folk games with the participation of people and tourists from all over.

Legend has it that in the past, people did not know how to plow and plant rice, but lived on tree roots, wild vegetables, and wild game. Seeing that the riverside land after each flood, the land was enriched with alluvium, so people were guided to find ways to build banks to retain water.

One day, King Hung's daughters followed the people to fish by the river and saw flocks of birds flying around the beach. Suddenly, a bird dropped a rice flower on Mi Nuong's hair. She brought the rice flower back to tell her father. King Hung then thought it was a good omen and told Mi Nuong and her daughters to go to the beach to pick the rice flowers and bring them back.

In the spring, King Hung and his people brought the seeds to the fields. The King went down to the fields and used a sharp stick to poke holes to plant the seeds. When the seedlings grew, the people did not know how to plant them, so King Hung pulled the seedlings up, brought them to the fields, and waded down to plant them for the people to see. Mi Nuong and the people saw this and followed suit.

Later generations, people remembered King Hung's merits for honoring him as the ancestor of agriculture, erecting the Tich Dien altar facing the southwest right on the promontory where King Hung sat when teaching people to plant rice, placing food storage on Lua hill, storing straw on Straw hill...

In order to preserve and promote the unique cultural heritage values ​​of the Hung King era, meet the needs of the community and demonstrate the morality of drinking water and remembering its source, in 2018, the People's Committee of Viet Tri city organized the restoration of the Hung King Festival teaching people to grow rice after a period of comprehensive and systematic research on history and traditional customs.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/ve-phu-tho-xem-tai-hien-tich-xua-vua-hung-day-dan-cay-lua-tai-le-hoi-dau-xuan-post334150.html