Legend says that in ancient times, people did not know how to plow or cultivate rice, but lived only on roots, wild vegetables, and the meat of wild animals. Seeing that the land along the riverbanks became fertile after each flood, the people were told to find a way to build embankments to retain the water.
One day, the daughters of King Hung went fishing with the villagers along the river and saw flocks of birds flying all over the riverbank. Suddenly, one bird dropped a grain of rice onto the hair of one of the princesses. She brought the grain of rice back to show her father. King Hung, considering it an auspicious sign, told the princesses to go to the riverbank and gather the rice grains and bring them back.
In the spring, King Hung and his people brought seeds to the fields. The king went down to the field and used a pointed stick to poke holes for planting the seeds. When the seedlings sprouted, the people didn't know how to transplant them, so King Hung pulled up the seedlings, brought them to the flooded fields, and waded in to plant them for the people to see. The princesses and the people saw this and followed suit.
Later generations, remembering King Hung's contributions, honored him as the founder of agriculture and erected the Tich Dien altar facing southwest on the hill where King Hung sat when teaching people how to cultivate rice; they placed the granary on Rice Hill, stored straw on Straw Hill, and named the market Lu Market.
The 2024 Hung King Teaching the People to Cultivate Rice Festival will be held in early spring of the Year of the Dragon, with a space stretching along the birthplace of the Hung King; creating a cultural and spiritual highlight, a symbol of fertility culture for the festival city, connecting with the roots of the nation.
This also serves as the basis for Phu Tho province to build a heritage dossier to submit to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for consideration of the "King Hung Teaching the People to Cultivate Rice" festival as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, contributing to the planning of the historical site to become an attractive tourist destination, serving the people and visitors from all over.
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