Tín Ngưỡng Thờ Cúng HÙng Vương Dịch Bằng Tiếng Anh

Belief in worshiping Hung Vuong –

Typical Cultural Identity of the Vietnamese nation

Belief in worshiping Hung Vuong originated from the time of Hung Kings with the belief that the whole nation shares the same race as "the Dragon’s children and the Fairy’s nephew", the same origin (Ancestor); simultaneously, it expressed the moral "When drinking water, think of its source", the spirit of great national unity and community cohesion.

According to legend, Van Lang was the first state in Vietnamese history, ruled by 18 kings. To remember the great merits of the Hung Kings, the people established a memorial temple (the historical relic of Hung Temple) which its center is Nghia Linh Mountain and takes the 10th of the third lunar month every year as the death anniversary. From this first worshiping center, the Hung Vuong Worship of Religion gradually spreads, having a long-lasting life from one life to another, from plain to mountainous, from North to South, from abroad to abroad.

The procession - part of practicing the belief in Hung Vuong worship

There are 1,417 Hung Kings temples all over the country. The ancestor worship is deeply rooted in the Vietnamese people's consciousness, wherever it is, whether it is old or young, whether a girl or a boy, whether religious or not religious, the Vietnamese are not only always remember the roots, towards the origin of the nation, but also affirmed to international friends about the origin - Ancestors of the Vietnamese people. Therefore, the Vietnamese community living in some countries went to Hung Temple to ask for soil, water and foot worshiping the Ancestors and set up temples to worship Hung Kings such as in the city of San Jose, California (USA).

Every year, on the 10th day of the third lunar month, the Hung Kings death anniversary ceremony is held in Hung Kings' temples and temples throughout the country, in which the largest ceremony takes place at the historical site of Hung Temple.

With unique values, on December 6, 2012, in Paris (France), UNESCO officially recognized Hung Vuong Worship of Religion in Phu Tho as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of its representative. species. This is the first legacy of Vietnam to be honored in this type of belief.

The scope of recognition of the heritage includes 109 villages with communal houses, King Hung temple in Phu Tho town, Viet Tri city and Cam Khe, Doan Hung, Ha Hoa, Lam Thao, Phu Ninh, Tam Nong, Thanh Ba, Thanh Son, Thanh Thuy, Yen Lap districts (Phu Tho province).

Visitors visit the Hung Temple on the death anniversary

Today, the annual Hung Vuong Patriarch is a great holiday - the National Festival of the whole country. Belief in worshiping Hung Vuong - worshiping the Patriarch of the whole country, perhaps currently in the world, there is only the Vietnamese nation, which is the typical cultural characteristic of the Vietnamese nation and also is the typical cultural heritage of mankind.