2 new highlights of Hung King"s Death Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival 2019

PTO – Thanks to many new highlights, this year, Hung King"s Death Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival 2019 will make an impression on visitors coming to the ancestral land and continue to be one of the national festivals.

In 2019, Hung King"s Death Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival is organized with the participation of Can Tho, Nghe An and Son La provinces. With the goal of building and organizing Hung King"s Death Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival to become one of the national festivals, Phu Tho province has focused on organizing carefully and safely with the solemn ceremony and festival, combining between traditional and modern folk cultural activities, creating an impression and satisfaction for people and visitors coming to ancestral land.

In addition, this year, the festival has many new points. The Provincial People"s Committee set up a plan for all districts, towns and cities to offer incense in turn at Hung Kings Temple. On lunar March 1st, including districts of Lam Thao, Doan Hung, Thanh Son and Phu Tho town; on lunar March 2nd, there are districts of Phu Ninh, Cam Khe and Tan Son; Thanh Thuy, Tam Nong and Yen Lap district on lunar March 3rd; Viet Tri city and Ha Hoa and Thanh Ba districts on lunar March 4th.

Especially, the new feature is the "Thanksgiving rice tray" of families in the whole province to commemorate Hung Kings on lunar March 10th. At the same time, at 6:30am, the localities in the province will offer incense at the monuments worshipping Hung Kings and the famous people and generals at Thuong Temple on lunar March 10th.

Mr. Nguyen Dac Thuy - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that along with new features in the ceremony, from the 1st of the 3rd day of the third lunar month, the festival activities were also organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hung Kings Temple historical relic site, Viet Tri City and other localities concerned. Up to now, All programs are ready for welcoming tourists such as the street folk festival, the traditional rowing contest in Lo river, Chung cake and giay cake contest, cultural camps... The traffic flow division, ensuring information security, food safety, communication ... is also completed. All are ready for Hung King"s Death Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival in 2019.

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