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Binh Son Tower

Binh Son Tower (Then Tower, Then Pagoda Tower, Vinh Khanh Pagoda Tower) is located in Tam Son town, Song Lo district, Vinh Phuc province; is a Buddhist architecture bearing the mark of a rather long period (approximately from the 14th to 16th centuries). Binh Son Tower - Vinh Khanh Pagoda is located on a high and spacious mound, the area of ​​the protected area is 17,200m2, including: Binh Son Tower, old Tam Bao building, new Tam Bao, ink well, house Guesthouse, lotus pond, gate, auxiliary works. 1. Binh Son Tower The tower is currently 16.5 meters high, (only 11 floors and 1 pedestal remain because the top of the tower was broken), and is constructed with a square plan that gradually gets smaller towards the top, with the side of the bottom floor being 4. 45 meters, the side of the 11th floor is 1.55 meters. The entire tower is built of unglazed fired bricks. From the base of the tower to the end of the 2nd floor, it is less than 6 meters high with the most complete pattern. On these two floors, there are carefully decorated motifs with rows of chrysanthemums, lotus petals, leaves, smooth-faced flowers, embossed dragons, and the "whispering lion" motif... From the third floor up, the decoration is still the same. However, the higher you go, the narrower the width of the tower's face is, and the decorations also gradually decrease. 2. The old Tam Bao Palace: was majorly restored in 1976, in the shape of the letter Dinh, with an area of ​​131.5 m2, including 5 rooms for the front hall and 3 rooms for the harem. In particular, the building has 2 bronze pillars in front, stretching out 6m, forming like the arms of a throne. The system of worship statues here is mainly made of painted soil, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a few statues dating to the 20th century. 3. New Three Jewels: built in 2012, on the foundation of the old Three Jewels house, the architectural form is Zen monastery style. 4. Ink Well: Legend has it that this location was once the base of an ancient blue tower. When this ancient tower disappeared, it left behind a deep round well-shaped hole. 5. Guest house: newly built in 2012, area 283.5m2 with square floor plan, curved roof architecture, consistent with traditional ancient architecture. 6. Lotus pond: located in the garden in front of Binh Son tower, currently growing lotus 7. Gate to the relic site: consists of 4 brick pillars, attached with 2 iron gates in the middle, two side paths are temporarily fenced with trees and bamboo as protection gates. 8. Some decorations of Binh Son Tower Lion whinnying: One of the projects that has puzzled researchers is the "lion whinnying", because it is very different from the "jewel-catching crocodiles" wearing lotus crowns on Buddhist pedestals during the Ly Dynasty. Dragon: has horns, curls in a "nest", head turns to the center of the circle, body does not curl but forms a sinusoidal shape, so does not "tie the bag", legs kick out, or cross over the body to kick out, The spine has a "saw-tooth" shape, one front leg is raised to grasp the "hair"... Some of the details just mentioned are reminiscent of the dragons of the late Tran, but other details do not allow the dragon to be attributed to the Binh Tower. Paint in a certain pattern at all. What's more important is that Binh Son dragons often put their front legs up to grab their hair, in a funny, very mischievous pose, thus quite "folk": in this case, it has taken on the style of the dragon motif. stroking the beard in the post-Le period. The card: is a relatively popular type, with motifs that contain many meanings. Binh Son's "leaves" belong to many styles, but all styles are simple and not as elaborate as the "leaves" of the Ly Dynasty. String chrysanthemum: has been around since the Ly Dynasty in the form of a round frame, the inside of the frame neatly accommodates other decorative projects. The Tran Dynasty inherited that circular layout. Three-pronged (mountain) fighting: an interesting point is that this fighting has appeared since the Ly dynasty (Thap Chuong Son, Nam Dinh) and was even more popular under the Mac dynasty (Ty Dang Communal House, Ba Vi, Hanoi). ). Binh Son Tower has many unique features in terms of architecture, art, and construction techniques. Binh Son Tower not only has artistic architectural value, but also has high aesthetic value, called "The pearl of the national treasure", on the bricks there are many types of decorative patterns, places The shape is circular, some are circular, some are deep, some are shallow, some are dark... proving that the craftsman's hands are extremely skilled. Binh Son Tower is a work with unique architecture. According to the French, this is the most beautiful tower in Tonkin. Currently, the Festival at Binh Son Tower Relic - Vinh Khanh Pagoda is organized by the locality on January 15 every year, called "Pagoda Festival", including rituals: palanquin procession, prayer ceremony. for good weather and wind, a safe and peaceful country and cultural and artistic programs, sports, folk games (Chinese chess, human chess, cockfighting...) Binh Son Tower (Song Lo district, Vinh Phuc province) was ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national monument on December 23, 2015. Source: Department of Cultural Heritage

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Lang Suong Temple

Lang Suong Temple is located in the system of relics worshiping Tan Vien Son Thanh along the Da River and the Northern Midlands Delta. The temple dates back to the reign of Thuc An Duong Vuong. During the Le dynasty, it was restored (981-1009), and under the Nguyen dynasty, in the 7th year of Thieu Tri (June 19, 1847), there was a major renovation. The temple is located in Trung Nghia commune, Thanh Thuy, Phu Tho. Tan Vien Son Thanh is known as the head deity of the "four immortals" of traditional Vietnamese beliefs. With respect and admiration, the people worshiped Tan Vien as the "Most Highly Spiritual" deity, "First blessed god" in Vietnamese traditional beliefs. Lang Suong Temple is proud to be the land where Saint Tan was born. This can be considered the land where the representative deity of Vietnamese folk beliefs is buried. Along with the belief in worshiping Saint Tan, Lang Suong Temple also worships Saint Mother - the person who is credited with giving birth to Saint Tan. The belief in Mother Goddess worship here has merged with the common belief in Mother Goddess worship of Vietnamese people such as Mother Au Co, Mother Earth, Mother Water... Lang Suong Temple has quite a large area and has architecture with many ancient and profound features. Experiencing rain, sun and fighting, the temple was much damaged. In 1991, the local government and people renovated Lang Suong Temple on a large area of ​​land with an area of ​​3,000 square meters, including the following works: Temple gate, Hai Co temple, Thien Thanh well, stele house, hammock house, Left desert, right desert temple and Holy Mother's mausoleum. This is the only temple in Vietnam that worships the entire family of Saint Tan and is also the original place of worship in the system of relics worshiping Tan Vien Son in Vietnam. Truong Sa Beach - Trung Do where Lac Long Quan and Au Co met and became husband and wife - giving birth to Lac's children, Dragon's children - Origin of the Vietnamese people. With its profound historical and spiritual cultural values, Lang Suong Temple was recognized and ranked as a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information on July 12, 2005. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : National monument Open door

Lau Thuong communal house

Lau Thuong Communal House was built in the Dinh style, including a 5-compartment, 2-room worship hall and a 3-compartment harem, with a length of 28m and a width of 22m in the Southeast direction. The entire communal house has 60 large columns with a diameter of 0.75m linked with horizontal and vertical beams to form a frame with a sturdy structure in the shape of four boat valley pillars. The harem has a unique structure and is exquisitely carved. On the upper beam are two dragons flanking the moon with a tight layout, a harmonious combination of dragon-shaped lines and shapes intertwined with clouds, carved in the style of the Nguyen Dynasty. Below are two elaborately carved residual ends. The entire middle space of the harem is reserved for worship. The main structure of the altar is covered with four roof pillars, outside is a delicately carved door painted in red and gilded gold. Outside the forbidden door on the altar there is also a statue of Hai Ba Trung, carved in a sitting position. The communal house also retains a palanquin with bowls and bowls of tribute, painted and gilded with intricate carvings in the style of the post-Le period. Lau Thuong Communal House currently preserves a number of valuable artifacts such as 4 thrones and gilded tablets crafted during the Nguyen Dynasty, placed in the main altar. Besides, many classic stories such as: "Teaching Mister", "Double Phoenix Ham Thu", "Two Dragons Adoring the Moon", "Dragons Gathering", "Mother Dragon Trains Her Child"... are depicted in paintings. Elaborate carvings on architectural structures. Each carving is a unique work, vividly expressing the simple, liberal beauty, talent, ingenuity, creativity and aesthetics of our ancestors in the past. Lau Thuong village festival takes place on January 9 every year to perform worship rituals and participate in folk cultural and sports activities. Before the main festival, many sports and physical exchange activities between residential areas in the commune took place. On January 9, people organized a palanquin procession from the Ngoai Communal House to the Noi Communal House to celebrate, Then the procession took the palanquin to the front of Dinh Ngoai's temple and continued the ceremony. The annual festival of Lau Thuong village has great significance in connecting the community and educating the nation's patriotic traditions. With precious cultural and artistic values, Lau Thuong communal house was recognized and ranked as a national historical and cultural relic on February 21, 1975. Now when coming to Viet Tri city, tourists in addition to worshiping the Hung King temples on Nghia Linh mountain, visiting Hung Lo ancient communal house to listen to Xoan singing, sightseeing at Thien Co Temple... can also visit Lau Thuong communal house, Feel the ancient and quiet features of this precious architectural sculpture, calm your heart after a busy life to better understand and appreciate the cultural and historical values ​​left by your ancestors. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : National monument Open door

Hung Lo Communal House

Located in the ancient village of Hung Lo with a date of more than 300 years old, Hung Lo communal house has long entered the consciousness of Vietnamese people with customs and practices associated with the belief of worshiping Hung King. Hung Lo ancient village (Hung Lo commune, Phu Tho province) is located on the banks of the romantic Lo River, about 5km from the center of Viet Tri City. Hung Lo Communal House's historical and cultural relic complex was built on a land area of ​​5,000 square meters. Legend has it that in the reign of Le Hy Tong (1967), people here built a temple to worship the 18th Hung King, facing Nghia Linh mountain, where the Hung King's capital was located. Hung Lo Ancient Communal House is a complex of historical and cultural relics built on a large strip of land, including many construction items such as: Dai Dinh, Phuong Dinh, Bell Lau, Drum Lau, Sacrifice House... All are Built with rare types of wood such as nails, ironwood, bamboo, etc. The Great Court is structured according to the traditional architecture of three compartments, two wings; All three rooms have altars. The altar rooms are built according to the structure of five compartments and two wings. On both sides of the communal house are the Buddhist temple and the Shen Nong altar. The communal house's yard is spaciously decorated with rockery, sycamore trees, and shady banyan trees. This place also preserves a system of worship objects to serve the most complete worship rituals; In particular, the system of ancient couplets is very rich with 43 couplets praising the scenery of the homeland and the merits of King Hung. Most of the ancient worship objects are over 300 years old, typically 5 red-painted palanquins and gilded palanquins and festive symbols. Another notable feature, Hung Lo communal house is very famous for its tradition of the Hung Temple palanquin festival from ancient times to present. In the year of Mau Ngo (1918), Hung Lo communal house was awarded the "First Hung King Commemoration"; Currently, this reward sign is still solemnly kept in the communal house. On the occasion of the annual Hung Temple festival, coming to Hung Lo communal house, visitors will be immersed in a grand palanquin procession of over 200 men, wherever they go, it stirs up the whole region. The procession will go from the village communal house to Hung Temple; Returning from Hung Temple, the offerings at the village communal house were conducted, and finally the ceremony was held at Elder Yen's house. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Song Lo victory monument

Song Lo Victory Monument is located on Don Mountain in Chi Dam commune, Doan Hung district. At the foot of the mountain, the Lo and Chay rivers merge here, creating a charming terrain and rich land. Standing in the monument area, looking far away, you will see the vast green river, close to the roofs and hamlets. Song Lo Victory Monument was built in 1987 with a total planning area of ​​up to 2,537 m2; includes two parts: statue and monument. On both sides of the monument are two symbols of the ship's hull and soaring waves to represent the historical image: The victorious ship carrying the combined strength of the Vietnamese people is sailing out to sea following the flow of history. The 26m high pedestal next to the 7m high statue group is made of concrete and reinforced steel, painted in imitation bronze on the outside. The Victory Monument bears the image of a fire, symbolizing the strong vitality and everlasting existence of the Lo River victory; The body of the pedestal is designed with massive angles and is covered with stones that fit tightly together. On the four surrounding sides of the memorial, there are eight ceramic reliefs depicting the victory of Song Lo and summarizing some typical features in the life of the people of Doan Hung land. Each of the above reliefs is a delicate and elaborately sculpted work of art. The group of victory statues right at the foot of the monument, the statue's face facing the clear blue Lo River includes 5 characters representing the elements and forces he used to participate in the fight to win the Song Lo victory. Each statue is depicted standing and has a different charisma; There is a statue of a soldier in a proud posture holding a gun high, wearing a guard shirt, carrying a bag of rice on his back, and wearing rubber sandals; There is a statue of a soldier holding a rifle with both hands in a ready-to-fight position; The statue in the middle is the image of an ethnic female guerrilla, her head covered with a scarf, her hand holding a stick, her eyes looking into the distance, ready to fight; There is also a statue of a soldier standing next to a cannon, raising his hat and waving, his shirt fluttering in the wind, revealing a healthy, bare chest full of vitality... The above statues vividly portray the historical figures of the people who created the Song Lo victory, carrying the breath of years of heroic fighting to pass down to posterity in a complete and authentic way. . Many years have passed, generations of people born and raised, attached to this majestic land, all carry within them a great pride every time they mention the resounding victory of their ancestors. In their eyes, the Song Lo victory monument is not only a work honoring and praising the Song Lo victory but also a testament to the resilience of their ancestors who sacrificed themselves to protect the Fatherland. Song Lo Victory Monument was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic on September 27, 1997; Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : National monument Open door

Dinh Thach Khoan

Thach Khoan Communal House was built a long time ago, at first it had small and simple architecture with main construction materials being wood, thatch, bamboo, and palm leaves. In 1905, the communal house was built a new one, and in 1914 the communal house was burned down. In 1925, the communal house was restored. In 1967, the communal house was renovated by the State and local people. After that restoration, the communal house exists to this day. Thach Khoan Communal House was built in the shape of the letter "Nhat" with 5 compartments in the southwest direction. The middle room looks directly towards Ba Vi mountain (Tan mountain), called the main palace, and has an altar to worship Tan Vien Son God. The left palace has tablets to worship Princess Mi Nuong, daughter of the 18th Hung King. The right palace has tablets to worship General Dinh Cong Moc and the Dinh family prisoners, who helped Le Loi fight against the Minh invaders. Thach Khoan village festival is held from January 23 to 25. The festival is organized into 2 parts including: the Ceremony part with activities of organizing palanquin processions, offerings, and offering incense according to traditional rituals. And the Festival part organizes cultural camps in residential areas, organizes cultural activities: Wrapping contest, cooking banh chung, pounding banh giay contest, gong performance, and dong duong contest; Mass entertainment festivals, folk games such as tea swing, tug of war, shuttlecock throwing... and mass sports activities. This is a typical traditional festival of the Muong ethnic people, a beauty in the way of educating the historical and cultural traditions of the homeland and the country, remembering the merits of the ancestors who opened the mountains and destroyed the mountains. The rocks that formed this land. Thereby contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural and spiritual values ​​of ethnic communities, encouraging and encouraging people to return to their roots, promote local cultural traditions, and strengthen mass organizations. unite all people, honor traditional culture, raise awareness of responsibility in protecting, restoring and embellishing historical and cultural relics in the area. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : National monument Open door

Tam Giang Temple relic cluster - Dai Bi Pagoda

Tam Giang Temple - Dai Bi Pagoda is located in Bach Hac ward, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province. The temple is located on the left bank of the confluence of three rivers: the Red River, the Lo River, and the Da River, which people have long known as the Hac junction. This is a complete and unified cluster of relics, including: Tam Giang temple, Mau temple, Dai Bi pagoda, footprints of Cao Quan Bach Hac Dai Vuong, swimming wharf, statue of Chieu Van Vuong Left Grand Master Tran Nhat Duat and reliefs of 18 typical pagodas of Vietnamese Buddhism. Tam Giang Temple worships the god Tho Lenh. Legend has it that he was the village god - the god of the Bach Hac River, who had the merit of traveling the world to find precious medicines to cure diseases for all people. When he died, he had the inspiration to help generals fight foreign invaders and preserve the country. The temple also worships the Holy Mother Quach A Nuong - a talented female general of Hai Ba Trung and worships Chieu Van Vuong Tran Nhat Duat, the 6th son of Tran Thai Tong who had the merit of conquering Da Giang Catholicism to guard the Northwest region. , established the Bach Hac defense line for 30 years. Dai Bi Pagoda is an ancient pagoda built by King Chieu Van Tran Nhat Duat and his niece Princess Thien Thuy during the Tran dynasty (1328), and is now nearly 700 years old. Tam Giang Temple and Dai Bi Pagoda have become an attractive tourist destination welcoming thousands of tourists each year. Especially associated with the relic here is the traditional swimming festival held on the 9th day of the third lunar month on the occasion of the Hung King's Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival. Besides the traditional swimming festival, visitors coming here can also enjoy folk performances with music, singing, dancing, and rich and attractive decorative forms of Mother Goddess worship. . Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Lai Len Temple

Lai Len Temple is an ancient temple located in Phu Duc village, Kim Duc commune, Viet Tri city. According to legend, Lai Len temple is where King Hung taught Xoan singing to the people. Lai Len Temple is a relative synthesis of a relic that is both related to the worship of Hung Kings and is also an original relic related to the origin of an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Sing Xoan Phu Tho. Through the ups and downs of history, the ancient temple was ruined. In 2011, Phu Tho province decided to restore Lai Len temple on the old foundation with a total area of ​​​​nearly 3,000 square meters, creating the landscape to become a tourist destination for tourists and to enjoy non-traditional cultural heritage. Objects of humanity are Phu Tho Xoan Singing and Hung Vuong Worship. The architecture of Lai Len temple is made according to the traditional architectural structure of the Dinh (丁) letter, including a front altar and a harem, looking to the Southeast, with a funny-nosed tiled roof. The two buildings Ta Vu and Huu Vu are built in the traditional 5-compartment house style. In front of the temple is a monolithic stone screen with a length of 7.6m, both sides decorated with letters and tiger talismans. In the spacious campus of the relic, there is a fairly modern Xoan Singing Art Gallery with full amenities and scientific displays, considered the only museum of Phu Tho Xoan Singing. This is considered a place to both introduce and perform Xoan singing for tourists. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : Provincial level relics Open door

Tien Temple

Tien Temple is a sacred temple, located in Tien Cat ward, Viet Tri city. This is the temple worshiping the Mother Goddess, also known as the Mother Goddess, the first mother of the Vietnamese people. Mother is the Queen of King Kinh Duong Vuong, the mother who gave birth and raised King Lac Long Quan, and is the grandmother of the Hung Kings in a bag of hundreds of eggs. Tien Temple is an outstanding precious relic in the relic complex of the state capital of Van Lang. According to traditional genealogy, there used to be a 7,000m2 campus, looking to the southwest, in front of National Highway 2, outside the dyke was Thao River flowing to Bach Hac junction, the convergence of 3 large rivers: Red River. Ha, Da River, Lo River. The temple has a favorable geographical position in terms of feng shui, in front is a river, behind is a mountain, fully converging the atmosphere of rivers and mountains to bestow forever on the descendants of Vietnamese land. In July 2003, Tien Temple was recognized by the People's Committee of Phu Tho province as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic. Every year, on the occasion of the Mother's birthday, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month and the 10th day of the 10th lunar month, the Temple holds a solemn ceremony for people everywhere to worship and commemorate. As a temple, worshiping the first mother of the Vietnamese people, Tien Temple also symbolizes the eternal tradition of drinking water, remembering the source of the Vietnamese people. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Du Yen Temple

Du Yen Temple, Chi Tien commune is located in a spiritual land on a high hill, with lush green trees; At the foot is a clear blue lake all year round. The temple faces the Thao River, which is calm day and night, accumulating alluvium. This long dike strip is the provincial road, an important traffic artery of Thanh Ba district. In 1993, Du Yen Temple was recognized by the State as a national historical relic site. In 2003, Du Yen temple was restored to include a 5-compartment front hall and a 3-compartment harem like today. In the temple, there are still many precious artifacts such as: altars, palanquins, halberds, precious bowls, bronze plaques, written in Vietnamese on both sides... The statues are all carved from wood. In addition to the ordinations of the Dinh, Ly, Tran, and Le dynasties, this is the only temple that retains a genealogy recording two thousand years of development of a clan in Thanh Ba land. According to Ngoc Pha, in the past, in the Thao Giang area, at Bong Chau site, now Tien Chau village, Chi Tien commune, Thanh Ba district, Phu Tho province, there was a Nguyen family who lived a gentle and kind life and worked hard to do business. has great reputation in the region. Thanks to God's blessing, they gave birth to a daughter named Hanh Nuong. From a young age, Hanh Nuong was always well cared for and raised by her parents. She is a strangely intelligent girl, with stunning beauty, a gentle personality, eager to study literature, and passionate about martial arts. Many talented men in the village approached her, but she all refused, not wanting to get dusty to keep herself pure. She set up a flag to rally the righteous, practiced archery and sword day and night, and was known far and wide as the goddess who descended to earth. At that time, in the 40s AD, the Eastern Han invaders led by Governor To Dinh brazenly and brutally brought troops to occupy our country. When Hai Ba Trung raised the flag of insurrection in Me Linh, she chose 92 insurgents from Bong Chau to return with Hai Ba Trung. Seeing that Hanh Nuong was intelligent, talented in literature and martial arts, and was able to lead the army to win, Hai Ba Trung gave her the title of Princess Ngoc Loan and the title of Leader of the Front Army. After defeating the To Dinh enemy, female general Nguyen Thi Hanh returned to visit her hometown, where she held a banquet to welcome the army and reward the villagers. The merit festival was held on a promontory shaped like a white tiger lying drinking water on the banks of the Thao River. Here later, the villagers built a temple called Du Yen palace (today Du Yen temple, Chi Tien commune). Since then, every year on the full moon day of January, the villagers hold a prayer festival to remember her gratitude and pray for good weather and good weather for the family to be prosperous and happy. Du Yen Temple Festival is one of Thanh Ba's typical cultural events, attracting tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists each year. The festival opened with a ceremony and a festival held very solemnly. The offerings to the Mother Goddess are mainly vegetarian cakes and fruits... divided into 6 sections, each with 2 trays, carried by 2 young men and placed on the altar for the elders to pray for. During the prayers, there are fairy dances and money-making dances mixed in. Legend has it that on the day the Mother Goddess was born in the Thao Giang mulberry field, there were fairies descending to earth to dance and sing like a festival, so on the day of worshiping the Mother Goddesses, it is required to have a fairy dance team consisting of 4 unmarried girls under 16 years old, dancing the dances. Dancing beautifully like a fairy to serve the ceremony. This ritual has now been restored and has been slightly adjusted to suit the festival space. Then comes the palanquin procession, first is the flag team, followed by the eight-tone group, then the eight-symbol team, the lion dance, followed by the fairy dance and then the palanquin. Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Rating : National monument Open door

Hung Temple

Hung Temple is the general name of the Hung Temple Historical Relic Area - a temple complex, The pagoda worships the Hung Kings and the king's royal family on Nghia Linh mountain, (Viet Tri, Phu Tho), associated with the Hung King's Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival is held at that location every year on March 10 lunar calendar. Currently, according to published scientific documents, most agree that the architectural foundation of Hung Temple began to be built during the reign of King Dinh Tien Hoang. By the Later Le Dynasty (15th century), it was completely built to the current scale. Going up from the foot of the mountain, through the temple gate, the tourist's stop is Ha Temple, which is said to be the place where Au Co gave birth to a sac of a hundred eggs. Those hundred eggs gave birth to a hundred children, fifty followed their father into the sea, forty-nine followed their mother up the mountain. The son who stayed behind became king, taking the name Hung Vuong (first). Past the Ha temple is the Trung temple, where the Hung kings used it as a meeting place to discuss with the Lac marquis and Lac generals. On the top of the mountain is the Thuong Temple and the sixth Hung Vuong mausoleum (known in folk as the tomb of the ancestors). From the Thuong temple to the southwest is the Well temple, where there is a stone well with clear water all year round. Legend has it that in the past, princesses Tien Dung and Ngoc Hoa, children of the eighteenth Hung King, often came to wash their hair there. Hung Temple Festival includes cultural and artistic activities of traditional ritual nature and other folk cultural activities... The remaining ritual cultural activities to this day are the palanquin procession. king and incense offering ceremony. According to Hung Vuong's Ngoc genealogy, recorded during Hong Duc's post-Le dynasty, from the Dinh dynasty, Le dynasty, Ly dynasty, Tran dynasty and then later Le, there was still the same incense and smoke in the temple, here people from all over the country came to worship to commemorate. The merits of the ancient Holy Patriarch... Vietnamese folk literature talks about the Hung Temple festival as follows: "No matter who goes back and forth, remember the death anniversary of the ancestors on the 10th of the third month". Source: Phu Tho Tourism Promotion Information Center

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Outstanding relic site