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From 7 to 9 February, the northern province of Bac Ninh will host
this year’s Kinh Duong Vuong festival whose scale is much larger than in
previous years.
The festival will be convened in Dai Dong Thanh and Dinh To communes in Thuan
Thanh District.
Vuong, known as Loc Tuc, was renowned for his intelligence, righteousness and
generosity. He established the first primitive state named Xich Quy in the year
2879 BC.
Kinh Duong Vuong married Than Long, daughter of Dong Dinh Quan, and gave birth
to Lac Long Quan, or Sung Lam, who then married Au Co and gave birth to a sac
containing 100 eggs from which 100 children were born. The eldest son of Kinh
Duong Vuong and Than Long later became Kinh Hung Vuong, Vietnam’s first monarch,
who set up the nation’s capital in Phong Chau, present-day Viet Tri City in Phu
Tho Province.
The festival features an incense purifying ceremony at the temple dedicated to
Kinh Duong Vuong-Lac Long Quan-Au Co and a palanquin procession rite alongside
other activities.
The event is to honor and promote the country’s traditional values, aiming to
set up tours to religious cultural and historic relics in Thuan Thanh District
like Dau Pagoda and the ancient bastion Luy Lau.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognized the long-standing tomb
and temple of Kinh Duong Vuong, Lac Long Quan and Au Co as a national cultural
and historic relic four years ago.
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