Sacred Hung King's Death Anniversary

(BD) - On April 7 (March 10th of the lunar calendar), many units, organizations and people in Quy Nhon City held the Hung King's death anniversary.

Teachers and students of Hung Vuong High School offer offerings to King Hung. Photo: NGOC NHUAN

At Hung Vuong High School, the Ancestor's Death Anniversary took place solemnly to commemorate the Hung Kings who had built and defended the country, and to pay homage to their ancestors and the nation's roots. After the art program with performances expressing love for the homeland and country, the Ancestor's Death Anniversary took place solemnly; the opening ceremony was the offering ceremony of teachers, students of all grades and representatives of the Board of Directors offering incense before the Hung King altar. Next, generations of teachers and students of the school respectfully offered incense to the Hung King, expressing their gratitude and paying homage to the nation's morality of remembering the source of water when drinking. The Ancestor's Death Anniversary has become a beautiful traditional cultural feature of the school named after the nation's ancestor Hung King. This is an opportunity for teachers and students to be proud of the nation's patriotic tradition, and to encourage students to study hard, worthy of their roots as "children of Lac and Hong".

Generations of school teachers burn incense to worship King Hung. Photo: NGOC NHUAN

This year is the 16th year that people in groups 7A and 7B of Quarter 1, Nhon Binh Ward (Quy Nhon City) have contributed money and labor to organize the Ancestor's Death Anniversary, combined with Thanh Minh worship to express gratitude to King Hung, the ancestors who opened the land, the descendants who opened the foundation, praying for national peace and prosperity, people's prosperity, happiness, and everything as desired. The opening ceremony is the ritual of reading the story reviewing the tradition of building and defending the country of 18 Hung Kings to express respect for the ancestors' merits, then people offer incense according to folk beliefs.

Students of Hung Vuong High School offer incense to express their gratitude to King Hung for his contributions to building and defending the country. Photo: NGOC NHUAN

At Hung Luong communal house, Nhon Ly commune (Quy Nhon city), people of Ly Hung and Ly Luong villages organize a Thanh Minh worshiping ceremony associated with the Hung Kings' death anniversary, with traditional rituals such as: Thanh Minh grave sweeping, communal house peace, worshiping the local tutelary god, praying for national peace and prosperity... The worshiping ceremony takes place on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month, which is the Hung Kings' death anniversary, not only to worship the Hung Kings but also to be a peaceful activity of the village, contributing to educating the tradition of patriotism, connecting the community and increasing village and neighborhood affection.

People in groups 7A and 7B of residential area 1, Nhon Binh ward (Quy Nhon city) celebrate the Hung Kings' death anniversary. Photo: NGOC NHUAN

People of Ly Hung and Ly Luong villages (Nhon Ly commune, Quy Nhon city) held a Thanh Minh ceremony to commemorate the Hung Kings' death anniversary on the 10th day of the third lunar month at Hung Luong communal house. Photo: NGOC NHUAN

On the same afternoon, the Association of Ancestral Land in Binh Dinh organized a meeting to review the traditions of the ancestors - the two provinces of Vinh Phuc and Phu Tho (formerly Vinh Phu province) currently living and working in Binh Dinh, together to organize the Hung Kings' Commemoration Ceremony. The Commemoration Ceremony took place warmly, contributing to encouraging the spirit of the community of people in the Ancestral Land to love and be proud of their national origins, and to unite together to build the Ancestral Land to develop more and more.

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