The first Viet Tri City Street Festival, in the midland province of Phu Tho,begins a ten-day national commemoration of the first rulers of Vietnam, the HungKings and the Hung King Temple Festival on April 14.
More than 3,200artists from 13 districts and towns in Phu Tho province and 18 other provincesand cities nationwide joined in a parade that ended up at the Hung Vuong Museum.
The Museum, which has been built on a site of 15,000 m2, was inauguratedthe same day.
On the occasion, the Deputy Chairwoman of Hai Duongprovincial People’s Committee Dang Thi Bich Lien presented the museum with twopottery vases made in the famous Chu Dau craft village and an embroideredpicture.
During the ten-day festival, an exhibition of artifacts datingback to the era of the Hung Kings (approximately between 2897 BC and 1550 BC),the Ly dynasty (1009-1225) and the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) will be held.
Also on the occasion, 50 traditional pictures for worshipping are ondisplay at the provincial Cultural House to respect the cultural spiritualvalues of Vietnam’s ethnic community.
The Culture and Sports Festival ofthe north-eastern ethnic groups began with 136 athletes from nine provincestaking part, namely Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, CaoBang, Tuyen Quang, Quang Ninh and Lang Son.
According to legend, theVietnamese nation, named Van Lang, was founded by Emperor Hung Vuong about 40centuries ago. This dynasty lasted for 18 generations and led Vietnam towardsdevelopment.
To honour the country’s founding fathers, the holy HungVuong site was built in 250BC in Phu Tho and has since become one of the mostpopular sites in the country. The annual Hung Kings anniversary is held on the10th day of the third lunar month.
The dynasty made many outstandingachievements including the founding of old Vietnam as an independent nation andthe establishment of several institutions, administrative, social and economic,which made up the original Vietnamese nation./.
More than 3,200artists from 13 districts and towns in Phu Tho province and 18 other provincesand cities nationwide joined in a parade that ended up at the Hung Vuong Museum.
The Museum, which has been built on a site of 15,000 m2, was inauguratedthe same day.
On the occasion, the Deputy Chairwoman of Hai Duongprovincial People’s Committee Dang Thi Bich Lien presented the museum with twopottery vases made in the famous Chu Dau craft village and an embroideredpicture.
During the ten-day festival, an exhibition of artifacts datingback to the era of the Hung Kings (approximately between 2897 BC and 1550 BC),the Ly dynasty (1009-1225) and the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) will be held.
Also on the occasion, 50 traditional pictures for worshipping are ondisplay at the provincial Cultural House to respect the cultural spiritualvalues of Vietnam’s ethnic community.
The Culture and Sports Festival ofthe north-eastern ethnic groups began with 136 athletes from nine provincestaking part, namely Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, CaoBang, Tuyen Quang, Quang Ninh and Lang Son.
According to legend, theVietnamese nation, named Van Lang, was founded by Emperor Hung Vuong about 40centuries ago. This dynasty lasted for 18 generations and led Vietnam towardsdevelopment.
To honour the country’s founding fathers, the holy HungVuong site was built in 250BC in Phu Tho and has since become one of the mostpopular sites in the country. The annual Hung Kings anniversary is held on the10th day of the third lunar month.
The dynasty made many outstandingachievements including the founding of old Vietnam as an independent nation andthe establishment of several institutions, administrative, social and economic,which made up the original Vietnamese nation./.
