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Hùng Temple, centred at Nghĩa Lĩnh mountain in Phú Thọ
Phú Thọ () is a district-level town in Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam. As of 2003, the town had a population of 63,333. The town covers an area of 64 km².
Geography
Phú Thọ is bordered by Phù Ninh to the north, Thanh Ba to the south ...
province, is a temple complex in Vietnam.
Background
The area is a complex consisting of several temples dedicated to the cult of Hùng Vương: the first descendants and the mythological founders of theVietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
, Lạc Long Quân
Lạc Long Quân (Chữ Hán:貉龍君; "Dragon King of Lạc"; also called Sùng Lãm 崇纜) is a semi-mythical king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty of ancient Vietnam. Quân was the son of Kinh Dương Vương, the king of Xích Quỷ. He is the ...
and Âu Cơ
Âu Cơ ( Chữ Hán: ; ) was, according to the creation myth of the Vietnamese people, an immortal mountain snow fairy who married Lạc Long Quân (), and bore an egg sac that hatched a hundred children known collectively as Bách Việt, a ...
. Styled sequentially as Hùng Vương I to Hùng Vương XVIII, the monarchs were the first dynastic rulers of Văn Lang, the primordial kingdom of the Vietnamese.
Popular belief designates the Hùng temple as also the site of Văn Lang's capital, Phong Châu. The kingdom is associated with the Đông Sơn culture and the famous bronze drums. For the successive Vietnamese dynasties and states, the Hùng Temples are revered with annual processional festivities known as Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
A death anniversary (or deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person. It is the opposite of birthday. It is a custom in several Asian cultures, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, China, Georgia (country), Georgia, Hong Kong, Ta ...
held every 10th day of 3rd lunar month.
Associated legend
Legend recounts that in his search for a site for his court, Hùng Vương I traveled to 99 places but found none to his satisfaction. Upon reaching the village of Hy Cương, the king's mount abruptly stopped and whinnied. The king climbed the highest peak Mount Nghĩa Lĩnh nearby where he scanned the four directions. It was then that he proclaimed the site as fitting of his capital.Modern history
Phạm Quỳnh made a pilgrimage to the temple complex in the late 1920s, describing it as a "symbol of the eternal soul of the nation". In 1956, Trần Huy Liệu proposed that the anniversaries of the Hùng Kings' deaths be celebrated at the temple collectively.See also
* Hoa Lư *Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long ( vi, Hoàng thành Thăng Long; Hán-Nôm: ) is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its construction began in 1010 and was completed ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hung Temple Temples in Vietnam Buildings and structures in Phú Thọ province