A
book festival opened at Van Lang park in Viet Tri city, bringing
together 17 publishers, book companies and those working in the culture
and communication field from inside and outside the province.
The participating companies introduced around 20,000 book titles and
stationery items. Talks and seminars with authors are also scheduled
during the four-day festival.
Meanwhile, hundreds of visitors flocked to Phu Tho provincial children’s cultural house to enjoy a Xoan
(Spring) singing festival for children and ‘Cheo’ (traditional opera)
performances delivered by artists from Viet Tri city and Thai Binh
province.
Assorted activities also took place at Hung Kings Temple historical site, include an arts programme, Xoan singing festival, and an offering of ‘banh day’ (glutinous round cake) and ‘banh chung’ (square cake) to Hung Kings by folk artists from Hanoi and Phu Tho province’s Cam Khe district.
The Hung Kings Temple festival is celebrated annually to commemorate
the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of Van Lang – the first known
state of Vietnam.
The worship rituals of the Hung Kings are closely related to the
ancestral worship tradition of most Vietnamese families which forms an
important part of people's spiritual lives and were recognised by UNESCO
as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012.
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