In the awareness of Vietnamese people, Kinh Duong Vuong, Lac Long Quan and Au Co are considered as ancestors who are origin of Vietnamese people, father of the country. Therefore, when the Spring and Lunar New Year come, generations of Vietnamese people in the country pilgrimage to Kinh Duong Vuong tomb and temple to show their worship, remembrance and gratitude to the great ancestor formed Xich Quy country (ancient name of Vietnam) that is the first sovereign state of Vietnam.

People and tourists respectfully memorized the merit of Kinh Duong Vuong

Kinh Duong Vuong tomb and temple is located in A Lu village (Dai Dong Thanh commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh) for very long time, considered as the most sacred place, classified in one of the kingly shrines by the feudal dynasties. On the occasion of ceremony to late kings, feudal courts directly came here and offerred incense to kingly ancestors. Currently, Kinh Duong Vuong tomb and temple still preserves many precious objects such as worshopped throne of Kinh Duong Vuong, 15 ordained documents, god genealogy, oration, and horizontal, parallel sentences praising the people worshiped as: ”Nam bang Thuy to” (Ancestor of the South), "Nam to mieu" (Shrine of The South), "Bach Viet To" (Ancestor of Vietnamese people), etc.

Annually, the people and local authority solemnly hold the festival of Kinh Duong Vuong in order to express their devotion, gratitude to the King, educate good traditions to offsprings in remembrance of the roots. The festival begins with a series of traditional rituals of worship in the temple such as procession of water from the river and plaques of tutelary god from some villages to the Kinh Duong Vuong temple. The procession always consists of special cultural activities such as lion and dragon dance, etc.

Drumming for festival opening at Kinh Duong Vuong Temple

After the solemn ceremony, the festival is also took place with many rich cultural activities such as singing Quan ho folk songs on the boat, Cheo, Tuong, Ca Tru, water puppetry, and the Trong Quan singing which is a longstanding, unique kind of art of the people in Thuan Thanh district. Besides, many folk games imbued with traditional cultural identities are also included to serve the people and tourists such as keo co (dragging), dap nieu (beating pots), to tom diem (Vietnamese cards), co tuong (Chinese chess), volleyball, dau vat (wrestling), etc. The organization board also has an exhibition of products from handicraft villages, included Luy Lau pottery, Dong Ho folk paintings, Dinh To soy sauce, Bui Xa pork roll, Ho chicken contest, etc. The traditional and cultural, arts sports activities of Kinh Duong Vuong Festival are held to the end on January 18^th in Lunar New Year.

According to the organizers, because of coincidence with the Bac Ninh’s anniversary of 185 years of establishment and 20 years of re-establishment in this year, the number of tourists outnumbered in comparison with before. Therefore, the methods of fire fighting and ensuring security and traffic, health safety had been implemented since the beginning of 2017 by the district. During the festival, the joint inspection team often co-operated with Dai Dong Thanh commune in inspecting restaurants, cultural services, and preventing and strictly dealing with illegal religious, superstitious activities, corruptible cultural products, that contributed to make it a more and more civilized festival./.

Bac Ninh’s culture