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Hung Kings' Festival: Vietnam's Oldest National Observance

Each third lunar month, millions of Vietnamese pilgrims climb Nghia Linh Mountain in Phu Tho to honor the Hung Kings—the legendary founders of Van Lang, Vietnam's first kingdom. The Hung Kings' Festival (Gio To Hung Vuong) is less a tourist spectacle and more a living tradition of ancestor veneration that defines Vietnamese identity.

Mar 24, 202610 min readnorth
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