These are important spiritual activities, opening the main rituals within the framework of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Anniversary - Hung Temple Festival in 2025, deeply demonstrating the Vietnamese people's morality of "When drinking water, remember its source".

In a solemn atmosphere, Phu Tho Provincial Party Secretary Bui Minh Chau and Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee Bui Van Quang, along with a number of Phu Tho provincial leaders respectfully offered incense, flowers, and gifts to express gratitude and commemorate the merits of the National Ancestor Lac Long Quan who established the foundation and laid the foundation for the Vietnamese nation.

Before the spirit of the National Ancestor Lac Long Quan, Phu Tho Provincial Party Secretary Bui Minh Chau and delegates prayed for the National Ancestor to bless them with favorable weather, prosperity, peace, people's security, longevity for all families, and a peaceful, prosperous, and powerful country.

The Party Committee, Government and People of all ethnic groups in Phu Tho province pledge to continue the Dragon Fairy tradition, constantly study, practice, overcome all difficulties and challenges; strive for the cause of building and defending the country of our ancestors; contribute our efforts and intelligence to build a peaceful, unified, prosperous and developing Vietnam, steadily entering a new era - the era of the Vietnamese people's rise.

At the same time, do a good job of preserving, maintaining and promoting the cultural heritage values ​​of the Ancestral Land; continue to protect and embellish the Ancestral Temple for the descendants of Lac Hong to worship forever.

Immediately afterwards, at the Temple of Mother Au Co on the top of Van Mountain, the incense offering ceremony in memory of Mother Au Co was also solemnly held.

According to legend, Mother Au Co and Father Lac Long Quan gave birth to a sac of one hundred eggs, which hatched into one hundred children, the origin of the Vietnamese ethnic community. Fifty children followed their father to the sea to expand the territory, and fifty children followed their mother to the mountains to build a foundation. The image of Mother Au Co is a sacred symbol of maternal love, sacrifice and great merit in founding the nation.

Before the spirit of the Mother Goddess, the delegates and the people respectfully offered incense and gifts, expressing their deep gratitude to the Mother Goddess, who gave birth to and raised generations of Lac Hong descendants. The ceremony was also an opportunity to pray for the Mother Goddess to bless favorable weather, good crops, and for the country to become increasingly rich, beautiful, and civilized.

The death anniversary of the National Ancestor Lac Long Quan and the memorial ceremony of the National Mother Au Co are not only spiritual activities with the meaning of gratitude to ancestors but also contribute to deeply educating about the tradition of patriotism, national pride and the spirit of great solidarity.

These are important rituals, showing respect for the origin, and are a solid spiritual foundation for the Vietnamese people to firmly step on the path of building and defending the Fatherland.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/phu-tho-dang-huong-gio-duc-quoc-to-lac-long-quan-va-tuong-niem-to-mau-au-co-2025-post341255.html