Hùng Kings' Festival

The Hùng Kings' Temple Festival (Vietnamese: Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 1st to the 10th day of the third lunar month in honor of the Hùng Vương or Hùng King. The main festival day, which is a public holiday in Vietnam since 2007, is on the 10th day.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Hùng Vương Commemoration Day
Temple of Hùng Vương - Suối Tiên on Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Official name	Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương
Observed by	Vietnamese
Type	Cultural
Significance	Anniversary of Hùng Vương
Observances	worship of Hùng Vương
Date	10th day of 3rd lunar month
2025 date	7 April
Frequency	annual

Hùng Vương altar on Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương at a school

Although the official name is the Death Anniversary of the Hùng Kings (Vietnamese: Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương), the festival does not mark any specific date of death for any Hùng King.^[6]

Festival

Ho Chi Minh participated in the Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương ceremony in Hanoi in 1946

People are worshiping Hùng Kings at Temple of Hùng King, HCMC

The purpose of this ceremony is to remember and pay tribute to the Hung king who are the traditional founders and first kings of the nation. The festival began as a local holiday, but has become recognized as a national holiday starting in 2007.^{[citation needed]} In 2016, the total number of visitors to the festival numbered seven million.^[7]

Ceremonial procession of Hùng Kings

The major ceremony

People make pilgrimage to Hùng Temple on Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương

People come to worship at Temple of Hùng King

The ceremony takes place over several days, but the 10th day of the month is considered the most important. A procession starts at the foot of the mountain, and stops at every small temple before reaching the High Temple. Here, pilgrims offer prayers and incense to their ancestors.^[8]

See also

• Giỗ
• Ancestor worship in Vietnam