The honoured craft is practiced in Viet Tri City, Cam Khe District, and Tam Nong District of Phu Tho Province.

‘Chung’ and ‘day’ cakes are indispensable offerings at major traditional festivals and celebrations of Vietnamese people.

For the Vietnamese, making ‘chung’ and ‘day’ cakes is a popular way to express gratitude to their ancestors and homeland. The cakes are also indispensable offerings at major traditional festivals and celebrations of the Vietnamese people, including the Hung Kings Temple Festival, and the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

‘Chung’ and ‘day’ cakes were invented by the 18th prince of Hung King in the contest of looking for his successor.

According to the legend, Prince Lang Lieu made round-shaped and square-shaped cakes as offerings on the occasion of spring, with the round ‘day’ cake symbolising the sky and the square ‘chung’ cake symbolising the Earth (under the ancient Vietnamese perception).

The cakes he offered were of such special meaning and delicious taste that Lang Lieu was selected to be the next king.

Intangible cultural heritages gather in the ancestral land

Various people and tourists from all over the world, have been witnessing and enjoying 15 representative intangible cultural heritages of humanity, at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival at Hung Kings Square in Viet Tri City, the ancestral province of Phu Tho.

UNESCO official hails Vietnam’s role in protecting intangible cultural heritages

Vietnam has played an active role in implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003 Convention) in both international and national scales, stated Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section of UNESCO and Secretary of the 2003 Convention Tim Curtis.

Bac Giang preserves and promotes cultural heritage in associated with tourism development

(BGO) – With precious cultural heritage, the Party, authority and competent agencies at all levels in Bac Giang province have paid due attention to preserving and promoting the heritage in associated with tourism development.

Festival introduces 15 UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritages

Artisans from 13 cities and provinces nationwide, will perform 15 UNESCO-recognised cultural heritage genres to the public, during a festival which will take place in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho province, from April 21 to 24.

Practice of tea growing in Tan Cuong recognised as national heritage

The knowledge on growing and processing tea in the Tan Cuong area in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen has been inscribed on the list of national intangible cultural heritages.

Source: NDO