Hung Vuong’s death anniversary 2021: Enthusiastic about the contest of wrapping banh chung and pounding rice cakes

On April 19 (ie the 8th of March of the lunar calendar), at the courtyard of the Festival Center – Hung Temple Historical Relic Area, the Organizing Committee of Hung Vuong’s death anniversary in 2021 held a competition to pack, cook banh chung and pound Giay cake is annually held on the occasion of Hung Temple Festival. On April 19 (ie the 8th day of the third lunar month), at the courtyard of the Festival Center – Hung Temple Historical Relic Area, the Organizing Committee of Hung Vuong’s death anniversary. 2021 organized the contest of wrapping, cooking banh chung and pounding rice cake, which is held annually on the occasion of Hung Temple Festival.
The contest for wrapping, cooking banh chung and pounding rice cakes with the participation of 100 artisans from 13 districts, cities and towns. Artisans will together wrap up and cook the banh chung with the following criteria: beautiful, the cake must be cooked, to ensure delicious, attractive taste. Loaf cake must be flexible, smooth, white, round, tall, on a tray with the word “Phuc” in red.

Competition for wrapping, cooking banh chung and pounding rice cakes in Phu Tho province The team that won the first prize at this year’s Contest will be offering cakes to the Hung Kings on the day of the death anniversary of March 10. This is a great honor, so the artists are actively doing it with all their passion and talents. The contest of wrapping, cooking banh chung and pounding banh giay is one of the activities with deep meaning, bold national tradition, demonstrating the ethic of “Drinking water, remember its source”, and a unique cultural activity. , attracting a large number of tourists … To have green, square, beautiful, quality banh chung, in addition to the thoughtful selection of ingredients, cooking also requires separate secrets. In particular, the water to boil banh chung must be rainwater to settle and use firewood to make the cake delicious. To make a round, beautiful and delicious rice cake, it is necessary to choose a kind of delicious sticky rice, evenly and evenly, without any seeds with fly heads (tarnished). Glutinous rice, after soaking for about 10 hours, drain it, take away the cooked sticky rice, then pound it into a cake. Participating in the cake pounding are healthy, healthy young men. During the break-up process, the members had to coordinate well and smoothly. This will take about 10 minutes. When the sticky sticky rice blends together, take it out and roll it evenly, forming fragrant, round, plump rice cakes. At the end of the contest, in the content of wrapping and cooking banh chung, the organizers awarded the first prize to the folk culture team (VHDG) of Cam Khe district; Second prize for teams Thanh Son, Phu Ninh, Viet Tri and third prize for teams Lam Thao, Ha Hoa, Tan Son, Yen Lap, Thanh Thuy, Doan Hung, Phu Tho, Thanh Ba, Tam Nong. In the content of the contest, the organizers awarded the first prize to the VHDG team in Yen Lap district; Second prize for teams Thanh Ba, Tam Nong, Viet Tri and third prize for teams Cam Khe, Thanh Son, Phu Ninh, Doan Hung, Phu Tho, Thanh Thuy, Ha Hoa, Lam Thao./.