Impressive experiences of the trip to the To Land

Not the first time returning to Hung Temple, but the trip to the To Land recently was an impressive experience for us after a year of social separation because of Covid-19.
True to the meaning of returning to our roots, a journey lasting two days a night led us to follow the itinerary of Lang Suong Temple – My Thuan tea hill – Hung Temple – Tam Giang Temple – Bach Hac junction.

Tourists experience at My Thuan tea hill. (Photo: Bui Thuan) Upstream of culture In recent years, many cultural and spiritual spots in Phu Tho province have attracted a large number of people and tourists to visit and worship, including Lang Suong Temple, Trung Nghia commune (Thanh Thuy district). ) associated with the Hung Vuong era to build and defend the country. Located on the banks of the Da River, the only temple nowadays worships the whole family of Tan Vien Son Thanh – one of the gods honored by the people as “Supreme Gods” who have helped people rule the water and civilize the land. Wild, teaching people to cultivate wet rice, suppressing foreign invaders, still preserving with antiques such as Ngoc Trien, Ngoc Pha, Stone kneel, Thien Thanh well, rock compressing abdomen, bathing bowl, Mieu Hai Co … Currently, the kneeling stone, also known as the blue stone, still has the picture of the feet, right hand, right knee of Mau Dinh Thi Den kneeling when suffering from pain that gave birth to Thanh Tan Vien Son after 14 months of pregnancy. Thien Thanh Well is the place where Mau took water to bathe for Thanh Tan when he was a child. Although it was only 3m deep, but in the water season or in the dry season, the well is still clear and full of water even though the surrounding wells are dry. The mystery and holiness related to Lang Suong Temple has attracted the attention and attraction to visitors from all over the world looking to worship. During the journey upstream of culture, we also enjoyed the fresh air at My Thuan tea hill (Tan Son district) with charming scenery and close-up tea rows like bowls, covered with blue layers. overwhelmed. Sunshine, wind, midland land has helped Phu Tho tea grow with a happy and productive working life filled with the optimistic spirit of the gentle and simple people, creating a destination for all types of tea. unique cultural and ecotourism. Back to Phu Tho on this occasion, we also visited Dai Bi Pagoda and Tam Giang Temple – a sacred temple dating back more than a thousand years located at the Bach Hac junction – the confluence of three rivers (Red River – Da River – Lo River) and visitors are practiced to pray for sacred water at this river confluence. Legend has it that the confluence of this river is where Lac Long Quan and Au Co divide 50 children to follow their mother to the forest, 50 children follow their father into the sea. In the place where Sơn wished to meet Thuy converts, “giang Son converts to a term” of the ancestral land, the sacred water has enough sweetness – salty, forest scent, rocks, earthy veins from all directions. In the past, according to custom, villagers in the Bach Hac area only took water at the confluence of the river twice a year on September 25 (the festival of Tam Giang temple) and on the 10th of March of the lunar calendar on the occasion of Hung Vuong’s death anniversary. . According to the traditional ritual, people will organize swimming combing out there. The team to collect water must have men and women and do rituals such as Tho Cong, Ha Ba, and ask for permission to ask for water to be used in the village’s affairs. Now, the good reputation of the sacred water resounds far away, many families have great things, such as building houses, building graves or worshiping … have come to the confluence of the river to ask for sacred water to do the ceremony, looking forward to blessings . Therefore, visitors also have a quite interesting experience of taking river water as souvenirs and hoping to have a prosperous and happy life. Tourists feel the sacred atmosphere at night at Hung Temple. (Photo: Bui Thuan) Hung Temple in the night Visiting Hung Temple during the day is normal, but not everyone can experience it at night. According to the schedule of the trip, around 8:30 pm, we started to enter the itinerary at Hung Temple with destinations such as Hung Vuong Museum, Ha Temple, Trung Temple, Thuong Temple, Gieng Temple. On the sacred land of Hung Kings at this time, the space was quiet, the wind was cool, the moon was cool, the trees were shaking and the heart suddenly felt very relieved. Joining our group, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hop Hoa from Hanoi shared: “When I experience Hung Temple at night, I feel very comfortable, peaceful and pleasant”. Ms. Le Thi Sen also said: “The night at Hung Temple is very special. We have lanterns leading the way, walking more than 400 stone steps to the temples in a holy, cool air but no longer feeling tired ”. Indeed, on this trip, tourists can both return home, where their ethnic origins are, light incense to thank their ancestors’ merits and discover and experience cultural values ​​and heritage. Following the light of bamboo lanterns leading the way on each stone steps and lighting fragrant incense in the tranquility on top of the sacred mountain Nghia Linh is an emotional experience for everyone. It is known that Hung Temple night tour is organized to build a private tourism product of Phu Tho, giving visitors a program to experience Hung Vuong worship practice when the sky is at night. This is also a tourism product responding to a program to stimulate domestic tourism with a form of safe experience tourism in the context of a complicated Covid-19 epidemic. According to Mr. Nguyen Dac Thuy, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Phu Tho province, the night tour of Hung Temple was organized to meet the target of Project 1129 dated July 27, 2020 on “economic development. night economy in Vietnam ”by the Government. The locality oriented to build unique and unique tourism products of the Ancestral region on the basis of promoting the typical cultural heritage values ​​of Phu Tho province honored by UNESCO, both new and attractive. while inheriting the tradition, spreading the standards of religious practice. Hung Temple night tour is also the opening activity series of cultural, sports and tourism events during Hung Vuong’s death anniversary – Hung Temple Festival 2021. This year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, Phu Tho province has reduced association activities but still organizes prominent events to serve tourists and people in parallel with the strict implementation of epidemic prevention. Covid-19 ensures the safety of visitors and people such as: organizing the Ancient Village oval singing program, swimming on Van Lang Park lake, the national championship tournament for Hung Vuong trophy, performing arts, water puppet performance at Hung Temple Historical Relic Area; organized the art program “Sacred the roots of Hung Vuong’s ancestors” … Talking about the new trip in To Land, Mr. Phung Quang Thang – Permanent Vice Chairman of Vietnam Travel Association affirmed: “Most visitors come to Hung Temple during the day, but the trip here will be a a special itinerary, demonstrating the effectiveness of the link between travel agencies in Hanoi and Phu Tho province, while at the same time linking cultural tourist sites, famous heritages of the two provinces and cities to creating sustainable cultural tourism products, increasing the number of tourists staying in Phu Tho ”. Not only the Hung Vuong’s death anniversary, after announcing this product, travel companies, service providers of Hanoi and Phu Tho will deploy the product on the first and full moon days of each month. .