| Description |
The Worship of Mother Goddess Âu Cơ is the worship of Mother Âu Cơ- the Mother of the Bách Việt at the Mother Temple in Hiền Lương Commune (Hạ Hoà, Phú Thọ) originating from the legend that the origin of the Vietnamese people is Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ giving birth to a sac of one hundred eggs.
From this belief, the people of Hạ Hoà built a temple to worship Mother Âu Cơ as a saint, the ancestor of the Vietnamese people and organize a festival. Every year, from the 7th to the 9th of January (the main festival is the 7th - death day of mother Âu Cơ), the people of Hiền Lương hold a festival to worship. During the festival, there are sacrifices, palanquin processions, and offerings. The sacrificial team has a male and female sacrificial team.
The worship of Mother Âu Cơ was born in a mystical consciousness to create a strong, close-knit connection and solidarity among the Vietnamese people, because they share the same bloodline and the same main deity to worship, and moreover, that main deity is the Mother herself. |
