Chung cake wrapping and Giay cake pounding contest - Symbol of filial piety

The teams spread out mats and sat down to compete in wrapping banh chung right in the central courtyard of Hung Temple. Unlike previous years, this year, the districts, cities and towns will not send teams that have won first prize for three consecutive years to participate in the competition. This also contributes to creating a new, attractive and enthusiastic spirit for the teams with the determination to win high prizes to present offerings to King Hung.

The Banh Chung cooking and wrapping contest had the participation of 13 teams from 13 districts, cities and towns of Phu Tho province.

It is known that the artisans will compete in wrapping 5kg of sticky rice, 1kg of green beans, 1kg of pork... into 10 square banh chung in a maximum of 10 minutes, and boiling the cakes for 5 hours. In addition, the artisans competing in pounding banh giay must blow 5kg of sticky rice into sticky rice in a maximum of 30 minutes, pound and shape into 10 banh giay in a maximum of 15 minutes.

The banh chung cakes of Cam Khe district delegation look very beautiful, attracting the attention of the audience and tourists visiting Hung Temple.

The contest aims to recreate the contest of making offerings to ancestors from the time of Hung Kings, honoring the traditional cultural values ​​of the nation, arousing pride in history and creativity in labor, showing filial piety to ancestors and parents, expressing the awareness and spirit of solidarity, mutual love and mutual assistance of the ethnic community, contributing to preserving and promoting the unique values ​​of the cultural heritage of the Hung Kings period and the Hung Kings worship in Phu Tho.

The rice cakes were made by artisans of Thanh Thuy District Union after intense competition moments.

In particular, the organization of the contest has contributed to honoring products processed from rice grains, expressing gratitude to the Hung Kings and is also an opportunity for artisan groups and ethnic people in the province to exchange and connect with the community...

Banh chung and banh giay - two types of cakes symbolizing "round sky, square earth", are associated with the legendary story about the filial piety of Prince Lang Lieu during the reign of the 6th Hung King. After thousands of years of history, banh chung and banh giay are still preserved intact in shape and flavor by the Vietnamese people to worship their ancestors.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/hoi-thi-goi-banh-chung-gia-banh-giay--bieu-tuong-cua-long-hieu-nghia-tai-gio-to-hung-vuong-2024-post292005.html