The Au Co Mother Goddess Temple relic site is the main practice place of the Au Co Mother Goddess Worship – a national intangible cultural heritage. The belief in worshiping Mother Au Co at Mother Au Co Temple is expressed and practiced in many forms, of which the most focused is on organizing the worship of Mother Au Co and her children and grandchildren from the 7th to the 9th. January every year.
The worship of Mother Goddess Au Co is a typical cultural heritage of the Vietnamese people, full of symbols, myths, memories, values, rituals and traditions. Born and existing in the land of ancestors, associated with and vividly reflecting the legend of Lac Long Quan – Au Co and the hundred eggs; Expressing the belief of the Vietnamese people in the sacred and noble origin of the nation, it has formed the belief in worshiping Mother Au Co, contributing to consolidating the existence of the national symbol.
On May 26, 2023, the People’s Committee of Phu Tho province issued Decision No. 1071/QD-UBND recognizing Den Mau cultural tourist site (Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho province) as a provincial-level cultural tourist site with large scale. area 82,213m22.
On the occasion of Au Co Mau Temple Festival, February 14 (the 5th day of the first lunar month of Giap Thin year), Phu Tho province held a ceremony to announce the decision to recognize the Au Co Mau Mau Temple cultural tourist destination and open the Temple Festival. Au Co model in the year of the Dragon in 2024.
The organization of the Au Co Mother Temple Festival is to show the respect of Lac Hong’s descendants to the Ancestors who built the country and expanded the territory. Returning to Au Co Mother Temple is to demonstrate the traditional cultural identity and noble morality of the Vietnamese people “When you drink water, remember its source”. This is also an opportunity and a place for Vietnamese people to return to their roots, to unite together, overcome all hardships and challenges, strive to build and protect their homeland, a rich, civilized country. Pretty.
