Qualla: Hung Temple https://qualla.com/hung-temple en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/7/f/c/hung-temple-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Hung Temple https://qualla.com/hung-temple Hung Temple: Introduction https://qualla.com/hung-temple/ Photo credit Viethavvh at vi.wikipedia, Public domain. The king's horse stopped and refused to go further. According to legend, Hung Vuong I had searched 99 places for the seat of his kingdom before reaching the village of Hy Cuong, where his mount planted its hooves and whinnied. The king climbed the nearest peak -- Mount Nghia Linh -- surveyed the land in all four directions, and declared it the site of his capital. Whether or not a horse ever made that decision, the mountain in Phu Tho province has been sacred ground for as long as the Vietnamese have told stories about where they came from.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/7/f/c/hung-temple-wp/w7fc-hung-temple-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hung Temple: Children of the Dragon and the Fairy https://qualla.com/hung-temple/ Photo credit Hoài Hương, CC BY-SA 4.0. The temples on Nghia Linh are dedicated to the Hung Kings, the mythological first rulers of Vietnam and the founding dynasty of Van Lang -- the primordial Vietnamese kingdom. According to the creation story, the dragon lord Lac Long Quan married the mountain fairy Au Co, who gave...

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