Banh chung is a fairy tale about the sixth Hung King King who wants to pass the throne to his son who is both virtuous and talented, but he has up to 20 children. On the occasion of Tieu Vuong ceremony, King Hung told that if anyone found a delicious food, a pleasant object, and placed it on an ancestral altar, he would give the throne to him.Summary of banh chung cake
Every lang eagerly competes each other to buy a really nice and wonderful ceremony to offer to their ancestors, in order to be crowned King. Among the kings, Lang lieu is the 18 th son, the saddest because his mother died when he was young, so he worked in the field, not knowing what to do.One night in a dream, Lang Lieu was told by the god, he made a kind of cake from sticky rice, green beans and pork molded two cakes, a circle representing heaven, a square representing the earth.On the day of the holidays, after the brothers had offered the offerings, they were not satisfied with the king's turn, and in Lang Lieu's turn, the father saw the delicious cakes and gave him the throne. Since then, the wrapping of banh chung and rice cake has become a Vietnamese custom whenever the New Year comes to spring to show respect to Ancestors.
