The hometown where I live has a lot of scenic spots and famous temples. Every year, I often accompany my friends to the temple to pray goodness to our family.
Thanh Giong - He was the man who killed the enemy to save our country, bring happiness to the people, then farewell riding world to heaven. In Vietnamese folk belief, Giong is one of the four immortals and is seen as symbolizing the spirit of foreign aggression and youth power.
Story told that: in the sixth Hung Vuong, in a village where the husband and wife are very gentle, hardworking and earnestly known as virtue or help people. The grandparents are tall and still have not taken a baby.
One day the old woman saw a large footprint, she curiously raised her feet to try to see how inferior. Unexpected to her home pregnant. Nine months later, she was still unborn, the old man expected his son but could not, he fell ill and died. Twelve months later she gave birth to a very handsome baby boy. She named her son Giong. But strange! The child until he is still speechless, laughs, does not know where to go, where to lie.
At that time, the Chinese invaded Vietnam, the fake origin of the Vietnamese king went everywhere to search for a talented man who could expel the invaders.
Giong - the boy starts talking first.
- Please invite the messenger here for me.
Mother Geng is happy that her son has spoken - You are too young to be able to fight
The boy remained determined:
- You invite the messenger here for me
The mother invites the messenger, when the messenger enters the boy's house, he does not see any hero, only see a three-year-old boy is sitting on the bed,
The messenger was very angry to leave..
Suddenly a voice appears clearly
- Go to the king, and cast me a iron horse, an iron armor, a bar of iron I will destroy the enemy.
The messenger was amazed and hurried to the king. The king commanded the workers day and night to do what Giong ordered. From the day after meeting the messenger Giong big as fast as blowing. Giong's mother cooks so much, all the rice is gone, Gion's mother has to ask the neighbors, everyone kindly contribute rice farming, strict farmer poor rice with salt, At this time, the enemy came to the foot of the mountain. Everyone was anxious, just then, the things that need to be finished, the messenger hurried to bring iron horses, iron rods, iron armor. He stood up and stretched his arms to become a muscular man, wearing a suit of armor, holding up a horse's buttocks, and riding an echo. Leaping to the back of the horse, the fire sprayed horses not straight to where the enemy, Giong scattered a whip, dozens of deadly death as the chime, the enemy did not catch up, iron strikes Giong's blows on people.
Suddenly the iron rod broke, Giong quickly to spit bamboo path as a weapon.
enemy invaders lose
Giong turned his head to the village, bowed his mother to three, thanked the city and took off his armor, both men and horses slowly fly to the sky.
The king remembered gratitude,
The king considered Giong a god. The king built a shrine and a large statue of a man holding bamboo to the sky.Bamboo is also the symbol of the Vietnamese people, it is the courage and strength of the Vietnamese people.
- Go to the king, and cast me a iron horse, an iron armor, a bar of iron I will destroy the enemy.