Gióng temple Festival
Gióng temple Festival
Time: 9th day of 4th lunar month
Place: Phù Đổng temple, Gia Lâm district, Hà Nội capital
Objectif of worship: Saint Giong who defeated the An invaders. In order to show their gratitude to the hero of Giong Village who sacrificed his life to fight invaders, the people proclaimed him Saint Giong.
At the Giong Festival, [...]
Lệ Mật village Festival
Lệ Mật village Festival
Time: 23rd day of 3rd lunar month
Place: Lệ Mật village, Việt Hưng commune, Gia Lâm district, Hà Nội capital.
Objects of worship: The village’s tutelary god of Hoang Family.
This village and its communal house are associated with a legend. While the daughter of King Ly Thai Tong (1072-1127) was on a pleasant boat [...]
Chử Đồng Tử temple Festival
Chử Đồng Tử temple Festival
Time: 10th day to 12th day of 3rd lunar month
Place: Đa Hoà village, Châu Giang district, Hưng Yên province
This festival originated from a legend. The third King of the Hung Dynasty had a daughter, Princess Tien Dung. At the age of 18, Tien Dung was a most beautiful girl. Yet, instead [...]
Hùng Vương temple festival
Hùng Vương temple festival
Time: 10th day of 3rd lunar month
Place: Phú Thọ province.
Objects of worship: Hung King
Description of festival: The Hung Kings Festival has been celebrated with many activities from the 6th to the 10th day of the third lunar month at the historical site of the Hung Kings Temple in Phu Tho Province, Viet [...]
Tay Phuong Pagoda Festival
Tay Phuong Pagoda Festival
Time: 6th of th 3rd lunar month
Place: Thach Xa commune, Thach That District, Ha Tay Province
Objects of worship: Buddha, Arhat. The visitors come to the festival to pray to Buddha for fortune and to enjoy the pagoda, which was built in the architectural style of the later Le Dynasty, and the wooden [...]
Thầy pagoda Festival
Thầy pagoda Festival
Time: 4th day to 7th day of 3rd lunar month
Place: Sài Sơn commune, Quốc Oai District, Hatay Province, Hanoi city
Festival description:
The festival takes place in the elaborate pagoda said to be built on the ashes of a Vietnamese folk hero and is especially famous for the performances of traditional water puppetry. It [...]