Voi Phuc Temple Festival

The Voi Phuc Temple Festival is usually organized from the 9th to the 11th day of the second lunar month. The Voi Phuc Temple Festival is the common festive day of the whole village, the whole district so that it is very crowed and only held every five-year. 

Photo by Nguyen Thanh Quang

According to legend, the King's wife was confronted by a dragon, and became pregnant. When the child was born, he had dragon scales and lights twinkling like pearls on his chest. As an adult, he led the army to expel invaders. The grateful king wanted to abdicate in his favour, but Linh Lang refused. He was transformed into a black dragon entangled around a stone slab and disappeared into West Lake. The king ordered a temple to be built on the site. 

The Voi Phuc Temple still contains two bronze statues and a large concave stone slab. It was in an attractive wooded landscape beside a pond, a calm and harmonious ambiance conducive to contemplation.

Voi Phuc Festival

The Voi Phuc Temple Festival is usually organized from the 9th to the 11th day of the second lunar month. The Voi Phuc Temple Festival is the common festive day of the whole village, the whole district so that it is very crowed and only held every five-year. 

This is a grand procession festival with flags, fans, gongs, drums, parasols, bat am (cantanets) musical band and senh tien group dancing. On the lake dragon boat moves around. Cultural activities take place during 3 days such as reciting poem, exhibiting pictures and poem in Han script (calligraphy), quan ho singing, chess playing...

Despite many challenges and restorations, Voi Phuc Temple retains its ancient and beautiful architecture. It has becomes an indispensable part of Hanoi , attracting a lot of domestic and foreign visitors travelling to Vietnam.