Festivals in Bac Ninh

Objects of worship: Ba Chua Kho (The Queen of Stock), four gods: Thien phu, Dia phu, Thuy phu, and Nhac phu. Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, custom of borrowing money from her (only symbolizing) to pray for property and good luck.

Festivals in Bac Ninh

Ba Chua Kho Temple Festival
Time: 14th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Co Me Village, Vu Ninh Commune, Bac NinhCity, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Ba Chua Kho (The Queen of Stock), four gods: Thien phu, Dia phu, Thuy phu, and Nhac phu.
Characteristics: Incense offering ceremony, custom of borrowing money from her (only symbolizing) to pray for property  and good luck.     

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Bo Son Festival
Time: 9th to the 12th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Bo Village, Khac Niem Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.
Characteristics:Inviting cha (neighbour villages) to attend the festival.It involves ritual songs, giao duyen singing.      

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Bui Village Festival
Time: the 28th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Bui Village, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Buddha.
Characteristics: Worship Buddha and sing quan ho songs on boats.     

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Dai Bai Festival
Time: The 29th day of the ninth lunar month. 
Place: Dai Bai Commune, Gia Binh District, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Nguyen Cong Truyen - the ancestor of bronze casting and silver carving.
Characteristics: Head of families bring bronze and silver carving products to offer to the altar; incense offering to the ancestor, incense burning ceremony of people of the same age (49 years old), a daosinging, throwing and vying for bong tree.      

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Dai Than Village Festival
Time: 10thday of the third lunar month.
Place: Dai Than Village, Cao Duc Commune, Gia Binh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Cao Lo, talented general of An Duong Vuong. 
Characteristics:God procession of 7 villages which together worship Cao Lo and hold boat race on Luc Dau River.      

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Dau Festival
Time: 18thday of the third lunar month.
Place: Mo Dao Commune, Que Vo District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Mr. Binh, a general of the 18th Hung King.
Characteristics:Big procession, kite flying contest.      

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Dau Pagoda Festival
Time: The 8th day of the fourth lunar month. 
Place: Thanh Khuong Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Mother Buddha Man Nuong and four her daughters: Phap Van (Cloud - Lady Dau - worshipped in Dau Pagoda), Phap Vu (Rain - Lady Dau - worshipped in Thanh Dao), Phap Loi (Thunder - Lady Tuong - worshipped in Phi Tuong Pagoda), Phap Dien (Light - Lady Dan - worshipped in Phuong Quan Pagoda). 
Characteristics: Great procession, dragon dance.      

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Diem Village Festival
Time: The 15th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Viem Xa Village, Hoa Long Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Vua Ba - the ancestor of quan ho folk songs.
Characteristics: quan cau dao singing, quan ho trum dau singing, and game of vieing for water ball.      

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Dinh Bang Communal House Festival
Time: 14th to the 15th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Dinh Bang Communal House, Dinh Bang Commune, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Mountain Genie, Water Genie, Agriculture Genie and 6 devine men who had merit of re-establishing the village after being destroyed by Minh enemy.
Characteristics: Sacrifice-offering ceremony, wrestling, cock fighting.     

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Do Temple Festival
Time: The 15th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Dinh Bang Village, Dinh Bang Commune, Tu Son Town, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Eight kings of the Ly Dynasty. 
Characteristics: The procession of palanquin from Dan Pagoda (Co Phap) to the temple, barbecued buffalo used as sacrifices - offering.     

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Dong Ho Painting Village Festival
Time: The 15th day of the third lunar month.
Place: Dong Ho Village, Song Ho Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god, founding father of village.
Characteristics:Display and sell Dong Ho traditional paintings in the yard of the communal house. Build a bridge by painting picture symbolizing for the exchanging relation, harmony.      

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Dong Ky Festival (Festival of Mr. Quan Dam Procession)
Time: 4th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Dong Ky Village, Dong Quang Commune, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god Hung Huy Vuong.
Characteristics:  Firecracker-model procession (called Mr. Quan Dam).     

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Dove releasing Festival (Thiet Ung Festival)
Time: 27th day of the third lunar month.
 Place: Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.
Characteristics: Contest of each flock of 10 doves (5 couples) in the end of spring. During this time, the weather is nice, rare wind, without kestrels and hawks (they usually fight dove). The areas which are famous for this games: Hoang Mai, Dong Anh (Hanoi), Duong River, Dau (Bac Ninh Province).      

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Huu Chat Village Festival
Time: 9th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Hoa Long Commune, Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Truong Hong, Truong Hat.
Characteristics:Quan ho folk songs, tug of war playing.      

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Kham Festival
Time: 7th day of the fourth lunar month.
Place: Ngoc Kham Village, Gia Dong Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Three tutelary gods: Lac Long Quan, Tri Son (Mountain Genie), Tri Thuy (Water Genie).
Characteristics: Lac Long Quan's procession to the communal house, Tutelary God council, sacrifices to pray for good crops, and for welcoming the first rain of the rainy season.      

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Lim Festival
Time: The 13th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Lim Hill, Lim Town, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Lady King and Hieu Trung Hau, the two legendary patriarchs of quan ho tunes. 
Characteristics: Quan ho singing on the hills, boats or at home.     

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Long Kham Village Festival
Time: The 7th day of the second lunar month. 
Place: Long Kham Village, Viet Doan Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Ly Phu Quan (in the period of pre - Ly Dynasty). 
Characteristics: Re-performing the military exploits of the village's tutelary god, custom of vying for moc tat tree (son tree). The vieing is spent only for the people who over 50 years old, running to the field and returning to the communal house and it may takes place all day and night.      

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Nga Hoang jostling Village Festival
Time: 7th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Nga Hoang Commune, Que Vo District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship:Linh Son My Nuong.
Characteristics:People jostle even in the worship ceremony and have a procession of god around the village.      

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Phat Tich Pagoda Festival
Time: The 4th day of the first lunar month. 
Place: Phat Tich Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Quan Yin Buddha and Ly Thanh Tong. 
Characteristics: Worship Buddha.      

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Spring Walking Festival
Time: The 8th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Yen Phong District, Bac Ninh Province.
Characteristics: Four villages had joined efforts to drive the robbers from the villages and worked together in production.      

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Thi Cau Festival
Time: From the 7th to the 16th day of the eighth lunar month. The main festival day is on the 10th day of the eighth lunar month. 
Place: Kim Temple, Thi Cau Ward, Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh Province. 
Objects of worship: Saint Tam Giang.
Characteristics: Water procession from Cau River to temple; palanquin procession, and procession of saint from Kim Temple to pagoda and communal house.      

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To Pagoda (Phuc Nghiem) Festival
Time:18th to the 23rd day of the first lunar month.
Place: Van Ty Village, Thai Bao Commune, Gia Binh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Phat Mau Man Nuong.
Characteristics:Sutras reading, oan procession (truncated cone of sticky rice), incense offering, worship Buddha. Contests of making oan, wrestle, weaving, boat racing and tradition performance.      

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Tu The Village Festival
Time: 9th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Tri Qua Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: The village's tutelary god who looks after the farming.
Characteristics: Cooking rice and dishes contests      

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Yen Festival
Time: the 10th to the 12th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Truong Hong, Truong Hat.
Characteristics:Praying for good crops, quan ho singing, characters forming, vieing for ball.      

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Tam Son Pagoda Festival
Time: 8th to the 12th day of the first lunar month.
Place: Tam Son Commune, Tu Son Town, Bac Ninh Province.
Objects of worship: Buddha, first doctoral candidate Nguyen Phan Quang, Loyal Royal Highest Nguyen Tu Cuong, doctors of the village, Princess Thuan Duong, God of the soil, Quan Cong.
Characteristics: Water puppetry show, boi chess (wood chess), cock fighting, smash pots (rice husk, and water in the pot), quan ho singing contest.      

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