Worship of Bà Chúa Kho and the Year-Opening Custom of Borrowing Luck
Bà Chúa Kho of the Ly Dynasty, her legends, the year-opening custom of borrowing luck and the rituals at her temple in Bắc Ninh.
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FestivalBà Chúa Kho Temple Festival
- Bà Chúa Kho Temple, Cổ Mễ, Bắc Ninh City
- Day 14 of lunar month 1
- Traditional festival
- 2027: no official dates yet; by custom it falls on 19 February 2027
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Who is Bà Chúa Kho and what did she contribute in history?
According to legend, Bà Chúa Kho was a girl from Quả Cảm village (Bắc Ninh) during the Lý dynasty, renowned for her resourcefulness and talent. She was assigned to guard the national granary at Mount Kho during the resistance war against the Song invaders in 1077. She sacrificed her life while distributing rice to save the people and was conferred the title of Phúc Thần (Tutelary Deity) by the royal court; the people built a temple to worship her and honored her as 'Chủ khố linh từ' (the sacred shrine of the granary keeper).
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Types of Vietnamese offering rites
155 types of Vietnamese offering rites in 15 groups, from ancestor and death-anniversary rites, Tết and the festivals of the year to funerals, communal houses and temples, and the rites of ethnic communities; each with alternative names, timing, recipients, a short description, classification axes (cycle, social setting, beings worshipped, tradition, ethnic group, cultural region), a structured date and sourced passages on its customs. It is the key table for Nhật Nguyệt's datasets on offering prayers and rite customs.