CHU DÔNG TU TEMPLES

Chu Dông Tu, poor fisherman, orphan, bathed, naked, in the Red River. As in the tales, he met Princess Tiên Dung, daughter of the 18 ^th King Hung, who, in passing in these places, had also had the good idea of refreshing himself with Eve. Immediate boost. The wedding was celebrated on the field and on the river. King's anger in front of this mesalestian. The couple is forced to exile. During his tribulations, Chu Dông meets a bonze and the Perfect Light. In viatic, the bonze Phât Quang (Light of the Buddha) entrusts him with a stick and a hat hat of latanier. He finds the princess, with whom he engages in a new life dedicated to discovering the Way. A hard life, where every day is an conquest, especially at the time of bivouac, when the elements are unleashed, and no roof houses the researchers of Truth. Keep the hat, which, planted on the stick, provides a precarious shelter under the shower. Miracle of faith! The couple awakens in a radiant dawn, in the heart of a palace of jade and emerald, surrounded by servants and eager soldiers. The news reaches King Hung's court, which, believing in an attempt to rebellion, dispatches his army to the scene. And the jade palace flies into a cloud of thunderstorm, taking Chu Dông Tu and the princess. Only a huge sandy land with water which was named "one night Marais". This is where the temple of Da Hoa was built where the cult of genius Chu Dông Tu and Princess Tiên Dung were celebrated today. The cult is very popular: The pilgrims come from all over the region to try to get luck, success, success and conjugal happiness. From the 10 ^th to the 13 ^th day of the 1 ^st lunar month, the popular population Chu Dông Tu and the princess through many festivities reaching their apogee during a magnificent nautical procession.