Kiep Bac Temple Festival – Hai Duong

Kiep Bac Temple Festival is held from the 15th to 20th day of the 8th lunar month. The festival takes place in Hung Dao Commune, Chi Linh District, Hai Duong Province, northern Vietnam.

Kiep Bac temple is dedicated to Tran Quoc Tuan, the eminent marshal of the Tran Dynasty, who led the Vietnamese people in the three successful resistance wars against the Yuan-Mongolian invaders in the 13th century. People have said that he was also a sorcerer and herbalist. Thanks to his great deeds, he was consecrated as Saint Tran.