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Nguyet Ho Temple is one of the ancient relics associated with the historical and cultural traditions of Bac Giang's homeland. The temple is located in a land of many monuments upstream of the Thuong river. Along this river, there are many relics of Mau worship but more attention and attention is Nguyet Ho temple in Huong Vi commune, Yen The district.

According to ancient legends and documents, “Second Lady Nguyet Ho was the Lady of Fortune King under the reign of Hung Vuong. Legend has it that the lady Nguyet Ho was originally a village girl in Bac Giang province, since she was young, she lived in poverty. She was very kind, gentle, and kind-hearted, so Lao Gu Zi Zi Bei has taught her her teachings and named her Nguyet Ho (or Blood Ho). After learning the power of the Prophet, she devoted her life to blessing the good people. Soon, the fame of Lord Nguyet Ho's rumor spread to the imperial capital, and the king instructed him to invite the lord to the capital, and every time he went to the battle, the king sent people to request him, asking his lord to burn his hands, watching heal and talk about military mechanics, strategy, military disposition. " Among the Three Divine Mothers, Mrs. Nguyet Hồ is the most famous and famous female fortune teller. When sitting in the field, the lord wore a green shirt, dancing bait. Sometimes when the lord comes, he still uses betel leaf and betel leaf to see fortune telling.

According to the legend and legend in the Bo (Yen The) area, the legend of Lord Nguyet Ho is recorded as follows: At the end of the life of Hung Due King, the army of Thuc massively invaded troops to invade the Jiang family. Hung Due Vuong went on to find talented people to help the king eliminate the enemy. At that time in the Bo (Yen The) area, there were two Mr. Cao and Quy who applied and were chosen by the king to clean up. Bai thanked the king, the two men dragged their troops to the Bo (Yen The) area day and night to train troops to wait for the opportunity to kill the enemy. When the Shu army pulled in, the two sides fought fiercely, the enemy was strong, our army was weak, and Mr. Cao and Quy commanded the soldiers to retreat along the Thuong river and chose a dangerous land to return to kill the enemy. The warships were unable to use the bracing because the girls were in love with this land, so they moved the boat back to Bo. The two men who commanded the soldiers to return to fight the enemy, were suddenly attacked, Shu army suddenly lost a big defeat, those who retreated were destroyed by the pursuing soldiers. After winning the enemy, the two men returned to reward soldiers and returned to announce the royal merit to the king. Before the tide, the two men rode their horses to the Forest Forest to see the Bo area once more and then suddenly there. The wife and the daughter knew how to miss so they also self-actualized that day on February 15. After defeating the Shu army, the king bestowed on the generals Thuong Thuong Phuc Than and passed it to the localities where the famous generals fought the enemy, built temples and shrines to worship forever. King Le Dai Hanh ordained the deities in the Bo region: "Cao Son Quy Minh is a great hero of great strategy and great King Vuong Thuong Than". Go to the local Nguyen Dynasty to build a temple in Blood Lake, ask the court to worship the goddess Nguyet Nga and the daughter of the god Cao. Tu Duc Dynasty in the third year (1850) bestowed the title of Nguyet Nga on his wife and worshiped the Bo people in the Bo area. After that ordained Nguyet Nga princess. The reign of Duy Tan in the first year (1907) also conferred the title of Lady Nguyet Nga.

Temple of Lady Nguyet Ho has a long history, in the past, the temple had a palace where the statue of Princess Nguyet Nga was put in place and the statue was worshiped according to the religion of the Mother Goddess. Over time, the temple was recognized by local people and benefactors. merit of mind embellishment to embellish many times more nicely. The current complex of monuments includes works: temple gates, temple grounds, Nguyet lake, the main temple complex including the cult and harem, traditional ancient architecture. In the harem, there are statues of Ba Chua village, Nguyet Ho, Nguyet Nga princess and the decoration of the worship of the Mother of God, including the Holy Mother to Quan, Hang Chầu, Hoàng, Lady, Boy and Đức Trần . Two palace outside the Bai Dai also decorated worship statues worshiping the mother. Thus, according to history, Nguyet Ho temple has been covered with many faiths, in addition to worshiping "Lady Nguyet Ho - Lord of Fortune", also worship "Tam Mau Holy Mother", worshiping Co, Cau, worshiping Son Trang, worshiping Hoang and Duc Tran Trieu ..... and for a long time Nguyet Ho Temple has been covered with a religious class "worshiping Mother ”. According to researchers, the cult of Mau worship, which has been a tradition of the ancient Vietnamese for a long time and is growing day by day.

The day of worshiping Lord Nguyet Ho is on the 15th day of the second lunar month. In the main day, the Bo people took palanquin from Bo Ha communal house to Ha temple, Trung temple and Thuong temple. After the sacrifice ceremony at Trung temple, the procession will return to Nguyet Ho temple. Here, the sacrifice of Lord Nguyet Hồ is conducted with unique rituals such as the sacrifice of Lord Nguyệt Hồ. The prostration to Lord Nguyet Ho is expressed in the form of singing. Those who are selected to perform literary songs must have good voices, good instruments, and families without mourning. In the rituals of worshiping Mother at the temple of Princess Nguyet Ho, there is also a shadow-ball ritual held at the beginning of the year and on festive days. Guests of Mau and the ball ceremony are mainly from Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Hanoi .... gathered here to offer literature to Lord Nguyet Ho.

Nguyet Ho temple festival is located in the common space of the worship of Mau people following the ritual of the Nguyet Ho temple - Suoi Mo temple - Bac Le temple - Mo Ba temple - Thuong Dong Dang temple and finally, going to Ba Chua Kho-Bac Ninh temple .