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Nguyet Ho Temple is one of the ancient relics associated with the historical and cultural tradition of Bac Giang homeland. The temple is located in the land with many relics upstream of the Thuong River. Along this river, there are many relics of Mother worship, but more attention is paid to Nguyet Ho temple in Huong Vi commune, Yen The district.
According to legends and ancient documents recorded: "Second Nguyet Ho was the goddess of fortune telling under Hung Vuong. Legend has it that, Lord Nguyet Ho was originally a village girl in Bac Giang, and from a young age, she lived in poverty. She was a very kind, gentle, and benevolent person, so the Old Ancestor Ghost Coc Tu Tien Sinh taught her his teachings and gave her the nickname Nguyet Ho (or Blood Ho). After learning the permission of the Prophet, she devoted her life to doing good deeds for the good people. Soon, the rumor of Lord Nguyet Ho had spread to the capital, the king then ordered, invited the lord to return to the capital, every time he went to battle, the king sent people to ask, asking her lord to burn her fingers, see good and evil, and ask about military plans, strategies, and battle arrangements." In the Three Gods of Muong, the goddess Nguyet Ho is the most famous fortune-teller and is very fond of bronze. When sitting in the field, the lord wears a blue shirt and dances with bait. Sometimes when the lord comes back, he also uses betel leaves to read fortune-telling and tell the world.
According to myths and legends in the Bo area (Yen The), the story of Lord Nguyet Ho is recorded as follows: At the end of Hung Due Vuong's life, Thuc's army massively brought troops to invade the Hung family. Hung Due Vuong then sent a decree to other places to find talented people to help the king fight the enemy. At that time, in the Bo (Yen The) region, there were two men, Cao and Quy, who applied for a job and were chosen by the king to meet up. Giving thanks to the king, the two men dragged their troops to the Bo area (Yen The) day and night to train their troops and wait for the opportunity to destroy the enemy. When the Thuc army pulled in, the two sides fought fiercely, the enemy's position was strong, our army was weak, Cao and Quy commanded their troops to retreat along the banks of the Thuong River and then choose a dangerous position to return to kill the enemy. The war boat using bracing could not go because the daughters were nostalgic for this land, so they moved the boat back to the Bo area. The two commanders of the troops returned to fight the enemy, suddenly counterattacked, the Thuc army suddenly broke up in a big defeat, those who retreated were chased and destroyed by the soldiers. After winning the war, the two men returned to reward the soldiers and then returned to the court to report the merits to the king. Before returning to the tide, the two men rode straight to the Forest of Words to look over the Bo area again and suddenly turned there. The wife and daughter knew the news, so they turned themselves into that day on February 15. After defeating the Thuc army, the king named the famous generals Thuong Dang Phuc Than and ordered the localities, where famous generals fought the enemy, to build temples to worship forever. During the reign of King Le Dai Hanh, the gods in the Bo region were ordained: "Cao Son Quy Minh, great virtue, great virtue, great Vuong Thuong Dang Than". In the Nguyen Dynasty, the locality built a shrine in Blood Lake, asking the court to worship the goddess Nguyet Nga and the daughter of the god of the Cao family. In the third year of King Tu Duc's reign (1850), he bestowed the title on his wife Nguyet Nga and gave it to the people of the Bo area to worship. After that, there was an ordination for Princess Nguyet Nga. In the first year of King Duy Tan's reign (1907), there was also an ordination for his wife Nguyet Nga.
Nguyet Ho Goddess Temple has a long history, in the past the temple had a palace to worship the princess Nguyet Nga and decorated with statues to worship the Mother religion. The heart of merit is repaired and embellished many times to add more spaciousness and perfection. The current relic complex includes the following work items: the temple gate, the temple courtyard, the Nguyet lake, the main temple area including the great altar and the harem, and the architecture in the traditional ancient style. In the harem, there is a statue of Ba Chua village, Lord Nguyet Ho, or Princess Nguyet Nga, and decorated with statues of Mother Goddess worship, including rows of Mother Goddesses, rows of Quan, Hang Chau, Ong Hoang, Co, Uncle and Duc Thanh Tran. . The two palaces outside the great cult are also decorated with statues to worship the Mother religion. Thus, according to a long history, Nguyet Ho Temple has been covered with many layers of beliefs, in addition to worshiping "Miss Nguyet Ho-Lord of Fortune", worshiping "Three thrones of Holy Mother", worshiping Co, worshiping Uncle, and worshiping Son. Trang, worshiping the Emperors and Saints Tran Trieu.....and Nguyet Ho Temple has long been covered with a layer of "mother-worshipping" beliefs. According to researchers, the belief of Mother Goddesses is a belief of the ancient Vietnamese people that has existed for a long time and is growing.
The day of Lady Nguyet Ho's tears is on the 15th day of the 2nd lunar month. On the main day, the people of the Bo region carry a palanquin from Bo Ha communal house to the Lower, Middle and Upper temples. After the sacrifice at Trung Temple, the procession is brought back to Nguyet Ho Temple. Here, the sacrifice to Lord Nguyet Ho is conducted with unique rituals such as the ceremony of offering literature to Lord Nguyet Ho. The poem dedicated to Lord Nguyet Ho is expressed in the form of singing. The person selected to perform the singing and literature must have a good voice, good piano, and no family members. In the rite of worshiping the Mother at the Nguyet Ho princess temple, there is also a ritual that takes place at the beginning of the year and during festivals. Guests on the Mother's Day ceremony and