🏮 Pagoda & temple festival calendar

Chùa Hương — Hà Nội

Vietnam's longest festival: a boat pilgrimage along Yen stream and a climb to Huong Tich cave, 'the finest grotto under the Southern sky'.

Chùa trình Yên Tử — Quảng Ninh

Pilgrimage up the sacred Yen Tu mountain, cradle of the Truc Lam Zen school founded by Buddhist-king Tran Nhan Tong.

Chùa Bái Đính — Ninh Bình

Opening festival at Vietnam's largest pagoda complex, with palanquin processions and incense offerings to Saint Nguyen Minh Khong and deity Cao Son.

Chùa Côn Sơn — Hải Phòng

Commemorates Zen master Huyen Quang, third patriarch of the Truc Lam school, at the Con Son — Kiep Bac heritage complex.

Đền Trần Thương — Ninh Bình

The symbolic rice-granting rite of Saint Tran, praying for a year of plenty in memory of Grand Prince Tran Hung Dao.

Chùa Ngọc Hoàng — TP. Hồ Chí Minh

The Jade Emperor's feast day at Ngoc Hoang (Phuoc Hai) Pagoda, drawing huge crowds praying for fortune and children.

Chùa Thầy — Hà Nội

Honors Zen master Tu Dao Hanh with bathing rites, palanquin processions and traditional water-puppet shows at the lake pavilion.

Chùa Tây Phương — Hà Nội

Festival at the pagoda famed for its 18 arhat statues — masterpieces of 18th-century wood carving.

Đền Hùng — Phú Thọ

National commemoration of the founding Hung Kings; the ancestor-worship tradition is UNESCO-recognized intangible heritage.

Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu — TP. Hồ Chí Minh

The Cho Lon Chinese community's feast of Mazu, with a grand palanquin procession of the goddess through the streets.

Chùa Dâu — Bắc Ninh

Festival at Vietnam's oldest pagoda, with processions of the Four Dharma goddesses of cloud, rain, thunder and lightning to pray for good weather.

Miếu Bà Chúa Xứ — An Giang

The Mekong Delta's biggest festival: bathing the goddess statue and ritual ceremonies at the Lady of the Realm shrine; UNESCO-listed in 2024.

Đền Kiếp Bạc — Hải Phòng

Commemorates the death anniversary of Tran Hung Dao with land-and-water processions and a naval muster on the Luc Dau river.

Chùa Keo Thái Bình — Hưng Yên

Autumn festival honoring Zen master Khong Lo, with palanquin processions, boat races and folk games around the famed wooden bell tower.