TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL OF KHÊ THAN VILLAGE

          Khê Than Village currently worships three village tutelary deities—Đô thống đại vương and Đô hồ đại vương Lê Phụng Hiểu—at the village communal house, while Lady Ả Lãng Nương Đê is worshipped at Quan Châm shrine. The legends of each deity differ. Lord Lê Phụng Hiểu was a general of the Lý dynasty who assisted King Lý Thái Tông and played a major role in fighting the Chiêm Thành invaders. After his death, the court bestowed him the title of blessed deity and permitted incense worship. Lady Ả Lãng Nương Đê was originally the daughter of Lord Lữ Gia, chancellor of the State of Triệu. When the Han dynasty invaded Triệu, she was captured by the enemy; to avoid being humiliated, she jumped into the sea and took her own life. Later generations, seeing her miraculous manifestations, often built shrines in riverine areas to worship her and pray for rain. As for the Đô thống đại vương, his origins have not yet been researched. 

       At present, the people still maintain worship of these deities on the 10th day of the sixth lunar month, the village work day; the 17th day of the seventh lunar month, the holy feast day of the two great kings; and the 10th day of the eleventh lunar month, the holy feast day of the three deities. Every year, they still maintain rituals, incense offerings, seasonal festivals, death anniversaries, and organize the festival to commemorate the village's blessed deities.

      The Khê Than village festival, according to local tradition, is held once every five years over two days, the 16th and 17th of the seventh lunar month.