Yen Phu Communal House Festival

Time: The 10th day of the second lunar month.
Place: Yen Phu Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
Objects of worship: Uy Do Linh Lang (Prince of Tran Dynasty).
Characteristics: Boat rowing on the lake
Yen Phu Communal House worship Uy Do Linh Lang, is located on a peninsula of Ho Tay (West Lake), Yen Phu Village. On the 9th day of the second lunar month, villagers hold the moc duc (washing statues) ceremony, row to the middle of Ho Tay to get fresh water for washing statues. There is barbecued beef worshipping on the main festival day (the 10th day of the second lunar month). The returning palace ceremony with rituals: bat buu flag (eight weapons for ornaments on the flag), long dinh (imperial palace), bat am musical band, procession of the Mother with bat cong (eight poles) palanquin, tu linh (dragon, unicorn, tortoise, phoenix) dancing for praying for good fortune. There is also the skiff-rowing race, which starts from the back of the communal house to Tran Quoc Pagoda then returns to the communal house