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Phu Day Temple Complex (Tien Huong and Phu Van)

Dao Mau Sites

Phu Day, in Van Cat village, Nam Dinh Province, is the historic center of Dao Mau, the Vietnamese Mother Goddess religion. Its two temples were built within a few years of each other in the seventeenth century: Phu Van, traditionally considered the first, in 1642, and Tien Huong between 1643 and 1649, which became the main center of the cult of Lieu Hanh, Dao Mau's best known goddess. Both are still active temples of worship, carved with the elaborate wooden sculpture typical of Lieu Hanh shrines, and together they are the site named in Vietnam's Phu Day Festival, held annually in her honour. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Site
Type of SiteSourced to the subject's own account
Temple or temple complex 1
Type of Site Detail
Phu Day is named among the principal sites of hau dong, the spirit possession ritual through which mediums channel the Mother Goddesses and their retinue of attendant spirits; UNESCO inscribed the wider practice, Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016. 2
Origins
RegionSourced to the subject's own account
Van Cat village, Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam 1
Status
Status TodaySourced to the subject's own account
Living tradition, practised today 1
Connections

Contained In

Vietnam, Countries
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)Encyclopaedia Britannica editors

Originated In

Vietnam, Regions
Source Liễu Hạnh (Wikipedia)

Sacred To

Source Liễu Hạnh (Wikipedia)
Lieu Hanh, Deities
Source Liễu Hạnh (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Liễu Hạnh (Wikipedia)
WikipediaOriginated In: Vietnam, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: Van Cat village, Nam Dinh Province, VietnamView the Source
2. Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, 2016View the Source
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