Ba Chua Kho Temple

Ba Chua Kho Temple is a well-known folk temple located on Kho Mountain in Co Me Village, Vu Ninh Ward, Bac Ninh City, Bac Ninh Province. Dedicated to Ba Chua Kho, the Lady of the Storehouse, it is associated with the Ly Dynasty and the management of royal warehouses. The temple is famous nationwide as a place where business people and visitors pray for wealth, prosperity and success in trade.

Visitors can expect a hillside temple complex on Kho Mountain with a main worship hall, incense altars, courtyards and offering areas. The setting includes stone steps leading up the hill, traditional Vietnamese temple architecture with curved roofs, and stalls selling incense and votive offerings at the base. Inside, visitors observe prayer rituals, incense burning and the symbolic practice of borrowing and repaying votive money.

The temple is linked to the Ly Dynasty (11th-13th century). According to local legend, Ba Chua Kho was a woman who organized food storage and supply for the royal army at Kho Mountain during wartime. After her death, people established a temple on the former warehouse site to honor her contribution to the court and the army.

Ba Chua Kho Temple is a major center of Vietnamese folk belief related to wealth and commerce. It embodies the custom of borrowing votive capital from Ba Chua Kho at the beginning of the year and symbolically repaying it later, reflecting wishes for financial success, business prosperity and good fortune. The annual festival is an important cultural event in Bac Ninh Province.