Place of worship
Hon Chen Shrine
Cliffside shrine hosting a twice-yearly river pilgrimage of lantern boats and trance dance.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Hon Chen Shrine in Hue follows the twice-yearly river festival that turns the Perfume River into a floating stage, tracing the shrine's roots from a Cham earth goddess to a Vietnamese emperor convinced she had crowned him. You'll meet the spirit mediums who change costume again and again through one drum-driven afternoon, and hear how a dropped jade cup gave the shrine its name. It's a story about worship that looks, from the riverbank, like a party.
This audio guide was created using AI.