The 2026 chùa Keo autumn festival opened on the evening of October 19 and is scheduled to continue through October 24, corresponding to the tenth through fifteenth days of the ninth lunar month. The provincial event marks 1,010 years since Dương Không Lộ's birth.
Commemoration and historical presentation
Hưng Yên vice chairman Phạm Văn Nghiêm said the festival honours the Buddha, Dương Không Lộ and generations who built and preserved the temple. The opening arts programme used three sections to present its origins, transmission and contemporary life.
Known as Thần Quang Tự and also Nghiêm Quang Tự, the temple is associated with the Lý-dynasty monk Không Lộ. Flooding destroyed the earlier structure in 1611. After residents relocated and rebuilt, the temple at present-day Vũ Tiên was completed in November 1632.
Architecture and community practice
Its arrangement places Buddhist worship in front and veneration of the saint behind, combining religion with community traditions. Seventeenth-century wooden architecture, detailed carving and a three-storey bell tower are prominent features. The temple altar is a recognised national treasure.
The site received national heritage ranking in 1962 and special national status in 2012. Those historical classifications do not constitute a new UNESCO listing.
Spring and autumn festivals maintain rituals, local memory and links between generations. Officials emphasised preservation connected with education and sustainable tourism, with residents remaining central to the heritage's continued practice. At the October 20 reporting point, the festival was still under way rather than already concluded.