The temple is dedicated to the City God A La De Nuong.
Her god title is: Quoc Vuong Thien Tu, Nga Hoang Dai Vuong.
She was born on August 10 of the year At Ty at Tu Long commune, Tuyen Quang province. Her father is Hung Thuy, descendant of Hung King, her mother is Pham Khuong. After being awarded the title ‘Nga Hoang De nhi cung phi (Nga Hoang Second Lady)’ in Dai La citadel, she traveled to Van Bao hamlet, seeing beautiful sceneries, hardworking people, beautiful customs, worthy traditions, she decided to stay here until the end of her life.
She used humanity to connect people and create solidarity, built beautiful customs based on solidarity, happiness and peace. She taught people in the region how to read and write, how to raise silkworms and weave silk, making the land more and more prosperous. Due to her great merit, after her death, she was honored as the City God to worship her forever and the people built a temple to worship her at the place where she passed away (25 December on lunar calendar).
Whenever the country encountered foreign invasions, when Generals came to her to ask for support, they obtained good results; thus, many kings gave her many beautiful words and titles such as:
Tran Nhan Tong King awarded beautiful words to her: “Linh ung, Phu tran, Cuu dan”
Le Trang Tong King awarded beautiful words to her: “Quang khanh, Minh chinh, Bao huu”
From the reign of Le Hien Tong King to the reign of Khai Dinh King, she was given 11 titles which is still kept at the place where she is worshipped.
Van Phuc Temple has history of over 1,000 years and is still preserved until today.
