The Lang Pagoda is situated on the home of Tu Dao Hanh and honors him with the festival every year. His story is a bit colorful so maybe this is not necessarily for kids to hear, but it is a story of inappropriate behavior with a woman, revenge, and murder. But the ending is why we remember Tu Dao Hanh since he is credited with enlightenment and inventing multiple art forms of Vietnam. He is also said to have reincarnated as a king of Vietnam.
The story read in this video comes from the book Traditional Festivals of Vietnam by Do Phuong Quynh.
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