Due to being uneducated, Trương Sinh can only join the army to make a living, leaving his elderly mother and Vũ at home.
[4] One night, Trương Sinh sits sadly under a lamp, when his son Đản points at his shadow and calls it father.
A person named Phan Lang, who is from the same village as Vũ, has a dream where a woman in blue clothing asking for her life.
At this time, the Ming–Đại Ngu War breaks out, and the local population are trying to flee as the Ming army advances to the Chi Lăng Pass.
Trương establishes the altar, and sees Vũ sitting on a palanquin in the middle of the stream, with flags and parasols resplendent across the entire river.
According to the local tradition, the temple was constructed in the 15th century, initially built on a beach along the Red River with bamboo leaves and thatch.