Keo pagoda, Thai Binh province, Vietnam.

It was built in 1067 and has been upgrated many times. Keo pagoda is well-known for its annual Autumn festival which attracted about 30,000 people each year. Legend has it that a humble fisherman in the 11th century achieved enlightenment as a Buddhist monk and could thereby fly through the air, walk on water and tame snakes and tigers. The holy man Duong Khong Lo (1016-1094) secured his name firmly in his country’s history books, however, when he used his gift to save the life of the ailing King Ly Nhan Tong (1066-1127). Over 900 years later, residents of Thai Binh Province’s Vu Thu District still honor the Buddhist hero with a festival as mystical as the legend it recognizes.