Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh Province, the largest pagoda in Vietnam, has faced many problems during the Bai Dinh Festival including disorder and damage to the pagoda.
Statues in Bai Dinh Pagoda are losing their beauty after being touched by too many pilgrims for luck at the on-going Bai Dinh Festival. People have even climbed over the wall or tried to slip through closed gates to go to other locations as shortcuts.
Bai Dinh Pagoda receives hundreds of pilgrims and tourists during the festival
Service providers take advantage to overcharge people
People put small change anywhere they can then touch the statues for luck
Statues worn out from being touched
People even carve their names on the peach trees in the garden
Children were slipped through the gates followed by their parents
Someone set up a ladder service
Each person had to pay VND10,000 (USD0.48) to climb outside
People climb the wall
A girl was afraid to jump after climbing up the wall
