Relic point Vietnam
Việt Nam
Thay Pagoda
In its history, Thay Pagoda is associated with the name and life of Zen Master Tu Dao Hanh (1072 - 1117) - the 24th founder of the Vinaya Luu Chi Zen sect, with many names, such as "Huong Hai Am", "Bo De Vien", "Buddhist Tich"... Thay Pagoda and the rocky mountain areas of Sai Son, Hoang Xa, Phuong Cach, in Sai Son commune, Phuong Cach commune and Quoc Oai town, Quoc district Wow, Hanoi. This is a complex of relics combined with the landscape of low mountains in the middle of the rich plain, creating a sacred and majestic appearance, including 03 clusters of points: Sai Son rocky mountain area, Hoang Xa , Phuong Cach; Thay Pagoda relic complex; relics on Hoang Xa cave mountain. According to feng shui theory, Sai Mountain is considered a strange dragon (monster dragon), surrounded by 18 small mountains - "Eighteen beautiful mountains" flanking the ancestral mountain Tan Vien. However, currently there are only 11 mountains left: Sai Son, Long Dau, Hoa Son, Huong Son (Ho Son), Phuong Hoang, Ky Lan, Son Tuong, Am Giang, Ong Minh, Dong He and Hoang Xa . Among them, the most famous is Sai Son Mountain (Master Mountain), an arc about 100m high from Sai Son down to Hoang Xa with a radius of over 3km. On the mountain there are many hundred-year-old trees and many precious medicines bestowed by nature. Sai Mountain has many famous caves such as Cac Co cave, Thanh Hoa cave, Gio cave, at the top there is a fairy chess board and a flea market. In particular, Cac Co Cave is halfway up the mountain, very deep, the cave entrance is narrow, dark and slippery, to enter the cave you must have a torch. In the cave with a wide dome, a pool of human bones is still preserved - it is said that this is the place where the Lu Gia insurgents of the Zhao Dynasty failed to defeat the Western Han Dynasty. This is a complex of architectural works located at the foot and slope of Sai Son Mountain and some small surrounding mountains, including: Thay Pagoda (Ca Pagoda, Thien Phuc Tu), Boi Am Pagoda, Cao Pagoda, Thuong Temple, Long Pagoda Dau, Sai Khe Pagoda, Quan Thanh Temple. The Thay Pagoda relic complex also preserves a system of very rich and diverse relics and antiques, of many types and materials, such as stone, wood, paper, a system of worship statues, incense sticks, and horizontal panels. couplets,... typically include the Amitabha Tam Ton statue set (recognized as a National Treasure), the statue of Saint Tu in three lifetimes, the statue of Lu Gia, the Buddha of the Three Worlds, and the Buddha's lotus stone pedestal with a lion crowned in time. Ly, two-tiered lotus pedestal (Bach Hoa Dai) in the Tran Dynasty, altar in the Mac Dynasty... With particularly typical values, historical relics and artistic architecture of Thay Pagoda and the rocky mountain areas of Sai Son, Hoang Xa, Phuong Cach (Quoc Oai district, Hanoi city) have been ranked by the Prime Minister. special national relic according to Decision No. 2408/QD-TTg dated December 31, 2014./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Tay Phuong Pagoda
Tay Phuong Pagoda (Sung Phuc Tu, Tay Pagoda) is located on Cau Lau mountain, in Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi city. According to some researchers, in the year Giap Dan (1554) under the reign of Mac Phuc Nguyen (1547 - 1561), the first year of Quang Bao's reign, Tay Phuong pagoda was built to the scale it is today. In the year of Canh Ty (1660), Lord Trinh Tac (1657 - 1682) ordered the pagoda to be repaired and the Three Entrances built. During the reign of King Le Huy Tong, Uy Vuong Trinh Giang also repaired the pagoda and carved more Buddha statues at the pagoda. The pagoda faces East, overlooking Dong Song mound and Kim Quy mound (Nu Rua mountain), to the West there is Tich Giang stream, to the South there is Elephant Mountain, to the Southeast there is Ly Ngu Mountain, to the Northwest there is Ba Vi peak, Includes the following categories: Lower Tam Quan, Tam Quan Tay Phuong Pagoda is a cultural heritage with special value expressed through top architectural art (in terms of geometric proportions, fine arts, science), carvings, statues... from the top of the trap, the paintings Cones, armpit beams, dragon boards... are all carved with traditional decorative themes, such as: mulberry leaves, apricot leaves, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums, dragons, phoenixes, tigers... very sophisticated. The Buddha statue system is the most unique feature, this can be considered as a Buddha Statue Museum of Vietnam. The Buddha statues are made of jackfruit wood, meticulously crafted, and have the highest sculptural value in our country. Most of these statues date back to the late 18th century, while some others were carved in the mid-19th century. Among them, typical statues of Tuyet Son, Eighteen Arhats, Bat Bo Vajra... fully converge and create a deep aesthetic impression of traditional sculpture. With the special value of the monument, the architectural and artistic relic Tay Phuong Pagoda (Thach That district, Hanoi city) has been ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national monument (according to Decision No. 2408/ Decision-TTg dated December 31, 2014)./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Soc Temple
Soc Temple worships the cultural hero of Giong village who was instrumental in repelling foreign invaders and protecting the country from the dawn of national history. According to legend, King Hung built a temple to worship Saint Giong immediately after defeating the enemy. Through documentary sources, especially the epitaph of the Duong Duc era (1672), it is estimated that the temple was built around the Le dynasty before 1672. Through historical periods, Soc temple has always been preserved, repaired and embellished by the government and people. Currently, the Soc Temple relic site (International Temple) is located in Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi city, including items: Nghi Mon, Ha temple, Upper temple, Dai Bi pagoda, Mau temple, guest house. , sub-area, Non pagoda. Soc Temple currently preserves 145 valuable artifacts, dating back to the Le Dynasty, focusing on the Nguyen Dynasty, typically: horizontal panels, parallel sentences, stone stele, incense burners, worship statues, incense burners, altar throne, precious bowls, candlesticks, wooden horses, bronze bells... Especially the octagonal stele of the Le Dynasty built on the mountain, behind Thuong temple, is a highly valuable work of art, providing a lot of information. about Thanh Giong and local customs and traditions through the ages. Soc Temple Festival is the existence of many layers of culture and beliefs that are preserved and handed down to this day. These are the beliefs of worshiping natural phenomena - the footprints of Mr. Dong - the god of thunder and thunderstorms, the belief of worshiping the sun god, the belief of fertility, the belief of worshiping stone trees - an ancient belief of the Vietnamese people. ... Soc Temple Festival is held from January 6 - 7 (commemorating the transformation day of Saint Giong) containing many multi-faceted, unique and typical cultural values of the nation. In 2010, UNESCO honored Giong Festival as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. With the special value of the monument, the Soc Temple architectural and artistic relic (Soc Son district, Hanoi city) was ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national monument (in Decision No. 2408/QD- TTg dated December 31, 2014)./ Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Tay Dang Communal House
Tay Dang communal house relic is located in Dong village, Tay Dang town, Ba Vi district, Hanoi city. Tay Dang Communal House worships the Three Immortals of Tan Vien Son Thanh, the top deity of the Four Immortals in the Vietnamese pantheon, a cultural hero, a national hero, a water-ruling hero who is revered by the people as Nam Thien Thanh To, He was ordained by the kings as the Supreme Spirit. Tay Dang Communal House, a typical relic among the ancient communal houses, is famous nationwide for the song "South Bridge, North Pagoda, Doai Communal House". The communal house is located on a beautiful, high land in the center of Tay Dang village, leaning back is the residential area of Dong village, in front facing the majestic Ba Vi (Tan Vien) mountain. Tay Dang Communal House includes the main items: Communal gate, semicircular lake, Nghi Mon gate, left and right moc, great communal house and communal well. These architectural items are blended together within the walled relic campus, with high and low houses and ancient curved roofs alternating together. Tay Dang Communal House has a rectangular-shaped floor plan, with a direct view of Tan Vien Mountain in front. The communal house faces south. Tay Dang communal house has a moderate size, rectangular shape, three compartments and two large wings, roofed with funny-nosed tiles. Through an overall survey, the architectural frame of Tay Dang communal house is made of jackfruit wood. This material is probably influenced by the pagoda, as if to remind of a holy, pure, enlightened spiritual land... Regarding the floor structure, the great communal house is structured with 6 rows of wooden pillars, A total of 48 large and small columns support the architectural frame. Corresponding to the compartments are 4 sets because the main roof support is designed uniformly in the style of a "gong rack". The harem is the mezzanine altar behind the two columns, in the middle space. Tay Dang communal house relic was ranked as a special national relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism according to Decision No. 2383/QD - UBND dated March 29, 2013. Source Electronic information portal of Ba Vi district, Hanoi city.
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Phu Dong Temple
Historical and artistic architectural relics of Phu Dong temple (Phu Dong temple historical relic area, Giong temple historical relic area) located in Phu Dong commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi city, have been approved by Prime Minister. The Prime Minister decided to classify it as a special national monument in 2013. The historical and architectural artistic relics of Phu Dong temple include 8 component relics, distributed in 3 villages of Phu Dong commune, with a total area of 60,343.7m2. 1. Thuong Temple (Phu Dong Thien Vuong Temple), is the main temple, facing south, overlooking the Duong River dyke. The temple includes the following functions: water pavilion, five-door gate, pavilion, front hall, middle hall, harem, left and right moc, Giam house, three-compartment house, guest house, and shop house. The water pavilion is located in the middle of the communal pond, in front of the temple, with a square floor plan, with two floors, 8 roofs, and tiled roof. The sets have the structure of stacking gong racks and horizontal roofs, divided into upper and lower thirds. The roof system rests on 4 rows of pillars. The five-door gate (five doors) with 3 main doors and 2 side doors, has a massive appearance like a city gate, built of bricks, the door frames are arched, the doors are upper and lower. . Above the gate is a 2-story, 8-roof building. Phuong Dinh is a 2-storey building with 8 roofs, tiled roof, square floor plan, roof and strips covered with lemon flowers, geometric patterns, 8 corner blades decorated with leaf shapes. The roof frame system is supported by 4 rows of columns, the structure is in the form of an upper beam and a lower cone. The front altar consists of 5 compartments, 2 porches, gabled walls, two-story match-style roof, roof system supported by 6 sets of wooden rafters, of which, 4 sets of rafters in the middle are structured in the form of upper and lower ridges, 2 sets of rafters. Because of the style of high price gong, low price, seven porch. Trung Te consists of 5 rooms, 2 shelves, the roof is covered with funny-shaped tiles, the roof is covered with strips of nails, the two gables are built with walls, the front and back are left blank, the frame includes 6 sets of wooden railings and pillars. on 6 rows of column bases, 4 middle pillars in the style of upper ding, lower and lower, 2 sets of pillars on the sides in the style of upper gong, lower con, and seven porches. The harem has an architectural plan in the shape of the letter Cong, including the outer palace, the tube and the harem. The left moc and right moc are 2 rows of houses, each side has 9 compartments, gabled walls, funny-shaped tiled roofs, the frame of each building consists of 10 sets because of the style of upper gong rack, lower cone, and seven porches. The guest house has a Nhat-shaped floor plan, gable walls, a table-top door system, and stylized leaf dragons on both ends of the roof. The frame consists of 4 sets of rafters, structured in the style of stacking gong racks, and the roof is divided into diaphragms like Thuong Tam and Ha Ngu. The roof frame system rests on 3 rows of columns. The Giam house has a U-shaped floor plan, including the main palace and two rows of houses on both sides. The main palace consists of 5 rooms, 2 chairs, a tiled roof, 6 sets of wooden rafters structured in the style of an upper gong stand, a lower seat, seven porches, resting on 6 rows of pillars. 2. Ha Temple, also known as Mau Temple, facing West, located outside the Duong River dike, includes items: ritual gate, left - right temple and main architecture in the shape of Tam, including altar, middle priest and harem. The ritual gate consists of 3 arched doors. Above the main door (middle) is a building with 8 roofs. Left - right moc, each side has 5 compartments, 2 porches, gable walls, funny-shaped tiled roofs, each building's frame consists of 6 sets of wooden beams, structured in the style of upper gong racks, lower cones, bearings on 6 rows column foot. The front altar consists of 5 compartments, 2 wings, four roofs with 4 curved leaf-shaped blades, the edges are attached with stylized pliers, the two roof trusses are covered with two rectangular dowels, next to them are attached dragon heads flanking the roof edges. , roof tiled with funny nose. The middle altar consists of 5 compartments and 2 wings, with the same architectural structure as the front altar. The harem consists of 5 rooms, 2 shelves, gabled walls, a tiled roof, a frame of 6 sets of wooden beams, structured in the style of upper and lower beams, resting on 6 rows of pillars and horizontal roofs. divided into upper third, lower fourth. 3. Ban Temple, located about 200m from Thuong Temple, inside the Duong River dyke, includes ritual gate, left - right vu, yard, main architecture in the shape of the letter Dinh. Nghi Mon consists of 2 floors, with 4 match-stacked roofs, covered with funny-nosed tiles. The middle of the roof is decorated with a sun image, the edge of the roof and the edge of the strip are decorated with lemon flower shapes, and the four corners of the knife are all decorated with stylized dragon heads. The lower floor has a gable wall shaped like a throne and a tiled roof. The house has 2 compartments on each side, with 3 sets of rafters, and is structured in the style of upper and lower gongs, and the horizontal roof is divided into upper two and lower three styles. The front hall consists of 7 compartments, the gable wall is shaped like a throne, the roof is covered with funny-nosed tiles, the roof is decorated with lemon flowers, in the middle is a scroll shaped like a tiger, the two gables are covered with two Japanese squares. , at the position of the pliers, attach the two dragon heads facing the middle of the roof. The frame consists of 8 sets of rafters, structured in the style of upper beams, lower beams or upper beams, lower beams, resting on 8 rows of columns. The temple is a 1-compartment, 2-wing house, behind the altar, combined with the altar to form an architecture with a Dinh-shaped floor plan. This building is built in the style of a gable wall, the frame system has 2 sets of rafters, is structured in the form of upper and lower panels, resting on 2 rows of column bases. 4. Ha Ma communal house, located to the left of Thuong temple, has an area of about 200m2. Currently, only the foundation remains of this structure, the communal house has been destroyed due to lack of repair. 5. Co Vien, also known as vegetable garden or eggplant garden, is located on the riverbank, about 500m from Ha Temple. Legend has it that Giong's mother went to this garden to pick vegetables, then planted them in the giant's footprints, came home pregnant, and gave birth to Giong. There is a small temple here, with a 2-story structure, 8 roofs, and 4 open sides. Next to it is a stone with a special shape, with many protrusions and concave spots, considered the footprints of giants and a stele bearing the words "Dong Thien Vuong Thanh Mau Co Trach". 6. Gia Ngu, newly restored in the early 20th century, is located on the other side of the dike, between the Upper and Lower temples. The Gia Ngu entrance gate has 2 pillars about 6m high, the top of the pillar is covered with Nghe statue, the bottom is covered with square dou, the lanterns are decorated with four sacred animals, four precious animals, the body of the pillar is decorated with parallel sentences. 7. Dong Dam chess area is a large field of land, located about 3 km from Thuong Temple, in Phu Dong village. This is where Giong's first battle against the An enemy took place in the association. 8. Chess yard - Soi stele, located in Phu Dong village, is the place where Giong's second battle against An invaders took place in the festival. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Hai Ba Trung Temple
Hai Ba Trung Temple, also known as Ha Loi Temple, belongs to Ha Loi village, Me Linh commune, Me Linh district, Hanoi city. The temple worships two martyrs - national heroes, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi - the leaders of the uprising that overthrew the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty in 40 - 43 (AD), regaining independence. , national autonomy. Located on a high, wide area of land, overlooking the Red River dyke, with an area of 129,824.0m2, the temple includes the following items: temple gate, guest house, outer gate, inner gate, drum tower, bell tower, left house. - Huu Moc, Temple of Hai Ba Trung, Temple of Hai Ba's father and mother, Temple of Mr. Thi Sach's father and mother, Temple of female generals of Hai Ba Trung Dynasty, Temple of male generals of Hai Ba Trung Dynasty , memorial stele house Comrade Truong Chinh's secret mailbox, semicircle lake, elephant eye lake, elephant trunk stream, elephant bathing lake, Me Linh ancient citadel... - Temple gate: built on 2 floors, the lower floor has 3 arched doors, the upper floor is built in a matchlock style, with 2 floors and 8 roofs. The roof is decorated with the shape of a pair of dragons flanking the sun, the neck of the match is decorated with a 4-petal flower, the corners of the knife are decorated with fire leaves, the corner of the column is decorated with a chrysanthemum, and the body of the column is shaped with flowers and leaves. - Guest house: consists of 7 rooms, built in the style of a gable wall. - External ritual gate: built in the style of bronze pillars, also known as four pillars. The top of the pillar is decorated with four phoenixes in the style of flipped leaves, and the lantern boxes below are decorated with four sacred animals. The four-pillar system is divided into one main gate and two auxiliary gates. - The inner gate: consists of one room, two shelves, with a roof edge and a strip edge covered with lemon flower shapes, on both sides of the gable are two dragon heads, the bend is covered with two ceramic pigs in adoring position, four corners. The swords are curved, the rafters supporting the roof are made in the style of "the top stacks the beam, the bottom one passes". - The bell tower and drum tower: the drum tower and the gong tower are all made in the style of four curved roofs, the edges are covered with lemon flower shapes, the two gables are covered with tiger shapes, the upper floor opens with four doors facing four directions.. . - Hai Ba Trung Temple: + The front altar consists of 7 compartments, 2 shelves, built in the style of a gabled wall, the roof is covered with a nail style, the two ends are shaped like a dou, the ends of the two banks are shaped like a phoenix dance. In front of the altar is a pair of stone elephants in a kneeling position. Two small gates with roofs made in the style of "stack of matches", curved roofs. Connecting the two small gates are two "feng wings" paintings, in front of which there are symbolic pillars, the top of the pillar is shaped like a rooster, and the lanterns are embossed with four sacred animals. + Trung Te house consists of 5 compartments, 2 shelves, built in the style of a gabled wall, the roof is covered with a lemon flower shape, in the middle is a tiger-shaped roof, two match-stacked roofs... in front of the middle te is a stone incense burner... + Connected to the middle space of Trung Te is the harem - a three-compartment, one-room house, built vertically, combining with Trung Te to form an overall architecture in the shape of the letter Dinh. The frame supporting the harem roof consists of four sets because it has the structure of "the upper gong price, lower the beam, and "the upper gong price, lower the lower". The rows of columns are 35cm in diameter, with the letters Tho and flowers and leaves carved on the armpits. - The temple worshiping Hai Ba Trung's father and mother: has a Dinh-shaped floor plan, including an altar and a harem. The front altar consists of a 5-compartment house, built in the style of gabled walls, the roof is covered with two dragons flanking the moon, and the banks are shaped like nails. The harem consists of 1 room and 2 rooms. - Temple to worship Mr. Thi Sach's father and mother: located on the left side of Hai Ba Trung temple. The temple faces southwest, has an architectural plan in the shape of the letter Dinh, including an altar and a harem. - The Temple of the Female Generals of Hai Ba Trung Dynasty: has a monogram-shaped floor plan, including 5 compartments, built in the style of a gable wall. The two side rooms have Tho-shaped doors to bring light to the relic. The roof support system consists of 6 sets because it is structured in the form of "upper gong, middle middle, lower porch, back wall". In the middle of the altar, a high pedestal is built with thrones and tablets, and in front is an incense burner. - Temple to worship the Southern generals of the Hai Ba Trung period: facing Northeast, with a Nhat-shaped architectural plan, including 5 compartments, gabled walls, with 6 sets because it is structured in the form of "upper gong stand, middle gong". transmit, lower the seven porches, and the back wall. In the middle of the altar, a high pedestal is built with altars and tablets. - Left/right moc house: is a 7-compartment house, built in the style of gabled wall, roof edge, strip edge covered with lemon flower shape, roof support system is structured in the form of "upper gong price overlaps beam, middle, lower trap". In front of the porch on the right side of the temple are decorated 8 elephants, horses, and lions, inside are displayed some relics excavated at Me Linh ancient citadel. - Me Linh ancient citadel: there are still traces of the ancient citadel built with earth, shaped like a "curving snake", 1,750m long, with the widest part being 500m, the narrowest part being 200m, covered with refined soil, about 1 meter thick. (about 2m), 1 truong high (about 4m). Surrounding the edge of the citadel is a sarcophagus 2 meters thick (about 4 meters), 1 truong high (about 4 meters). The distance between the citadel and the sarcophagus is a "thong cu" road 2 miles wide (about 4 meters). Because of this "through and through" road, the citadel is called "Ong Citadel". The outermost circle is a trench filled with bamboo poles. Legend has it that in the past, there was the palace of Trung Vuong inside the citadel, and outside the citadel there were military and naval camps. Currently, there are remains of military posts of female general Lu Nuong and male general Bach Trach in front of Ha Loi temple, in Trang Viet commune. This is the land of Phan Lo, Chu Dien district, where Hai Ba Trung built the capital. The ancient citadel has been archaeologically excavated and many valuable artifacts have been recovered. - The memorial stele house of Comrade Truong Chinh's secret mailbox: built with four roofs, the roof corners are curved, in the middle is a souvenir stele with the content: ''Here there is an old silk tree with a hollow trunk that is a box. Secret letter from comrade Truong Chinh - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the years 1943 - 1945, comrade Truong Chinh took Hai Ba Trung temple as one of the secret meeting places to prepare for the general uprising. took over the government of Hanoi capital on August 19, 1945''. - Elephant's eye, elephant's trunk, elephant bathing lake, semicircular lake: Legend has it that this temple was built on land with the shape of an elephant's head, so it has the above names. This area is currently embanked with stones and bricks, surrounded by lotus flowers decorated with green stones to create a landscape for the relic. Hai Ba Trung Temple is also a place to store many precious relics, diverse and rich in both types and materials such as: wood, stone, bronze, porcelain, paper,... of which wooden relics make up the majority. Relics dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty such as horizontal panels, incense burners, grand letters, parallel sentences, coffins, palanquins, worship statues... are elaborately and exquisitely carved, with decorative themes: dragons, clouds, and statues. flowers, leaves, seals, tiger talismans... These are works of art that demonstrate the talented, skillful and sophisticated hands of our ancestors in the art of creation, reflecting many aspects of social life and dreams. hope for a better life. The relic has been ranked as a special national relic by the Prime Minister (Decision No. 2383/QD -TTg, December 9, 2013). Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Hat Mon Temple (worshiping Hai Ba Trung)
Hat Mon Temple, also known as International Temple, Hai Ba Trung Temple, is located in Hat Mon commune, Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city. According to some recorded documents, the Hat Mon area was where Hai Ba Trung organized their soldiers' association after meeting in Phong Chau citadel. This is also the place where Hai Ba Trung died when the uprising failed. Legend has it that Hat Mon Temple was built after Hai Ba Trung reincarnated into the eternal realm. The temple faces southwest and includes the main architectural works: Tien Quan, Temporary Temple, Ritual Gate, Phuong Communal House, Oath altar, three gates, front altar, middle hall, harem, left and right moat, Hidden mound, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dinh's memorial house, guest house, annex... Quan Tien: is a small structure, built of brick, the door opens towards the temple in a rolling dome style, has a curved roof, the floor is 45cm higher than the road surface, creating three steps to the restaurant floor. According to the village's fairy tale, this place was originally a shop selling floating cakes. When Hai Ba Trung's insurgent army gathered at the Oath altar, the lady who sold floating cakes offered a whole load of cakes for the Two Ladies to eat before going into battle to defeat the enemy. This small shop was built by the villagers to commemorate their gratitude to the floating cake vendor. Temporary Temple: located in front of the right side of the main temple, has a Dinh-shaped plan, including an altar and a harem. The three-compartment altar house has gable walls, a tiled roof, and a nail-shaped roof. The sets have a structure like "the gong stand, the lower part and the seven verandas". The three-compartment harem building is built connected to the front altar. The roof support system has the same structure as the front altar house. The front opens with a table-style door system. This architectural work is the temporary residence of the Holy Lady. During the annual flood season, the main temple area is flooded, the villagers process the statue, the throne and all the temple's worshiping objects to the Temporary Temple. At the end of the flood season, they process the Holy Palace again. The outer ritual gate: dating back to the Nguyen dynasty, is made in the style of four brick pillars, the top of the pillar embossed with four phoenixes and unicorns. The lantern part is embossed with four sacred animals (dragon, lyre, tortoise, phoenix). The pillar body has parallel sentences in Chinese characters. From the gate, following the dike slope down is the main temple area, on the right there is a lake, in the middle of the lake is a recently built water house (Phuong communal house). On the left side of the road on the dike surface is the memorial house for female general and heroine Nguyen Thi Dinh. Swearing altar: newly built in front of the three-entrance gate, the swearing stone pillar is shaped like a tower-shaped pillar, four sides are engraved with Chinese characters, placed on a foundation 65cm higher than the yard level, with five steps, facing the engraved temple. content of Hai Ba Trung's oath. Surrounding the altar is a mezzanine wall, outside of which are placed stone statues of elephants and horses. Ritual Gate: consists of three match-stacked compartments, two-storey roof. The three doors entering the temple are made of planks. The roof support beams are structured in the form of "gong racks, lower panels, seven porches", the roof is tiled, and the floor is tiled with Bat tiles. Stele houses: two stele houses were built on the outside of the left/right row of houses, on a foundation 30cm higher than the yard level, in the style of a communal house, with tiled roofs and four curved blades. Left/right desert: each row of five compartments runs along the temple yard, gabled wall style, tiled roof, roof support structures in the form of "gong rack, lower and lower", placed on the wall to add a pillar to hide. colonnade. Dai worship house: consists of five compartments, built with bricks in the style of gable walls, the roof supports are structured in the style of "upper price gong, overlapping beams, con me, seven porches", the roof rafters are divided "upper third - lower fourth", The roof is tiled, the floor is Bat tiled. Decoration on the architecture is densely concentrated on the ends, pillars, armpit beams, traps, wind panels in the form of embossed, filigree..., with themes of dragons and four sacred animals. This is an artistic product from the Le Trung Hung period to the Nguyen dynasty. The middle room is hung with horizontal panels, and the pillars are all hung with parallel sentences praising the merits of the Hai Ba. The front altar: consists of five rooms, built with bricks in the style of a gable wall, the floor is 30 cm higher than the yard level, surrounded by a bunch of bricks, the structures are "upper porch, gong rack, lower porch". The harem: consists of three rooms, built on a foundation higher than the yard level, with gable walls and a tiled roof. The roof of this building is connected to the middle building through the roof of the bridge. The wooden frame supporting the roof consists of four sets of "stacked" trusses. The decoration on this architecture is mainly phoenix. The middle space of the forbidden palace was created with a wooden box covered with wooden planks, which was the place to worship the Hai Ba. Guest house: consists of five rooms, with gable walls. The sets of rafters supporting the roof create the style of "gongs at the top, low down, seven porches" with hidden columns. Hidden Mound: behind the temple's harem. Legend has it that this is the vestige of the place where Hai Ba Trung hid the seal before withdrawing and reincarnating into eternity at the mouth of the Hat River. Currently, Gia An Mound is bordered and surrounded by brick walls. Hat Mon Temple also preserves many relics and antiques of cultural and historical value, including: 293 relics and antiques with many types and rich materials, such as wood, stone, bronze, porcelain. , paper, metal... dating from the Le, Tay Son, Nguyen dynasties to the present. Hat Mon Temple Festival is held every year on March 6 (lunar calendar), with rituals and folk performances attracting a large number of local people and visitors. In particular, the custom of making banh troi and the procession of banh troi offering to Hai Ba has become a unique cultural activity of this land. During the anti-French and anti-American era, Hat Mon Temple was chosen as a living and training place for local militia and guerrillas. Historical events and the system of relics around the Hat River area contribute to enriching the content and enhancing the value of Hai Ba Trung temple. With special values, Hat Mon Temple relic (Phuc Tho district, Hanoi city) has been decided by the Prime Minister to rank as a special national relic (in Decision No. 2383/QD-TTg dated September 9). /December 2013). Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Ngoc Son Temple
Ngoc Son Temple is a temple located on Ngoc Island of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. This is also a special national monument of Vietnam ranked 4th. The current temple was built in the 19th century. At first it was called Ngoc Son pagoda, later it was called Ngoc Son temple because the temple only worshiped the god Van Xuong De Quan, the star who presided over literary examinations, and worshiped Tran Hung. Dao, the hero who defeated the Yuan army in the 13th century. Initially, when King Ly Thai To moved the capital to Thang Long, he named the existing temple Ngoc Tuong. During the Tran Dynasty, it was renamed Ngoc Son. During the Tran Dynasty, the temple was used to worship heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the resistance war against the Mongols. A long time later, that temple collapsed. During the Vinh Huu period of the Le Dynasty (1735 - 1739), Lord Trinh Giang built Khanh Thuy palace and built two earthen mountains on the eastern bank opposite Ngoc Son called Dao Tai and Ngoc Boi mountains. At the end of the Le Dynasty, when the Trinh family was overthrown, Khanh Thuy Palace was partially destroyed by Le Chieu Thong. Today, after many years of history, the urbanized area of Hoan Kiem Lake has shrunk many times. Only old evidence remains like Cau Go Street in the past, there was a Wooden Bridge located on Cau Go Street today for people to travel. After Khanh Thuy Palace was ruined, a part of the people in Ta Khanh Village came together to rebuild it to worship on that historic ground and had a new name, Khanh Thuy Temple, to this day deep in Hang Hanh alley, Hang Ward. Drum, Hoan Kiem district. In Khanh Thuy Temple, there is still a stone stele with information connected to the ancient Ngoc Son relic on the old ground. Khanh Thuy Palace and Khanh Thuy Temple today both belong to the historical Ngoc Son relic complex, so the location of Khanh Thuy Temple is always with the Palace door facing Ngoc Son Temple and the back facing Hang Hanh street, so many people cannot access it. is known and there is no conservation plan for the Ngoc Son population. A philanthropist named Tin Trai, using part of the old palace foundation, founded a pagoda called Ngoc Son Pagoda. The autograph "Ngoc Son De Quan Temple" was compiled in 1843 on the occasion of renovating the Quan De Temple into Ngoc Son Pagoda and wrote: "...Ta Vong Lake, the old name of Hoan Kiem Lake, is a scenic spot in the ancient capital. On the north side of the lake, a mound of land emerges about three or four meters wide, which is said to be the place of the fishing station in the late Le Dynasty. Previously, Mr. Tin Trai of Nhi Khe village had a Quan De temple there, so he expanded and renovated it Ngoc Son pagoda...". A few years later, the pagoda was given over to a charity association and converted into a temple to worship the Three Saints. This association removed the bell tower, rebuilt the main hall, the rows of rooms on both sides, placed the statue of Van Xuong De Quan to worship and changed the name to Ngoc Son temple. According to the article "Repairing Van Xuong Temple", "...Currently the new temple has been completed, in front of it is next to the water, Tran Ba communal house, meaning it is a pillar standing firmly amidst the wave of culture. left, east of The Huc bridge, built Dai Nghien. To the east on Doc Ton mountain, built Pen Tower, symbolizing literature..." In the eighteenth year of Tu Duc (1865), scholar Nguyen Van Sieu repaired the temple. The new temple was repaired with more land and built a stone embankment around it, built Tran Ba communal house, and built a bridge from the East bank called The Huc bridge. Source Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports
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Dong Da Mound
Dong Da Mound (also known as Dong Da Cultural Park) is located in Quang Trung ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi city. Recorded in old history books and according to the recollections of the elders in Thinh Quang village, Dong Da Mound was formerly located in the area near the outside of Thang Long Capital, in the land of Khuong Thuong village, Quang Duc district, Thuan Thien district. This is also one of the battlefields where the great defeat of the Qing army by Emperor Quang Trung took place in the spring of the Year of the Rooster (1789). Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue Emperor Quang Trung (1753 - 1792) or Bac Binh Vuong, real name Nguyen Hue, later renamed Nguyen Quang Binh - was the second Emperor of the Tay Son Dynasty, after Thai Duc Emperor Nguyen Nhac abdicated and give the throne to him. Quang Trung was not only an excellent military general, but also a talented politician, introducing many outstanding economic and social reforms in Vietnamese history. He and his two brothers were known as "Tay Son Tam Kieu", the leaders of the Tay Son uprising, ending the civil war between the Trinh Dynasty (North) and the Nguyen Dynasty (South). ), overthrew these two feudal groups and the Later Le Dynasty, ending the situation of discrimination between Dang Trong and Dang Ngoai that lasted for 2 centuries. In addition, Quang Trung was also the one who defeated the invasions of Dai Viet by Siam from the South and by Dai Thanh from the North. In 20 consecutive years, he has gone through dozens of major battles and has never lost a single battle. At the same time, when in the position of Emperor, he also demonstrated his talent for governance when he proposed many progressive reform plans in the economy, culture, education, military,... to build the country and continue. absorb modern science and technology from the West. The life and career of Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue are considered by historians to have contributed decisively to the cause of national unification of the Tay Son dynasty. His merits in ruling the country to bring peace to the world are highly appreciated by the histories of the Later Le and Nguyen dynasties, and by modern and modern historians. When he died, people in many places built mausoleums, temples, monuments and museums to commemorate his contributions. Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da Campaign, liberating Thang Long Citadel: Regarding the historical site of Dong Da Mound, there are currently many documents and research works by experts and scientists about the events that took place here and in the surrounding battlefields. The Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da victory in general and the Dong Da victory in particular in the spring of the year of the Rooster (1789) is one of the most famous battles against foreign invaders in Vietnamese history and is well known by Vietnamese researchers. The price is the most glorious victory of the invincible Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue. This victory stopped the Qing Dynasty's intention to invade Dai Viet during the reign of Qianlong. Therefore, talking about the special value of this relic is talking about the historical value, about the unique military art with speedy, unexpected, and bold military advances that created resounding victories, making The enemy could not react in time. The ancient Dong Da Mound relic was one of the mounds in Dong Da land. Over the years, on those mounds, trees have grown luxuriantly, mostly banyan trees, so people often call those mounds Dong Da mounds. The place with those mounds is called Dong Da land. By the mid-nineteenth century, these mounds were still intact. According to the map of Hanoi drawn in the year Tu Duc 26 (1873), there are only 6 mounds left in the area labeled Dong Da Xu. During the Nguyen Dynasty and the French colonial period, those historical achievements were not protected so they were gradually destroyed, many mounds were leveled. Currently, there are only two remaining mounds called Dong Da mound, the 13th mound, established in 1851 (on the mound there is Trung Liet temple, so it is called Trung Liet mound) and Dong Dong mound (in Thai Ha hamlet area, on the previous mound). Here is the pagoda of Thinh Quang village, called Thieng pagoda). Behind Boc pagoda, adjacent to Dong Quang pagoda, there is Dau Skull mound, but it has been destroyed for a long time, people only remember the location and name of the mound. In 2010, on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, the Dong Da Mound relic was renovated, embellished and newly built a number of construction items with a total area of more than 22,120.8m2. Currently, Dong Da Mound includes the following items: Gate, Dong Da Mound, ritual gate, Quang Trung monument, Quang Trung Emperor temple and auxiliary works. Some relics related to Go Dong Da relic: * Boc Pagoda: During the Dong Da battle, the pagoda was burned down (1789), in 1792 it was restored on the old foundation, as a refuge for the souls of the Qing army and was renamed Thien Phuc Pagoda. However, people are still used to calling it Chua Boc to refer to enemy corpses exposed everywhere (Boc means "exposed", the pagoda was built right in the battlefield where dead enemies were exposed). The pagoda is closely related to the Ky Dau victory (1789) of the Tay Son army. Right in front of Boc Pagoda there is still a lake, called Tuong Bathing Lake, where the elephant squad of Tay Son insurgents bathed after defeating Khuong Thuong post. Behind the pagoda is Loa Son relic, where enemy general Sam Nghi Dong hanged himself after losing the battle. In the pagoda there is also Thanh Mieu - a shrine to worship Sam Nghi Dong as well as Qing Dynasty soldiers who died in battle. * Kim Son Pagoda: This area was formerly a cemetery, the bodies of soldiers who died in the battle of Dong Da (1789) were buried in this cemetery. This is also a place to pray for the souls of soldiers who died in the Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da campaign, liberating Thang Long Citadel in the spring of the Year of the Rooster (1789). * Nam Dong Pagoda: Nam Dong Pagoda (named Can An Tu), located opposite the Go Dong Da relic. This is an ancient pagoda, still preserving two steles dated 1621 (mentioning Dong Da) and 1697, and a bell cast in 1812. Thus, this place existed before the war. in 1789. After the end of the war, this pagoda was one of the spiritual places for incense sticks for soldiers who died in the Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da campaign. With the above special value, Go Dong Da Historical Relic has been ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national relic in Decision No. 1820/QD-TTg dated December 24, 2018./. Source Department of Cultural Heritage.
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Memorial area of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace
Memorial area of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace is located in Ngoc Ha ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi city. This is where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked the longest during his revolutionary life (from December 19, 1954 to September 2, 1969), and is also the headquarters of the Central Committee. The Party and State of Vietnam after the success of the August Revolution (1945). The total area of the Memorial Area is more than 10 hectares, including a system of houses, yards, gardens, lawns, fish ponds, paths, of which the highlights are 3 component relics: House 54, Uncle Ho's Stilt House and Uncle Ho's House. 67. House 54 President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in this house for nearly 4 years (from December 1954 to mid-May 1958). After that, he moved to a house on stilts, built in the garden of the Presidential Palace, but he still returned here for daily meals and regular health check-ups. Therefore, House 54 is still the place associated with President Ho Chi Minh's daily life during the last 15 years of his life. House 54 has three rooms, the side adjacent to the pond is the office and also where he receives guests, in the middle is the dining room, next is the bedroom. In President Ho Chi Minh's dining room, a set of tableware that he often uses every day is displayed. In the bedroom, President Ho Chi Minh's daily belongings were simple, like all ordinary people: a set of tables and chairs for him to read at night, a simple small bed without any frills or fuss, a wardrobe - in the wardrobe there are only a few sets of clothes that people wear every day and khaki clothes that people use when receiving guests or going on business trips... The total number of documents and artifacts in House 54 is nearly 400 units, especially paper artifacts have more than 300 units. These can be considered the most authentic evidence, making the strongest and most moving impression of the extremely pure, simple, yet orderly and scientific daily life of President Ho Chi Minh. Uncle Ho's stilt house This is where President Ho Chi Minh lives and works in the summer, and is also where he meets and exchanges work with comrades in the Politburo, officials in charge of ministries, branches or localities, especially are officers and soldiers from the South who went to the North for medical treatment and work. The upper floor of the Stilt House has an office and a bedroom for him. The office has a desk, a chair, and a bookshelf. The bottom shelf of the bookshelf is a typewriter, used every day by President Ho Chi Minh as a pen. In the bedroom, his living amenities are simple: a wooden bed covered with a sedge mat, in winter there is an extra mattress, cotton blanket and a small electric heater. On the desk in his bedroom, there are still some books, magazines, a hat and a transistor radio given to him by overseas Vietnamese in Thailand. On the small cabinet placed at the head of the bed, there is still a clock and the book The Resistance War Against the Mongol Invasion of the 13th Century that he was reading in the middle of reading. President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked in this house for the last 11 years of his life (1958 - 1969). Currently, nearly 250 of Uncle Ho's documents and the entire architecture and grounds of the Stilt House are still preserved and preserved as in the last days when President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked here. House 67 This house is located behind the Stilt House (about 30m away), construction started on May 1, 1967, and inaugurated on July 20, 1967. This is where President Ho Chi Minh often met with the Politburo, and is also where he worked during the time the US imperialists escalated their raids on the North (1967 - 1969), where he healed and died, so it is often visited. called House 67 or DK2. In 1967, the US imperialist's adventure to expand the destructive war in the North with its air force and navy became increasingly fierce; Hanoi, Hai Phong and a number of other cities and many industrial zones were bombarded day and night. Faced with that situation, the Politburo decided to build a solid house behind the Stilt House, with an air defense bunker on the right side, to ensure absolute safety for people when American aircraft suddenly bombarded it. Officers and soldiers at the Department of Construction, under the Military Engineering Command, were assigned the task of designing and constructing this project. The walls are more than 60cm thick, the ceiling is more than 1 meter thick, all made of concrete, reinforced steel... President Ho Chi Minh did not accept this house for himself. He proposed using it as a meeting place for the Politburo, working with Central comrades to discuss important issues of the country. From August 25, 1969 onwards, President Ho Chi Minh fell seriously ill, and his condition became worse and more complicated every day. According to the decision of the Politburo, House 67 became a place for medical treatment for him. Comrades in the Politburo, professors, and leading doctors all gathered here to take care of Uncle Ho's health. Because of his old age and weak health, President Ho Chi Minh could not overcome a serious illness. The clock on the small cabinet next to the bed and the wall calendar stopped at the moment he left: 9:47 a.m., September 2, 1969. Over the past forty years, in this house, nearly 100 documents and artifacts have been preserved and arranged intact as before, always recalling the activities and issues of President Ho Chi Minh's concern during the past forty years. the last day of his life. It can be affirmed that the Memorial Area of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace is one of the relics with special value in many aspects. During 15 years of living here, President Ho Chi Minh, together with the Politburo of the Party Central Committee and the Government, proposed the right strategic guidelines and strategies for the Vietnamese revolution and led the people to overcome difficult challenges. go fiercely to simultaneously carry out two strategic tasks: building socialism in the North, fighting against US imperialism and its henchmen, liberating the South towards reunifying the country; Actively contributing to the struggle for national independence, democracy, peace and social progress in the world. With all these meanings, after President Ho Chi Minh left, the place where he lived and worked, along with the relics and memorabilia here, became precious evidence, sacred symbols of life. , his activities in the last 15 years of his life, reflect the highest values of Ho Chi Minh's thought and morality. With the special historical, cultural and scientific values of the Memorial Area, the Prime Minister decided to classify the Memorial Area of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace (Ba Dinh district, Ho Chi Minh City) as a historical relic. Hanoi City) is a special national monument (Decision No. 1272/QD-TTg, dated August 12, 2009). Source Department of Cultural Heritage
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