Admire the thousand-year-old “treasure” of the Homeland
The thousand-year-old banyan tree in the temple grounds of Tan Vien Son Thanh is a green “treasure” of Xu Doai land. Admire the thousand-year-old “treasure” of the Homeland
Ba Vi is known to tourists from near and far for many famous tourist areas, the long-standing historical relics have been ranked at the National level. Come to Ba Vi, visitors should not forget to visit and admire the thousand-year-old heritage trees.
With the age of more than 1000 years, the Da tree in Quyt village (Yen Bai-Ba Vi) stands tall beside the ancient temple to worship Tan Vien Son Thanh, with the body of 2 clusters. The tree has a circumference of 43m2 and cluster 2 is 37 m2, the highest peak is about 40 meters.
This is one of the most majestic old banyan trees in Vietnam today and is associated with the legend of Son Tinh – Thuy Tinh.
In Vietnam, banyan trees are found in many communal houses, pagodas and village areas. Almost every traditional village in the North has old banyan trees in the village and next to the monuments, associated with the village landscape “banyan tree, water station, communal yard”.
The old banyan tree in Quyt hamlet is located on the ancient temple of Tan Vien Son Thanh temple. Outside, the tree stands tall with large foliage, radiating luxuriant shade.
To affirm the symbolic meaning and cultural value and long history of the mandarin banyan tree, on February 15, 2016, the tree was honored by the Association for the Protection of Nature and the Environment (VACNE) as a Vietnamese heritage tree. Male.
Overview of banyan tree in Quyt village, located in the campus of Tan Vien Son Thanh Temple.
Two clusters of Da tree in Quyt hamlet are located before and after the temple of Tan Vien Son Thanh.
Looking back from a distance, the giant canopy reached high and covered a large area. After thousands of years, the rootstock has divided into two large body clusters, each cluster of dozens of people hugging in despair.
The trunk is ruffled, many holes have many holes, secondary roots grow from the horizontal branches, like large pillars that support the ground pillars to support the main trunk to support the weight of this giant tree.
The elderly people in Quyt village do not know exactly when “old” has been here, but according to the stories of his father, the banyan tree and the temple of Tan Vien Son Thanh have always been the point of reliance. god, is the place of religious activities of the people here.
The old banyan tree at Thanh Tan Temple is still standing there, enduring, quietly, deeply, spreading with sunshine and rain and time, as a “living witness” for the formation and development of Yen Bai land, at the feet Ba Vi mountain, cloud cover thousands of years.
Tan Vien Temple Son Thanh (also known as Thanh Tan temple) worships Son Tinh, is a figure in Vietnamese legend.
In the Vietnamese folk consciousness, Tan Vien Son Thanh is a saint expressing endless possibilities of fighting against natural disasters and floods to protect crops and life. Thanh Tan is one of “Four Immortals” – is the common name of the four immortal saints in the mind of the Vietnamese people.
Toan Vu/Dân trí