Located in the middle of a green tea hill with peaceful scenery, Buu Minh Gia Lai Pagoda is one of the attractive check-in spots that many young people love. This is the oldest temple in Gia Lai and still retains its impressive ancient beauty.
Referring to the pagoda in Gia Lai, visitors will immediately think of Minh Thanh pagoda , a very hot place and very famous for moving followers. However, in the mountain town, there is another temple, although not too famous, but a peaceful meeting place that many people love is Buu Minh Pagoda. The temple is located on the road to explore many famous landscapes of Gia Lai, so it attracts more and more visitors. Visiting Buu Minh Gia Lai Pagoda , you will surely have peaceful moments in the tranquil space and immerse yourself in the green color of tea hills near the pagoda.
Buu Minh Pagoda is the oldest temple in Gia Lai. Photo: @_ md0108_
Introducing Buu Minh Pagoda – the oldest temple on Gia Lai mountain town
Wat Buu Minh Gia Lai is located in the area of Nghia Hung commune, Chu Pah district, 15 km north of Pleiku city center. This temple is quite famous in the Central Highlands with the ancient temple architecture in the North and the Central combined with the style and architecture of Taiwan and Japanese temples.
The pagoda is located 15km north of Pleiku center. Photo: @ thanhphan4451
Construction history is associated with the Department of Tra Bien Ho
Buu Minh Pagoda is known as the oldest temple in Gia Lai, older than Minh Thanh Pagoda . This temple building process is associated with the formation of the Department of Tra Bien Ho in the French colonial period. In the early 20th century, people from the plains began to migrate to Gia Lai to settle. In the midst of this endangered place, a temple called Son Hai Temple was set up to serve as a place of worship near Bien Ho. This is also the precursor to the current Buu Minh Gia Lai pagoda .
The history of building the pagoda is associated with the Department of Tra Bien Ho. Photo: @ dieu_linh2311
In 1936, Buu Minh pagoda was officially built as the Phat Hoc pagoda. In 1961, the pagoda was restored and officially renamed as Buu Minh Pagoda today. Although it has been newly built, spacious and more beautiful, the remains of the old temple and the old tea roots planted from the new reclamation period are still preserved in the temple campus with a age of nearly hundred years.
Here still preserves the remains of the old temple. Photo: @ huynhanh.7
Buu Minh Gia Lai Pagoda: a beauty that is neutral between many architectural styles
Buu Minh Pagoda has a very unique architectural style, a combination of many architectural styles and the Northern religion. The head of the temple roof and the roof are softly designed like a canoe, the temple space is mainly built of concrete and reinforced with a large scale. The area in the main hall is 520m and the height of the big tower is 47.25m.
The pagoda architecture is a combination of Vietnamese pagodas and Asian pagodas. Photo: @ tieumymy91
The roof of the pagoda has a design like that of the communal house in the Central Highlands. The front of the pagoda faces T’Nung lake , with its back resting on Tien Son mountain, creating an extremely fast feng-shui position, helping the temple’s veins always flow and flow.
The front of the pagoda looks out to Sea Ho, the back is leaning against Tien Son mountain. Photo: Chu The Dung
A very popular location for tourists and regular check-in when coming to Buu Minh Pagoda is the tamarind area of the temple. Tam Quan Pagoda Buu Minh Gia Lai was built with Hien Lam Cac model like Hue Citadel architecture with 5 roofs representing the five blessings.
Tam Quan area of Buu Minh pagoda. Photo: @ tieumymy91
On the right side of the temple courtyard is the area where the exposed Thich Ca statue is located, this statue is more than 3m high and is placed in a sitting meditation position. In addition, the pagoda also has another 11m-long Shakyamuni statue placed in a lying position with a peaceful and free face. These two statues are also very popular with tourists
The landscape of Buu Minh Pagoda in Gia Lai is the sum of both beautiful pagoda architecture and charming mountain scenery, making visitors coming here will feel extremely relieved and at peace in their hearts.
To the right of the pagoda is the statue of Thich Ca. Photo: @ ttha.282
Experience of traveling to Buu Minh Gia Lai pagoda for first time visitors
Buu Minh Pagoda is located right on the road to many other attractive tourist destinations of Gia Lai, so you can combine visiting the temple in your itinerary.
Following that, to go to Buu Minh Pagoda, you should move from Bien Ho area, towards Kon Tum city, then to Le Van Sy street. Continue for about 2km more, turn over a dam and into the hundred-year-old road. This is the entrance to the temple with a beautiful view, year round by the shadow of the sacred pagoda. Thong Street is also a place that tourists check-in regularly before coming to Buu Minh Gia Lai Pagoda.
The hundred-year-old street leads into Buu Minh pagoda. Photo: @ tamtam.283
When you come to the temple, please wear appropriate clothes, go light, not loud. In addition to checking-in at beautiful locations in the temple, you can combine to visit the vast tea hills around the temple area. The view here is very beautiful in the early morning, when the mist still surrounds it creating a beautiful view.
From Buu Minh temple you can see the Chu Dang Ya volcano right behind the pagoda, from here you only need to move about 6km more to check-in this famous volcano. If you want to go to Ho To Nung Beach, you only need to move 1km more.
Buu Minh Pagoda is close to many famous tourist attractions of Gia Lai. Photo: @ hieu.ricky
With a beautiful pagoda scene and unique architecture, Buu Minh Gia Lai Pagoda is the ideal destination for you to find a peaceful and quiet space. Over the hundreds of years of wind and fog, the pagoda has become more and more ancient, blending with nature, becoming a tourist destination not to be missed in Gia Lai mountain town .