Bac Giang is a province in the midlands and mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, only about 50km east of Hanoi capital. This place is always known as a land with a long-standing historical tradition with unique cultural features, extremely rich spiritual tourism with a system of temples and pagodas with more than 2,000 historical relics spread across the area. the whole province table.
Coming back to Bac Giang is a journey to visit ancient pagodas, moss and is a spiritual fulcrum for the village for ages. All traditional cultural activities, traditional beliefs are held here, when visiting these works, visitors can admire the ancient, majestic space, traces of the art of sculpture architecture. reached the highest level performed by artisans of craft wards many centuries ago.
These architectural works with the meaning of representing a village or region should be chosen by the ancients at the head of the village or the center where there is a beautiful and favorable landscape of feng shui. In addition to the beauty of architecture, the temple also carries a lot of historical value, most dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Two must-see destinations on the pilgrimage miles of many generations of Vietnamese.
Pho Da pagoda – Ancient landscape of Bac Giang land
Pho Da pagoda is one of the big Buddhist centers of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism in Bac Giang cultural land . The pagoda is located on the North bank of Cau River, about 40 km north of Hanoi and about 15 km from Bac Giang city.
The pagoda is also known as Quan Am pagoda in Thuong Lat village, Tien Son commune, Viet Yen district, this is one of the interesting stops where visitors mingle with nature and culture on the North bank of Cau River.
The pagoda worships Thach Linh, the general god and Truc Lam Tam To, including Tran Nhan Tong, Phap Loa and Huyen Quang. Visiting Bon Da pagoda through the outer gate about 50m is the inner gate to the pagoda, the entrance to the gate is led by two strange mossy soil walls, the works are arranged interconnected through the corridor.
At this point, you will feel like you are lost in the context of the family in the northern countryside in the 50s and 60s. 100 stupas are considered as precious and historical documents serving scientific research.
Every year, Bon Da pagoda festival takes place from 16-18 February of lunar calendar, all temples in the area of Mount Bon are flagged with brilliant flags.
Coming to Bon Da , visitors will immerse themselves in the charming natural scenery but also enjoy the singing of mandarins all night, releasing their souls in their passionate lyrical melodies.
Vinh Nghiem Pagoda: Temple of world heritage memories
“Whoever cares about Yen Tu, Quynh Lam
Vinh Nghiem has not come yet, not to meditate yet.”
Vinh Nghiem pagoda (also known as Duc La pagoda) belongs to West Yen Tu tourist area – an ancient temple in Duc La village, Tri Yen commune, Yen Dung district is the place to keep the only wooden woodblocks of Buddha The Truc Lam sect was awarded a certificate by UNESCO to recognize 3,000 woodblocks as world historical documentary heritage.
Vinh Nghiem Pagoda is a spiritual destination connecting the system of pagodas and towers to the west connecting to Yen Tu of Quang Ninh . The temple has a history from the Ly – Tran dynasties that is more than a thousand years old, where it holds a treasure trove of precious Buddhist scriptures, documentary memories of many generations of the ancestors of the temple left for eternity after promoting Buddhism has been on the list of world heritage.
The pagoda was built at the confluence of Luc Nam and Thuong rivers, overlooking the confluence of the river Luc Dau Giang – Kiep Bac, Cam Ly – the gateway to Yen Tu mountain, surrounded by Co Tien mountain.
The pagoda is recognized as a Buddhist center, where monks train for the whole country, where the relic of the Three Toes of Zen Truc Lam sect of Vietnamese Buddhism.
The pagoda is the place to organize the engraving and archive of Vietnamese bibliographies through the feudal dynasties, cultural heritage treasure with over 100 worshiping statues, 8 ancient epitaphs, the non-sentence diaphragm system …
Every year on the 14th of February in the lunar calendar, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda Festival is held to attract a large number of Buddhists from all over the country and foreign tourists.
Bac Giang is the deposition and crystallization of the traditional values of the Northern Delta. In each ancient temple, there is history and culture preserved despite the centuries passing. Ringing bells, pure scenery combined with the heroic cultural pages of the sacred and heroic land of the country.
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