Hai Phong has long been considered a masterpiece land with sacred temples, and meaningful and unique spiritual tourist destinations. Let VinLove take note of the Top 10 most sacred temples in Hai Phong.
Nghe Temple
Le Chan Street, An Bien Ward, Le Chan, Hai Phong
Nghe Temple is ancient An Bien temple is located in Le Chan street, An Bien ward, Le Chan district, Hai Phong. The present Nghe Temple was built in the early twentieth century, is a national historical relic ranked by the State in 1975. Nghe Temple worships the female General Le Chan – the talented general in the Hai Ba Trung uprising. 1st century (40 – 43) – the person who came to the confluence of Tam Bac river – Cam river established Ven hamlet, later changed it to An Bien Trang, precursor of city. Hai Phong today.
Visiting Nghe Temple, in addition to visiting the unique architectural complex of the temple, visitors can also admire many valuable stone sculptures, typically the stone opening and the stone collapse. Khanh is made from a monolithic plate 5cm thick, 1m high and 1.6m wide. The front of the day is engraved with two dragons waving the moon and clouds flying around; the back is engraved with flying clouds and water waves.
When knocking, the sound of rock sound resounds, clear, directing us towards the magical, sacred realm. Huge stone collapsed, made of monoliths, carved elaborate birds, animals, flowers and leaves, showing the extremely sophisticated carving techniques of ancient artisans. In addition, the temple also preserves a large stone stele, carved in the Nguyen dynasty, recording the biography of female general Le Chan.
About 100 meters northwest of Nghe Temple is the bronze statue of female general Le Chan, 7.5 meters high, and weighing 19 tons, located in the flower garden of the city center. The statue was started construction in November 1999 and inaugurated on December 31, 2000. In 1975, Nghe Temple was ranked as a national historical and cultural relic by the State.
Du Hang Pagoda
121 Du Hang, Le Chan, Hai Phong
Du Hang pagoda (whose name is Phuc Lam Tu) was built in the Tien Le dynasty (980-1009) following ancient architecture with three mandarins, Buddha temple, To house, Mau church, Phuong house, and amnesty. At the end of King Le Dai Hanh’s time, the ancestor came here to lecture and enlighten the Buddhist teachings.
The pagoda has a 5-storey bell tower, the roof is soaring, there is a large bronze bell with the word “Phuc Lam Tu chung” (Phuc Lam pagoda bell). From the bell tower to a large yard, on the right are 5 rooms of the To house, the house of longevity, the horizontal house and on the left side are 5 rooms of the queen’s house, you will reach the 7-compartment street built in the style of the gong price rafter. In the front yard of the road, there is a large copper crest. The five upper palaces were also built of wood, with delicately carved trusses.
The pagoda’s tower garden consists of 11 towers built of stone and brick, where the remains of the ancestors who passed away at the pagoda, the Truc Lam Yen Tu meditation ancestors and many monks who used to the abbot at the temple. At present, the Du Hang pagoda still preserves many precious relics such as bells, ceremonies, bronze peaks, ceramic art decorations, green stones and especially the A Ham Trang sutras, which are ancient documents about Buddhist teachings that have been passed down from many generations of the abbot.
Red Temple
286 Le Lai, May Chai, Ngo Quyen, Hai Phong
The ancient pagoda of Linh Do – the common name called Red pagoda, has been repaired many times with a growing scale. According to the inscription of the pagoda, there is still a major repair in the year of Dinh Dau – Quy Mao (1717-1723) of the reign of King Le Du Tong and the restoration in Tu Duc 32 year.
The Red Temple has a unique architecture that has never been seen in the history of Vietnamese pagoda architecture: Ancient architecture overlapping with 20 roofs, the relationship between the front line – the middle road and the harem has been treated with two intersecting roofs. each other, creating the harmony between the zones, cleverly linking the zones to create a magnificent and monumental linked cube.
Cao Linh Pagoda
Bac Ha village, Bac Son commune, An Duong district, Hai Phong city
Cao Linh Pagoda is one of the temples with beautiful and attractive landscape with the most unique and massive architectural works in Hai Phong.
Cao Linh Pagoda is located in the west of Hai Phong city, in Bac Ha village, Bac Son commune, An Duong district. According to recorded history, Cao Linh pagoda was built by the Le Van family in Ha Lien village in unknown year, but only know in the stone stele of the pagoda there is a record of the restoration in the Hau Le dynasty, how we now This is about more than 300 years.
The current Cao Linh Pagoda campus has an area of 49,000 square meters. Over the years of renovation and construction, Cao Linh Pagoda is now one of the most beautiful temples in Hai Phong.
From Luong Xam
Luong Xam village, Nam Hai ward, Hai An district, Hai Phong city
Tu Luong Xam is one of the “Tu Linh Tu” of An Duong ancient district, now one of three “Linh Tu” of Hai An district (Tu Luong Xam, Phu Thuong Doan, Phu Xa Temple). Among the monuments worshiping King Ngo Quyen in Hai An district, Tu Luong Xam is revered as “Tu Ca” – ie the head of worshiping Ngo Quyen, is the headquarters of Ngo Quyen headquarters when he points. commander of the battle of Bach Dang in 938.
At Tu, there are still 25 main rulings and more than 20 reproduced ordinations dating from 1522 to 1924 of the Le So, Mac, Le Trung Hung, Tay Son, and Nguyen dynasties. Among those ordinances, many dynasties regarded Lord Vuong Ngo Quyen as “Supreme Supreme Spirit Great King”, “Ngo Vuong Thien Tu” and many beauties.
Especially, at the Strip house, 03 stakes of Bach Dang are kept, which are evidence of the battle of Bach Dang in 938; In this battle, Ngo Quyen used the strategy of setting up an underground iron-pinned pointed stake at the mouth of the sea, taking advantage of the tidal water to create a battlefield to destroy the South Han army to win the history and boat dragon, a symbol of the naval battle on Bach Dang river in 938.
Ba De Temple
Ngoc Hai Ward, Do Son District, Hai Phong
Ba De Temple is located at the foot of Doc mountain, with its back leaning on the mountain, the door facing the sea, is one of the famous temples for beauty and holiness. Lady De Temple was visited by King Tu Duc and conferred the title of “Dong Nhac De Ba – Trinh Princess Lady”.
The temple has a simple but elegant structure, nestled on the back of the mountain, in front of the immense sea, creating a unique natural wonder not inferior to “Nam Thien First Cave – Perfume Pagoda”. In the temple, there is a “cave of injustice”, it is said that those who have an injustice, when they come to the cave to cry, are told to have a dream showing how to resolve. The temple is famous for its sacredness that prevented old bandits and rulers from corrupting many good people.
Temple of the Mo
Ngu Phuc Commune, Kien Thuy District, Hai Phong City
Mo pagoda worships the princess Quynh Tran, the daughter of King Tran Thanh Tong, who made the land public. In the Year of the Mui (1283), the princess asked King Tran Thanh Tong to ordain as a monk at the door of the Buddha and was approved. The princess chose the land of Nghi Duong village in Nghi Duong district, Kinh Mon district, Hai Duong town nowadays Ngu Phuc commune, Kien Thuy district, Hai Phong as the place of establishment. After that, she recruited people to reclaim and establish hamlets, and together with people, rebuilt it into Mo pagoda.
This is a unique architectural complex with an old rice tree over 720 years old, according to legend, this rice plant was planted by Princess Quynh Tran herself with the wish of the local people to prosper. Through many ups and downs of the history of the Mo temple, it still retains its ancient beauty. In 1991, the Mo Temple was recognized as a National-level Cultural and Historical Relic, and this great rice plant was also recognized by the Association for the Protection of Nature and the Environment as a Vietnamese heritage tree.
Monument area of the Mac Dynasty
Co Trai village, Ngu Doan commune, Kien Thuy district, Hai Phong
The Mac dynasty memorial area is a complex of elaborately restored works. With a total area of 2.5 hectares, including the main hall, the place of worshiping 5 kings of the Mac dynasty in Thang Long (1527 – 1592), Thai ancestor Minh Cao Emperor Mac Dang Dung and 4 emperors are Mac Dang Doanh, Mac Phuc Hai, Mac Phuc Nguyen, Mac Mau Hop.
At the memorial area of Mac kings, in the main hall, there are many precious worshiping objects and antiques. From the vase with the image of One Pillar Pagoda, the crane to the common rose to weigh 1,527kg (the weight corresponds to the five kings of Mac Dang Dung ascending the throne), the bronze gong with the image of 2 floating dragons, a blue incense burner from the Mac Dynasty.
Especially, Dinh Nam Dao bar used to be with King Mac Dang Dung to fight “hard and conquer”, interesting stories during 418 years of dragon swords were lost. Southeast Asia’s largest blade with a length of 2.55 m, weight 25.6 kg, of hollow iron, the blade is 95 cm long, the handle is 1.6 m long. Elderly, during the time as a general, Duc Mac Thai To used this sword to storm the battlefield.
Thirteen banyan tree
Trai Hamlet, Dang Giang Ward, Ngo Quyen District, Hai Phong
13-root banyan tree is a famous sacred place in Hai Phong. Legend has it that in the past, God the past with two servants used to walk around the land of Hai Phong in the middle of the night. People see the sacredness, so under the root of the forest, they set up a small temple to worship Lord Ba, all year round. In 2014, the 13-root banyan tree was recognized as a Vietnamese heritage tree.
Tuong Long pagoda
Van Son Ward, Do Son Town, Hai Phong City
Tuong Long Pagoda (also known as Do Son tower) is a pagoda dating back to the Ly dynasty (1010-1225), located on top of Ngoc mountain with 20 bronze statues weighing more than 20 tons placed in the three jewels. In particular, the temple bell weighs 1000 kg simulating the bell of Van Ban pagoda of Do Son, cast directly on top of Ngoc mountain. The foundation of Tuong Long tower with 9-story architecture has also been completed.
Besides, there is a house covering stele and a 2-story archaeological pit, which holds many valuable artifacts with details, materials, patterns made from wood, stone, tile, and brick from the Ly dynasty. the process has many values of architecture, religious sculpture, and culture of the eleventh century.
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