The pagoda in Bac Giang is quite famous for tourists because this is one of the sacred lands, converging many ancient temples with hundreds of years old. If you have the opportunity to return to Bac Giang, you definitely have to visit the famous sacred temples that many people have passed down from generation to generation.
1. Pho Da Temple
The relic of Bon Pagoda is a famous ancient self-relic of the ancient Kinh Bac region in the administrative territory of Tien Son commune, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province. It is known that Bon Temple is not only famous in Bac Giang but also famous throughout the North.
Photo: Wat Bo Da
The pagoda is an ancient architectural work that is considered a great ancient place of the cultural land of Bac Giang. This is a temple that still retains the original traditional Vietnamese architecture and has a unique architecture, different from traditional temples in North Vietnam. In the pagoda, there is still the oldest woodblocks of Buddhist scriptures carved on wood with nearly 2000 copies of planks carved in Chinese characters and the largest tower garden in Vietnam. Pho Da pagoda is recognized as a special national architectural and artistic historical relic.
The Bon Da pagoda festival is held from February 16 to 18 of the lunar calendar. This is an opportunity for the brothers and sisters in the area to meet and have a relationship through the Quan Ho Singing Festival.
2. Vinh Nghiem Pagoda
As a very famous temple in Bac Giang, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda is also loved by many tourists and come to visit and sightsee. The pagoda has a history of nearly a thousand years and is also the first Buddhist school in Vietnam, belonging to the Zen Truc Lam lineage.
The terrain of Vinh Nghiem pagoda is very beautiful, with the back leaning on Co Tien mountain, in front of the pagoda is Thuong Nhan junction, which is the confluence of two big rivers, Luc Nam river and Thuong river.
Photo: Vinh Nghiem Pagoda or La Pagoda
The beautiful scenery of this temple characterizes the beauty of ancient Kinh Bac pagoda, so it has attracted not only visitors but also folk art groups to film the MV.
3. Kim Trang Pagoda
Dubbed place team’s 3rd largest silver coin, temple Kim Trang today still preserved completely original cultural values and beliefs, the same scale architectural art – once the pride of the land of Bac Giang capital famous for this many temples.
In addition to the two famous pagodas of Duc La and Bon Da pagoda, another sacred temple is Kim Trang pagoda, also known as Trang pagoda. The people of Bac Giang have passed through each other a line of songs: “The first is Duc La pagoda, second is Bon pagoda, and the third is Trang pagoda”.
Kim Trang Pagoda is called after the name of the host village. In the past, this pagoda belonged to Kim Trang, Tuy Loc Son canton, Yen The district, Lang Giang district, Kinh Bac town. Later, the pagoda was in Kim Trang village, Viet Lap commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province. The pagoda is located on a large, flat, high land at the head of the village and facing west – south, overlooking Cau Dong river.
Photo: Kim Trang Pagoda
4. Phuc Quang Pagoda
Phuc Quang Pagoda has largely been restored recently, in general still has the look of architectural art in the Nguyen Dynasty. Phuc Quang pagoda has a quiet and majestic look under the shade of ancient trees all year round. The present Phuc Quang pagoda was newly built on March 20, 1734 under the third Long Duc King, next to the old temple by Chieu Chiem Nguyen Duc Tinh, who called on people to join in the construction.
In particular, Phuc Quang pagoda still retains a large bell dating from the beginning of construction and the system of 90 precious ancient Buddha statues. Referring to this place, people in the area tell the story of a curse of a strange king that has caused the temple to be “absent” for 300 years.
5. Tho Ha Pagoda
Tho Ha Pagoda has another name is Doan Minh Tu. Built in the style of foreign internal affairs, large-scale, including the three-door gate, the bell tower and the front road. The temple is located next to the communal house. A new distance from Tam Quan to the bell tower (now burned), in front of the temple door there are two stone crocodiles, on the right is a square-shaped pagoda engraved on all four sides. The bell hanger and the road front are beautifully carved with themes of dragons, flowers and leaves. Resistance time the big bell in the bell tower is taken to cast weapons. In the pagoda, there is a huge Buddha statue of Tathagata and the statue of Quan Am Buddha sitting on a lotus throne.
6. Truc Lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery
This is a cultural and artistic work to preserve, honor and promote the intangible value of Truc Lam Yen Tu meditation, it has contributed to socio-economic development, promoting the potential ” spiritual cultural tourism “in the area of Nham Bien mountain; associating with the system of temples, historical relics, and landscapes in Yen Dung district; connecting with West Yen Tu relic. Phuong Hoang Truc Lam Zen Monastery is also a place to keep bibliographies and cultural products of Vietnamese Buddhism, for those who want to study, study and practice the Truc Lam Zen sect.
Phuong Hoang Truc Lam Zen Monastery was built from the foot to the middle of Non Vua mountain. This is the highest peak in the Nham Bien range. The top of Non Vua has a Well, also known as Thien acupuncture point, with clean and cool water all year round.
Photo: Truc Lam Phuong Hoang Zen Monastery
Phuong Hoang Truc Lam Zen Monastery was built to meet the needs of spiritual and religious activities of the local people, is a place to preserve and promote the cultural and ethical values of the ancestors, to continue the thought. Truc Lam Yen Tu meditation line. At the same time creating more ecological landscape, contributing to creating a breakthrough in the development of cultural and spiritual tourism . It is a project connecting the destination to the system of major cultural and spiritual tourist spots in the region.
7. Dinh Thuan Hoa
Thuan Hoa Dinh is also known by local people as Cay Bang communal house. The communal house is located on a large and flat land adjacent to the communal house, which is a shady old almond tree all year round, in front of the communal house is the road 295 from Voi to Tien Luc, the communal house is more than 100 meters from the hill. Thuan Hoa Dinh was built around the eighteenth century, the temple worships two village princes, Cao Son and Quy Minh. The communal house has a nail-shaped architecture, including 5 great communal spaces and 3 harem rooms. Like Vien Son communal house, the whole roof system of Thuan Hoa temple is made of strong iron wood, themes carved by the hands of artisans show in a very skillful manner.
At present, the temple still retains many worshiping objects of historical value such as: 06 decrees of Nguyen Dynasty, 03 thrones worshiping, 01 incense bowl of Nguyen dynasty …
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