Bao Linh Temple

Bao Linh Temple is located at No. 33, Group 41, Nhat Tan Ward. If going along Lac Long Quan Road from Buoi, through the office of People's Committee of Tay Ho district about 100m turn right to the monument.
According to the old people in the residential area, in the past, Hoa Dinh Temple (Bao Linh temple today) has a small-scale architecture consisting of three simple bamboo rooms. Later, with the attention of the Party, authorities and people and the rise of folk beliefs have been remodeled and expanded more architecturally than in the past. It consists of 03 compartments, 02 in the beautiful position of Nhat Tan ward, adjacent to the front is the Nguyen family, on the right is West Lake, the back is adjacent to the residential area.
The whole of the temple now includes: the temple gate; guest house, garden; main temple (front house, harem).
There are small temple relics written with "Bao Linh Temple" (Temple Bao Linh) in ancient Chinese characters. The title is No. 33.
The entire architecture of the temple is modest on the shores of West Lake. The temple faces south east direction, three rooms of worship are bigger, three smaller harem, all are simply built with the wall not high but looking very secret.
The top of the harem provides an altar of the worship and statues of the three goddesses: the goddess Thien Minh, Mau Thuong Ngan and Mau Thoai (water mother).
The second statue is the Jade Emperor. On the left is Crux and on the right is Plough.
The left side of the harem is Tran Hung Dao and on the right side is Thuong Ngan God.
The three holy shrines are explained:
1. Mau Thien (sky god) - Thien Tien God - Van Huong God – Lieu Trang God in pink or yellow dress.
2. Mau Dia (earth god) – Thuong Ngan God in blue dress.
3. Mau Thuy (water god) – Thoai God in white dress.
With the idea of a trinity, Mau Thien is the most and the first. It means that from Mau Thien it is incarnated as Mau Dia - second, and reincarnated as Mau Thoai - third. That's why it's called Tam Truong Thanh Mau. Places of the Holy Monastery - Three lords of God worshiping the Emperor, Goddess, Crux and Plough, Ngu Vi Quan, the four admirers worship ... should be called the three or four. The fourth palace is to worship another God, not to worship another Mau.
Along with the unifying nature of human beings, Mau is the model of time. Mau Thien came to earth as Lieu Hanh Princess, Ma Hoang Princess, was called human form Mau Lieu or Van Huong Thanh Mau. Thus, Mau Thien (Mother of God) and Mau Lieu are one.
Bao Linh Temple is like all the temples worshiping the Three Mother, Jade Emperor, the five nobles, the girls, the boys. The only other thing is the temple to add the shrine to Holy Tran Hung Dao.
Through the inscription stored in the temple show that Bao Linh temple was built in the beginning of the Nguyen Dynasty spreading the years Minh Mieu, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Thanh Thai, Duy Tan are remodeling.
During the anti-French resistance war at Bao Linh Temple, Quang Tan Commune (formerly Quang An and Nhat Tan) was established as a commune. At the same time, Hoa Dinh hamlet had secretly dug tunnels to hide the comrades of the resistance commander of Quang Tan, attached to the activities of Quang Tan guerrillas at Red River Reef base. At Bao Linh Temple marked the crimes of the French colonialists in the battle on April 20, 1951 they arrested and brutally tortured two guerrillas and then shot dead in front of the people to help reduce the power the revolution of the guerrillas and Nhat Tan people, but the spirit of struggle of the people increased. At present, the temple also preserves ancient bronze bowls by the French colonialists. With these achievements, on December 4, 2012, the Bao Linh Temple was granted the Decision No. 5597 / UBND by the People's Committee of Hanoi to recognize the relic of Bao Linh Temple as a historical relic of the revolution. .
At present, in Bao Linh Temple, there are many kinds of artifacts and worship items, but noteworthy is the stone inscription system dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (9 tablets of stone). Those who contributed merit to renovate the temple, the bell at the same time Nguyen, examined the wood with lacquer gold, 03 bronze bowls, remarkable in the temple, and also kept a bowl of bronze shot by the French anti-French.
Based on these values, the Bao Linh Temple was ranked by the Hanoi People's Committee as a cultural relic on January 27, 2014.