Tho Phuc Loc temple

Am Gia Hoi is worshiping and commemorating the three goddesses, Van Tho princess, who was awarded the title of "Kinh thien phap to Ba Vuong" or "Tran tinh Ba Vuong", Van Phuc The First Princess, Van Loc The Second Princess.
Am Gia Hoi is currently located in Trich Sai village, Buoi Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
The God record code Aea2 / 34 archived at the Institute of Han-Nom Studies, clearly records the background and achievements of the three goddesses that are worshiped here:
Two Ly Princesses, the older sister is Phuc and the other is Loc from Long Hung, Thai Binh have the ancestor is Ly Hanh. Phuc, Loc are the daughters of Ly Bi. When they were born, the two women had extraordinary facial features and were incredibly beautiful. When growing up their two love river and wind, often use boats to go sightseeing in the rivers and seas.
The King and the Queen ordered the two not to go out. But they were very sad and then said "We vow to ride the wind and the waves, to kill the fish on the sea, to save the people from water and fire. The body of iron and the hot blood in their veins, why should we be a normal house wife? Isn’t it such a waste? "
The king and queen must accept their taste and let them go out. One day they sailed on the To River, stopped rowing at the foot of a rocky mountain, and suddenly heard about the nine-tailed fox harming the people here. The two princesses secretly sailed to learn magic to save people from the monster. In Nhu Nguyet River, two girls meet a girl with great magic. Two princesses invited her into the palace. In front of the king and his courtiers, she called the wind, making rain, making thunder rumbling. The king saw that and named her the Van Tho Princess. Then Princess Van Tho and her two Van Phuc, Van Loc sisters want to help the king eliminate the demon.
She asked the king to set up an altar and said: "I am born from the sacred spirit. Heavens are so busy that they do not pay any attention to evil spirits. Now we see the King planned to do great things, God sent me to help, giving long-lasting happiness and clarify the virtue of the king. "
The king set up eight altars and invited Van Tho to destroy the monster. Van Tho invites God and recites mantras. The winds and the thunder raged violently, the forest trees were pulled up, the mountains were clean and there was no longer any sign of the monster. In the middle of the sky, there was a bright red cloud and no one could see Van Tho anymore. Since then, no one saw the fox any more. King praised her and set up the temple "Tran tinh Ba Vuong" and ordered the two Princesses to take care of worshiping in the temple.
Later, the two princesses help the King to fight the south invader, keeping the frontier peaceful, the country prosperous. Then one day after hearing that the King died, they cried a lot and later also passed away in the temple. Local people then worship along with Van Tho.
In 1288, the trinity was conferred as the goddesses. Later feudal dynasties also conferred them as goddesses.
Tho Phuc Loc Temple is located on the bank of the West Lake near Dinh Trich Sai, Trich Sai village. Although the scale is not too large but it is always clean and peaceful with the supreme spirit of the three princesses, Temple Tho Phuc Loc always attracts people. The architecture consists of three front rooms and a harem. On the top is the Buddha statue, under are the three princesses Tho, Phuc, Loc.
The temple has a title: Mother of the nation.
Temples of the supernatural mother do not belong to the three palaces like the temple of Nguyen Phi Y Lan, Temple of the Mother of Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Temple of the Princess Tho, Phuc, Loc also has the title: Mother of the Nation. We should not look at the title to conclude this temple worship Mau Lieu Hanh. The gods in Trich Sai, residing in Trich Sai are three princesses Tho, Phuc, Loc.
At present, the temple has no stone statue depicting the reverence of the gods, but in the Thien Nien pagoda there is still a tablet saying clearly - this Thien Nien pagoda is also located in Buoi ward.
Comment:
- Phuc Loc temple in Trich Sai village, Buo ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi worshiping three princesses in Ly Nam De’s reign are Van Tho, Van Phuc and Van Loc. Through the existing Han - Nom material such as: Hoan Long Trich Sai Thien Nien tu bi, Tay Ho chi, Tam vi cong chua linh pha have confirmed this.
The temple was named Tho Phuc Loc Temple (Temple of the Three Gods, Temple of Trich Sai, Gia Hoi Temple). Local people are known as Am gia Hội.
- At present the concept of Phuc, Loc, Tho (Tam Da) is influenced by Chinese thought. The Chinese believe that Phuc, Loc, Tho is Thien Quan, Vien Ngoai Lang, Nam Cuc Tien Ong (Mr. Phuc, Loc, Tho). People often hang paintings or statues of Phuc, Loc, Tho at home, signifying "tam tinh tai ho", happiness, fortune, feeling all over the house.
We need to remember that Vietnam also has three princesses Van Tho, Van Phuc, Van Loc, who have been worshiped in Am Gia Hoi, Trich Sai, Tay Ho and Tra village, Co Loa, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.
Am Gia Hoi was ranked by the City Historical Artistic Monument in Decision No. 2005 / QĐ-UBND dated 23 May 2008./.