No. 30 Thanh Nien Street, Yen Phu Ward
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Introduce
On the island shaped like Kim Ngu (Gold Fish) in the east of West Lake, close to Thanh Nien Street has a famous, harmonious combination of ancient Buddhist architecture, solemn with graceful landscape. That is Tran Quoc Pagoda.
Tran Quoc Pagoda, which located in Yen Phu Ward - Tay Ho District is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam. People said that it was from the Ly Nam De’s reign (544-548). The founder of the temple is Ly Bi (Ly Bon). After establishing Van Xuan, he was the first person claimed to be King in the history of the nation and set up this temple with the first name is Khai Quoc Pagoda on the bank of the river. Until the Le Thanh Tong’s reign was renamed to An Quoc Pagoda. In Le Kinh Tong’s reign, at that time the bank of the river was erosive, the villagers then moved the pagoda on the Golden Fish peninsula (today's location).
This is the place where the kings of the dynasty often go to enjoy the scenery of it (the Ly Kings built Thuy Hoa palace, the Tran Kings built Ham Nguyen palace here).
Until the reign of Le Hy Tông (1680-1705) pagoda was renamed Tran Quoc Pagoda. In 1842, King Thieu Tu changed its name to Tran Bac Pagoda but the people still used to the name Tran Quoc Pagoda. The temple is located in a special location with beautiful natural scenery. The pagoda also preserves the traditional ancient architecture and collections of artifacts: stone tablet, copper bell which are very rare.
In the temple there are some beautiful statues, most notably the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Nirvana by wood. The oldest and most ancient tablet in the pagoda is the tablet established in 1639 by Nguyen Xuan Chinh, written about the history of the pagoda repair process in this year.
Like most other temples in Vietnam, Tran Quoc Pagoda was built according to strict Buddhist principles. The pagoda is composed of several layers of houses with three main ones, namely, front house, incense burner house and the upper chamber connecting into Chinese character “Cong” (工).
The pagoda is designed in the direction of front house to the west. The two sides of the incense burner house and the upper chamber are two corridors. In the back of the upper chamber is the bell tower. The bell tower is a house divided into 3 parts, matched roof, located on the main hall axis. On the right is the ancestor altar house and on the left is the tablet house.
The pagoda currently holds 14 tablets. On the inscription in 1815, Dr. Pham Quy Thich recorded the renovation of the pagoda after a long time of ruin. This work began in 1813 and ended in 1815.
The highlight of the Tran Quoc Pagoda is the tower garden with many ancient towers from the 18th century. Prominent is the tower of the Lotus Stupa, was built in 1998. The large stupa consists of 11 floors, 15m high. Each tower has six arched doorways, each with a statue of Amitabha Buddhamade made of precious stones.
The top of the tower has a nine-storey lotus as well by precious stones. The tower and the great bodhi tree were donated by the President of India when he visited Hanoi in 1959. That symmetry between these two is understood to mean that the lotus symbolizes the Buddha's leg, being under the mud without being polluted. Bodhi is the mind, the intellect. It all means the essence and the phenomenon of the Buddha.
The pagoda was last restored in 2010 to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi and the 6th World Buddhist Summit held in Vietnam in November 2010.
With a history of 15 centuries, Tran Quoc Pagoda is considered to be the oldest one in Thang Long - Hanoi. It is considered the Buddhist center of the Thang Long citadel in the Ly and Tran dynasties. The temple is beautiful, four surface is immense, quiet and solemn.
The temple was classified by the Ministry of Culture (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) as the architectural relics in Decision No. 313-VH/VP dated 28 April 1962. /.
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