Spiritual beauty of Boi Khe pagoda

Spiritual beauty of Boi Khe pagoda

Boi Khe is considered one of the most beautiful temples in Vietnam, located in Tam Hung commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi.

The pagoda is named Dai Bi Tu (meaning that the temple has very large stele), but located on the land of Boi Khe village, so people call it Boi Khe Pagoda.

5 entries are built entirely of brick, including 5 ports of space division as a village gate.

Two large bells, 60 cm in diameter, 1 m high, were cast and hung on the upper floor of the gate of Thieu Tri (1844).

The pagoda has a beautiful surface, made in the style of "internal, foreign": the front is the place where the Buddha, behind the holy place. Such a temple is often called the "Pre-Buddhist, Post-Sacred" Pagoda. There are two corridors surrounding the building.

In the campus there are many ancient trees, bonsai gardens interwoven with architectural works quite beautiful and honesty of the monastery. On the picture is the bell tower of the temple.

The temple was built around 1338, then belonged to the Tran under the reign of King Tran Hien Tong. Later, the pagoda was restored and expanded in 8 waves under the Lê Dynasty, Mac, Lê Trung Hung and Nguyễn. The architecture and artifacts in the temple are remnants of the era.

It can be seen in the Tran period is quite clear in the engraved array as the head touched the dragon in the porch.

Decorative bricks in the front porch of the pagoda are terracotta bricks, on the face with many pictures of mascots. According to many researchers, this is a traces of art Mac.

The upper hall, with the structure as the bell tower Keo Thai Binh.

Noteworthy in the street court is the system of poles of green stone. On the pillars touched many pairs of sentences to praise the temple.

The temple is located at the beginning of Boi Khe village and has beautiful landscapes. Before the pagoda there is a large yard, through which new brick gate of the temple.