The monastery in Japanese style in Saigon

The monastery in Japanese style in Saigon

Khanh An Monastery (District 12) has a history of hundreds of years, was restored with architecture like Japanese temples, attracting many visitors.

Khanh An Monastery (An Phu Dong Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City) was originally a small pagoda built by Patriarch Tri Hien in 1905. At that time, a wealthy family in the area donated 6 hectares to the monk. land for the temple. At that time, Khanh An small temple was located between An Loc Dong and Hanh Phu (later An Phu Dong), where many patriotic soldiers gathered to fight against the French. The temple was destroyed many times by the French colonialists.

After the break, the vestiges of the pagoda are sometimes only small bamboo or brick plaster. In 2006, the pagoda was rebuilt, almost built and completed as it is in 2016, renamed Khanh An monastery. The largest building is the majestic hall was built with four floors of material mainly wood and stone.

Khanh An monastery has the style of Northern Buddhism, bold features of East Asian architecture. The entrance to the main hall is the stone steps with the lotus flower pattern.

The main hall of the pagoda is named after the Buddha with the main structure made of wood, where the chanting ceremony, the meditation of the Buddhist monks.

According to the abbot of the pagoda, when the new building, the temple returned to primitive state, not decorate the mascot as the dragon because this belongs to the royal culture.


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The monastery has many architectural features like Japanese temples. Prominent is the rise of houses and guests with wooden or painted wood imitation of the color of the red color of the sunrise.

In terms of color, the pagoda has three main colors of wood brown color; white of lime and yellow - the color of the pattern represents the material of copper.

The rise of houses and guest houses is highlighted by bright red, lanterns hanging around the spacious courtyard.

On the roof of the house rose and guests are the towers with red and the roof tile is less dragon phoenix. The highlight is the tip of the tower soaring yellow skyline, architecture is often seen in Japanese temples.

Around the campus are wooden and hexagonal paper lamps, often seen in festivals or at the temple's gateway to Japan at Khanh An Monastery.

 

Around the hallway, the main hall, the house ... are also hanging many types of lanterns. According to the monks, on the full moon, ancestral death or meditation retreat ... lanterns will be lit throughout the monastery.

Everyday, the monastery attracts many visiting groups, taking pictures. In addition, the temple often organizes retreats, meditation to bring the spirit of Buddhism into life.