Visit Le temple in Hoa Lu - Ninh Binh

Visit Le temple in Hoa Lu - Ninh Binh

King Le Dai Hanh Temple is a historical and cultural relic belonging to Hoa Lu ancient capital relic in Ninh Binh province. The temple is located 300 meters from King Dinh Tien Hoang temple. King Le Temple is smaller in size, so the space in the temple is quite close and fanciful. The temple is also built in the style of foreign internal affairs with three courts: Bai Duong, Thien Huong, Chinh Cung - worshiping Le Hoan, on the right is Le Long Dinh, on the left is Queen Duong Van Nga towards the Temple of Dinh.


King statue on the altar


The unique feature of the temple of King Le Dai Hanh is the 17th century wood carving art that has reached the skillful and sophisticated level. Legend has it that the mother dreamed of the lotus that gave birth to Le Hoan, while she was in the lotus pond. She incubated Le Hoan in the bamboo bush and was cherished by a tiger. After the plea of ​​the tiger mother left. Later, when he grew up, Le Hoan established a great career: "Song and Chiem dynasties". Therefore, Vietnamese folk wooden sculpture artisans here also associate with the legend of the topics praised Le Hoan.

Temple grounds

King Le Dai Hanh temple also retains the architecture and sculpture in the post-Le period. King Le Dai Hanh Temple has three courts: Bai Duong, Thieu Huong, Chinh Cung. The temple is lower than King Dinh's temple, there are many great paintings that painted with gold, creating a magnificent feeling, more fanciful. Bai Dai Temple of Le Dai Hanh has many fine and sophisticated wood carvings. Through Bai Duong, I went to Thieu Huong to worship the four pillaring mandarins of Tien - Le Dynasty.




In connection with Thieu Huong is Chinh Cung, the middle part of Chinh Cung, on the stone pedestal, the statue of King Le Dai Hanh is placed. The left side of the statue of King Le Dai Hanh is the statue of Queen Duong Van Nga, facing the temple of Dinh. The right side of Le Dai Hanh statue, placed on the stone platform of Le Long Dinh (Le Ngoa Trieu) statue is the fifth son of King Le Dai Hanh and the third king of the Tien Le dynasty. The special thing of Le Dai Hanh temple is the wood carving art in the seventeenth century that has reached the skillful and sophisticated level.


Gate to the king temple

King Le Dai Hanh Temple built on the old foundation of the palace in the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, the basic architecture of the style of the late seventeenth century, until the Nguyen Dynasty had major remodeling - especially the construction of the outer half. In the forbidden palace of the temple there are three statues: The Emperor Le Dai Hanh is in the middle of sitting on the throne, Queen Duong Van Nga on the left side and King Le Long Dinh on the right. According to the explanation of the old people, Duong Van Nga was the king's right-hand, who contributed him to the throne but because his heart was still directed to the temple of his ex-husband Dinh Tien Hoang, the ancients arranged a statue of her to sit on the left. The two statues in two lateral spaces rotate horizontally to face the center, creating an increased concentration of respect for the protagonist Le Dai Hanh.



Very beautiful architecture

Dinh - Le Temple is one of the great temples in Vietnam left. Through the dynasties, the two kings were highly honored. The temple worshiping Dinh and Le dynasty has never been a family of Dinh and Le. King Dinh - King Le here became a god of no gods of a family.

On the festival of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, King Dinh Temple or King Le Temple both are offered with a lots of incense. The sacrifices that took place in the temples were deeply imbued with the identity of the reign of King Dinh Le. People throughout Vietnam come here to remember the merits of the kings, a land with two kings worthy of the spirit of masterpiece in history books.

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