Top 6 famous temples in Hanoi
When living in society with many urgency, the chaos of life. Have you ever bothered yourself a little bit, slowed down a few beats to find peace. Sitting in a stone chair listening to the temple bell echoing, sincerely lighting a chord to pray for peace or chatting with monks, teachers to understand more about reincarnation, to drift away from the thoughts.
So, in Hanoi, the place where these ancient features are kept is still famous for sacred pagodas. Not just a place to pray, to please yourself in the bustle of life. Pagodas in Hanoi also bring a beautiful scene with unique architecture. Come to the thousand-year-old capital and visit pagodas to pray for good luck and peace.
1. Perfume Pagoda
Known as Nam Thien first cave, Huong Pagoda deserves to be the most attractive and worthwhile stop when visiting Hanoi capital.
Throughout the year, this temple welcomes more than 1 million visitors to visit and pray. The most time seems to be the beginning of the new year, lasting from January to the end of March. By simple, they come at the beginning of the year to pray for peace, pray for good luck for a new year with lots of luck and success.
Located in My Duc district, about 70km west of the city center. Perhaps the means you can move most appropriately are cars or motorbikes. After your journey, you will encounter a marina. Going down the stream with the name of Yen stream, you will come to Huong Pagoda.
Suoi Yen
Suoi Yen - this not-so-fancy name has captured the love of tourists when coming to Huong Pagoda. Sitting on the boat, glide on the water and feel the cool, clear blue.
On that stream, where the guns bloomed brilliantly, illuminated themselves under the blue water. Bend down a little, you will see dense green moss, interspersed with each other. The two sides are majestic high mountains. You will feel the vivid but romantic nature picture.
Huong Tich Cave
When the boat docked, you have to walk a long distance to the Huong Tich cave. If your health is not good, you can use the cable car offline. When you arrive at the cave you will see Huong Pagoda, because the temple is located inside this cave.
Everyone likened this cave to a dragon. The door of the cave is related to the function of the dragon. Probably because of the wide cave, the interior is wide and deep.
Here, there's a perfect symmetry. In the middle is Rice Dunes made up of stalactites that are the tongue of a dragon. The deeper you go inside, the higher the stalactites stoop down. Many shapes and sizes will make you enjoy it.
2. One Pillar Pagoda
Just listening to the name you know where it is, right? Because it is so famous for the most unique architecture in Asia. This is the most ancient building in Hanoi and is considered a symbol of a thousand-year civilized capital.
Designed One Pillar Pagoda looks simple but has great significance. This architecture has a bold humanity and yin and yang five elements. The outer square block is built to represent the positive, inner round column to support the corresponding sound. Yin and Yang harmonize and support each other like heaven and earth.
The temple is erected on a lake. The lake is planted with a lot of lotus flowers. Because lotus is a kind of flower that symbolizes Buddhism, symbolizes elegance and symbolism for continuity. The temple has a majestic and solemn beauty but extremely elegant and gentle.
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3. Tran Quoc Pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda was dubbed the "Pearl in the heart of West Lake". This ancient temple has a quiet beauty, a cultural heritage that needs to be preserved.
The entrance to the pagoda is located on Thanh Nien road, opposite Truc Bach lake. Here, you will be visually looking at a charming landscape picture. The place has a unique architecture and the surrounding landscape blends in with a green color. The green of the cool water, the green of the grass and the blue of the sky.
The temple has many Buddha statues arranged from big to small. The highlight of this temple seems to be a red brick tower in the middle of the temple. In front of the gate is a large bodhi tree. It is known that in 1959 this Bodhi tree was extracted from an ancient Bodhi tree awarded by the Indian president.
This is the place where ancient kings came to contemplate, write and talk. Today, the temple is a stop for tourists from all over the world to visit, light the bridge to be full and happy. The temple is classified as a national cultural-historical relic.
4. Quan Su Pagoda
Located on Quan Su Street in Hoan Kiem District. This is a sacred temple and the headquarters of the Vietnam Buddhist Church. Built in the 15th century, spent more than 6 centuries. That ancient temple has been witnessing many important historical events of the Buddhist Church.
Unlike other temples, the verses in the temple are written in Quoc Ngu. There is a special and very personal thing of this temple. On holidays, or the prominent events of Buddhism. This is the convergence of Buddhists, tourists who love spiritual tourism.
5. Kim Lien Pagoda
Kim Lien means Golden Lotus. The name of that ancient temple has a symbolic meaning for nobility and high bar. People like the pagoda as a golden lotus in the heart of Hanoi.
Kim Lien Pagoda is located on Nghi Tam Street, on the shores of West Lake. In ancient times, this was the place where the Princess From Hoa con King Ly Than Tong and the women in the mulberry plantation, raising silkworms to weave cloth.
The temple is built according to the old royal architecture. The columns and roofs were carved with dragons and phoenix shapes. Other details are made from many rare and precious woods, not attacked by termites. Kim Lien Pagoda is classified into one of the cultural and historical relics to be preserved of our country.
6. Lang Pagoda
Another name of Lang Pagoda is Thien Tu Pagoda, located on Lang Thuong Street in Dong Da District, Hanoi.
Built from the time of King Ly Than Tong with the purpose of worshiping Tu Dao Hanh. This is an enlightened monk who is very famous by virtue than people. The Taoist statue is woven with bamboo and rattan, and the outside is a lipstick to preserve. There are also 15 stone steles on the side of the temple.
Lang pagoda was dubbed "the first part of the forest" of Thang Long citadel. Because of its spacious campus and its ancient features, it is attached to the great value of the schedule. Tourists come here partly to be lucky, partly to satisfy curiosity. Curious about the temple with a rich history, about the ancient nostalgic architecture.
