Every March (lunar calendar), the people of Hanoi and cross-country tourists go together eagerly to celebrate Tay Phuong Pagoda (Thach That District, Hanoi). This is a unique first-class architecture in the temples in Vietnam, with a combination of traditional architectural style and natural habitat.
“Beautiful scenery in the West / Giving out to each other with me / Me / Remembering the sixth day of March / Eating with coffee at the Western pagoda”. These verses have imprinted on the souls of many people of Doai. Over time, with a lot of livelihoods, but every month of the third lunar month, when rice flowers are red in one corner of the sky, people eagerly await the Western pagoda festival.
Tay Phuong Pagoda is famous not only in the ancient times through legend and history, it is also famous in the enchanting landscape, because it is located on the top of Cau Lau mountain, suddenly in the middle of the fertile plain, with mountains and mountains. rivers, water are associated with the concept of oriental feng shui. The West is also famous for its set of golden-painted vermilion wooden worshiping statues, which can be considered as the most crowded Buddhist temple in the temples in Vietnam with outstanding and outstanding value for wooden statues, recognized as Treasures. Country 2013.
Tay Phuong Pagoda is usually held on March 6 of the lunar calendar every year.
The current Tay Phuong pagoda is a group of monads, including the following categories: Tam Quan Lower, Tam Quan Thuong, Son Than Temple, Tien Duong, Trung Duong, Upper Palace, Ancestral House, Mau House and Guest House.
From the lower three mandarins sent up 247 new laterite steps to Tam Quan Thuong. Son Than Temple is located on the left side of the pagoda, separate from the main temple area. This is a plaintiff that both plays a role as a place to worship the god of the mountain and Duc Ong church, with a modest area with traditional tiled wood architecture. Main Temple is the main item of all Western bliss. The pagoda is located on the top of Cau Lau mountain, has a public (I) architectural structure, including the buildings of Tien Duong, Trung Duong and Upper Palace. All three have a wooden frame structure of a match-pile style, two floors and eight roofs. Both roof floors are in the style of “blade of the roof”, between the two floors is a match neck covered by puzzle boards. The front street and the upper house were 5 compartments, 2 wings with 6 feet for the roof, and the Middle Road was shortened horizontally, only 3 rooms with 2 wings, 4 feet for truss, but with a high roof.
Tay Phuong Pagoda, or the word “Sung Phuc Tu” is a relic of an artistic architecture, located on the territory of Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, about 40 km from the center of Hanoi city to the west.
Legend has it that the birth of the temple was associated with the spread of Buddhism into Vietnam. A few centuries later, the story is tilted in a different direction, associated with the character Cao Bien – Tang Dynasty porcelain of the Tang dynasty (864 – 868) who once ruled An Nam and came here to build a religious architecture, with the intention of blocking this country.
The match stock in Tien Duong and Thuong Dien has the same size and height of 1m, while in Trung Duong is larger in size, 1.40m high. Because Cổêm is so taller, so although the roofs of all three buildings are the same height, the upper roof of the middle court is significantly superior, accordingly, in the overall view of the pagoda, we can see that the Middle Road is much higher. The front of the front of the street is lined with wooden doors and tables in the three nave, the two sides are built with bricks, only without plastering, is the language of the outer wall, representing all three plaintiffs.
Tay Phuong main pagoda still has a lot of specialties about wooden frame structures, roof ships, roof sets, and decorative themes on wooden architecture. In order to fully feel the beauty of the temple in general, the main temple architecture in particular, certainly not a single article is exhausted, hope visitors from all over the world, pilgrims come to admire the new place. All the beauty of this item.
People take measures to prevent epidemics when they visit the pagoda.
All wooden details in the temple are exquisitely carved. The traps, the paintings, the armpits, the dragon planks … all have carved familiar Vietnamese decorative themes: mulberry leaves, lotus leaves, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums, dragons, phoenixes, tiger cubs. … very lively, created under the hands of talented carpenters of carpenters in the area of Tong Nua, the traditional village of Chang Son – the oldest and famous carpentry village of Doai.
Tay Phuong Pagoda is a unique first-class architecture in the temples in Vietnam, with a combination of traditional architectural style and natural habitat. For that reason, in 2014, the Government recognized this temple as a special National Monument of artistic architectural value.
The relic management board has deployed a separate scenario for epidemic prevention, so the number of visitors from all over the world to visit and worship the Buddha is very crowded.
This year, due to the complicated evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic, the People’s Committee of Thach That district did not hold the festival as usual. However, from March 13, 2021, Tay Phuong Pagoda was opened to welcome tourists from all over the world to visit after the closing time to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Thach That District People’s Committee, Monuments Management Board has deployed a separate scenario for epidemic prevention with many synchronous solutions, so the number of visitors from all directions to visit and worship Buddha is very crowded.
The people who come to the temple are not just “happy children, happy old people,” but also come with their spiritual and respectful wishes. Along with the measures of the authorities and local authorities, the National Monuments Management Board, Specially Western Pagoda, calls on visitors to fully comply with the regulations on prevention and fighting against the Covid-19 of the central government. and Hanoi city, strictly abide by the message “5K” of the Ministry of Health to maintain the achievements of epidemic prevention and control, to meet the people’s spiritual needs and legitimate beliefs.
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