Tran Quoc Pagoda is located on an island east of West Lake , the
temple has a history of 1,500 years, is considered the oldest in Hanoi. Temple
architecture is harmonious combination of majesty, with ancient landscape
between the quiet elegance of a vast lake. As a Buddhist center of Ha Noi in
the Ly and Tran dynasty. With the value of the history and architecture, Tran Quoc Pagoda is famous sacred
Buddhist place of doors, is attracting a lot of Buddhist devotees and visitors,
foreign tourists in Vietnam .
Tran Quoc Pagoda is located on an island of only one the largest
freshwater lake in Hanoi .
In the Hai Ba Trung (40-43), the area around West Lake sparsely populated, with
caves and small and medium forest cover, the forest also includes a number of
rare animals survive. At the same time go through thousands of years of
existence of the temple, where the landscape is now completely changed. Coast
of the big lake surrounded the mansion house and modern works forming ... One
side shows the complete overall architecture of the city, but on the other hand
accidentally breaking historical perspective and spiritual conception of life
of local residents.
Above the temple doors have
scored three words and sentences Means subjects written two scripts:
Gold chariot through continuous /
Open the door standing meditation young river
Like most other temples in Vietnam ,
the interior structure and the Tran Quoc
Pagoda and sequenced according to strict principles of Buddhism. Includes
multiple layers of the trinity is the front, the incense burning and
upper-shaped connector into the (工).
Front line westward. Both sides
of the incense burning and a second upper hallway. After the upper steeple.
Steeple temple is a house three times, salt husband roofs, located on the main
hall.
On the right is the house beer
and left the house. In the present temple is preserved inscription 14. In 1815
inscription with essays by Dr. Pham Quy favorite record following the remodeled
temple ruins for a long time. This work began in 1813 and ended in 1815.
Behind the temple there is a
tower from his grave
The campus has lotus stupa
altitude was built in 1998. Large stupa consists of 11 floors, 15m high. Each
tower has 6 floors arched doorways, each cell in place a statue of Amitabha
Buddha with precious stones. Top nine-storey tower lotus (called the lotus
Nine) also with precious stones. This stupa was built symmetrically with large
bodhi tree donated by the President of India when he visited Hanoi in 1959. Venerable Thich Thanh Nha, the
Board members of the Buddhist Church of Vietnam, Tran Quoc Pagoda Abbot, explained that symmetry is: "The lotus
represents the Buddha's feet, as the students in the mud without being defiled.
place Bodhi is enlightenment, supreme wisdom. implies that all phenomena of
nature and the law "
Lotus stupa altitude, Tran Quoc Pagoda
However, because many times
rebuilt, repaired to the temple architecture has not been doped from the
architectural style of the period:
In the 1624, 1628 and 1639 (the
Lord Trinh), the temple was rebuilt, enlarged.
Over the Tay Son Dynasty, in the
context of power struggle late Le Dynasty in Vietnam historical temple fell into
disrepair, while local residents would be restored temple. Activity was
restored in most of the Boar, dating Gia Long 14 (Renewable epitaph on Tran
Quoc self compassion by a Ph.D. in 1779 on Lap Trai text editor)
In 2010, renovations to celebrate
1000th Thang Long - Hanoi Buddhist Summit 6th World held in Vietnam in 2010/11. Cost estimates
for renovations of this phase is 15 billion
