Huong pagoda
Address: Huong Son Commune , My
Duc district , Ha Noi
Huong Pagoda or Huong Son is a complex culture - religion in
Vietnam, is a complex of scenic and monuments located on a mountain range
running from Mount Royal Son in Hoang Lien Son range , crossing the Black River
, Ba Vi mountain , down through sales Nho Quan Chuong - Ninh Binh . In cluster
scenic Huong Son , besides the scenic streams generated as Yen , the Huong Tich
, Tien Son cave , the snow Quynh , Giai Oan Stream ... there are many
architectural works of art by the human hand , created over time , and has
become the very historic value as the temple , Thien Tru Pagoda , Temple of the
ring , Huong Son
According to legend , the
mountain caves were found more than 2000 years ago and has been named Huong Son
- named after a mountain in northern Snow
Mountain in the Himalayas (India
) , where the Buddha was sitting tu ascetic uninterrupted for 6 years .
During the reign of Le Thanh Tong
(1460 - 1497) was am worship Buddha in the land development Thien Tru Pagoda .
According to the book " Huong Son Thien Tru gifted " , the pagoda was
built in the Le Huy Tong , dating to the Hoa ( 1680-1705 ) . Brewing at the
Thien Tru Pagoda is recorded that the building ground , embellished stone steps
and power of Kim Dung said the temple was made in 1686 .
The main temple was built on a
large scale in the late seventeenth century . Until the early twentieth century
, this region has more than 100 temples .
Best Value on the sculpture , not
only in the pagoda that even in the whole system at Huong Son temple is Kwan
Yin Buddha statue carved in stone blue Tay Son Dynasty . Stone statue , the
slender tapered shaped , oval face , delicate features , Lu Ti top hats (ie hat
Bodhisattva ) but with sideburns and hair bun , hair dish behind two falls .
Statues special sitting posture , right hand jewel ovum , left leg stretched ,
put on a lotus bloom , must have , at the foot also has a lotus flower .
According to the sign carved in stone in 1806 , the statue was carved in 1793 .
In the Huong Tich also bronze
bell 1.24 m high , 0.63 m diameter cast in the bottom of the 3rd Thinh Duc (
1655 ) .
Huong Pagoda is the largest
grossing landscapes in tourism . Hoi Son Pagoda
Huong Pagoda Festival is the
longest in Vietnam
during the 3 months after the Lunar New Year
