Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
Ngoa Van Pagoda Buddist Temple
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Temple - Am Ngoa Van Ngoa Van is the last stop in the life of Buddhist monk Tran Nhan Tong and is the sacred holy land of Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhism. This is an important part of the overall Tran Dynasty relic in Dong Trieu town. The relic area has been recognized as a special national monument under Decision 2383/QD-TTg dated December 9, 2013. According to the Dai Viet historical record, after more than a year of passing the throne to his son Tran Anh Tong, in the 7th month of the year of the Horse Horse (1294), the Supreme Emperor Tran Nhan Tong ordained at the Vu Lam palace (Ninh Hai - Hoa Lu - Hanoi). Ninh Binh). In July of the Year of the Pig (1299), the Emperor again left Vu Lam palace to return to Yen Tu to practice, taking the title Huong Van Dai Dau Da and claiming to be Truc Lam Dai Dai. After a period of ascetic practice in Yen Tu, he went down the mountain, went around the villages, taught people to break the word fornication and practice the ten virtues, and gave medicine to the poor. In May 1307, Truc Lam Dai Si became a ... View more

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Temple - Am Ngoa Van
Ngoa Van is the last stop in the life of Buddhist monk Tran Nhan Tong and is the sacred holy land of Truc Lam Yen Tu Buddhism. This is an important part of the overall Tran Dynasty relic in Dong Trieu town. The relic area has been recognized as a special national monument under Decision 2383/QD-TTg dated December 9, 2013.
According to the Dai Viet historical record, after more than a year of passing the throne to his son Tran Anh Tong, in the 7th month of the year of the Horse Horse (1294), the Supreme Emperor Tran Nhan Tong ordained at the Vu Lam palace (Ninh Hai - Hoa Lu - Hanoi). Ninh Binh).
In July of the Year of the Pig (1299), the Emperor again left Vu Lam palace to return to Yen Tu to practice, taking the title Huong Van Dai Dau Da and claiming to be Truc Lam Dai Dai.
After a period of ascetic practice in Yen Tu, he went down the mountain, went around the villages, taught people to break the word fornication and practice the ten virtues, and gave medicine to the poor. In May 1307, Truc Lam Dai Si became a monk at a monastery on Ngoa Van Peak. On November 1, 1308, he peacefully passed into nirvana at Ngoa Van Am. The place where he entered Nirvana is now Ngoa Van am in An Sinh commune and Binh Khe commune, Dong Trieu town, Quang Ninh province.
      Ngoa Van is the name of a mountain peak located on Bao Dai mountain covered with clouds all year round, Ngoa Van means lying clouds. Ngoa Van Peak is located on Bao Dai mountain in Yen Tu range, ie Dong Trieu arc. Because it is located on the Dong Trieu arc, the North is covered by high mountains (Dragon Fin), so when the moisture from the sea blows in, it is blocked by the Dragon Fin mountain to condense into clouds, causing the southern slopes of the Fin mountain. Dragons, including Ngoa Van peak, are covered with clouds all year round, creating a blurred and mysterious scene. Therefore, this place is called Ngoa Van. The top of Ngoa Van mountain where Tran Nhan Tong built an am, called Am Ngoa Van (am cloud lying or sleeping cloud) Am Ngoa Van means Am lying on the cloud. Ngoa Van Peak is read and written in Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation as Ngoa Van Phong, so Ngoa Van and Am Ngoa Van Pagodas are also called Van Phong Pagoda, Van Phong Am.
Ngoa Van relic is a large complex of pagodas and towers arranged in 3 layers on Bao Dai mountain. The highest class is: fairy chess board, Am - Ngoa Van Thuong pagoda and Phat Hoang am tower; The second class is Ngoa Van Trung Pagoda located 200m southwest of Thuong Pagoda; The third layer is the remaining relics at the foot of the mountain, including 04 clusters and 15 different relics such as: Thong Dan, Do Kieu, Da Chong, Three Steps, Cang Lang, Cua Phu.
       * Highest class
The highest class is the area with the am - upper pagoda, the amphitheater of the Buddha emperor and the Ban Co Tien. To praise the beautiful scenery here, the ancients had a saying:
       Transliteration: Van Co heroic letter
   Four times of beauty
       Poetry translation: Eternally the pagoda is inspired
  Four seasons of fresh scenery
The architecture of Ngoa Van pagoda from the Tran dynasty is small in scale, facing southwest. By the 15th century, in the early Le Dynasty when Confucianism was the state religion, this area was neglected and seriously degraded. It was not until Le Trung Hung's time that Buddhism flourished again, temples and pagodas were cared for by the aristocracy and built spaciously. Prominent is the year Dinh Hoi (1707) Vinh Thinh era, Ngoa Van was restored the largest. During the anti-French period, this area was heavily damaged and ruined by the enemy. Until 2002 am - Ngoa Van Thuong Pagoda was restored as it is today. The remaining architecture is currently concentrated at 2 foundation levels:
Base Level 1:
It is the terrace of the pagoda, 3m lower than the temple floor. There are 2 large stone lotus-shaped Buddhist stupas, namely the Buddha royal tower and the Doan Nghiem tower. The two towers are structured with stone, rice stone, semi laterite stone (latite). The square plan consists of 1 pedestal, 2 floors of the body and the top of the gourd-shaped tower.
  Phap Hoang tower is located in the west of the foundation level, built by Phap Loa from the Tran Dynasty, where the residence of Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong is kept. By the time of Le Trung Hung (18th century) the stupa built by Phap Loa was dilapidated, in 1707 Zen Master Duc Hung (named Vien Minh) had it restored and built. In front of the tower, there is a stone elephant statue and a stone stele established in the year Minh Menh 21 (1840). In the heart of the tower is placed a blue stone tablet, embossed with seventeen Chinese characters "Namo the first patriarch Truc Lam Da Tinh Tue Giac Hoang Tran of the third dynasty Nhan Tong Emperor Dieu Ngu Vuong Phat"- (Namo a di The altar is dedicated to Dieu Ngu Vuong Phat Da Tinh Tue Giac Hoang, the first patriarch of the Truc Lam sect, the 3rd king of the Tran dynasty, Emperor Nhan Tong).
Doan Nghiem tower located in the east of the foundation level is the tomb tower of Zen Master Duc Hung who has contributed with the Imperial Court since the 18th century to restore and rebuild Ngoa Van. In the heart of the tower is placed a blue stone tablet, embossed seventeen Chinese characters "Namo Thien Lam like tu ma ha monk Duc Hung Zen master an sit down" (Namo amitabha Buddha. Ha monks, disciples of the Zen Lam sect, Zen Master Duc Hung).

Base Level 2:
      Am Son Than: Located on the east of foundation level 2, about 10m east of To's house. Am Son Than has a rectangular floor plan, an area of 9m2, a brick arched roof, one door is opened in the south, and a letter is embossed on the door with 3 Chinese characters "Thien Son Tu" which means the place. worship the Mountain Gods. The two side columns have a couple of parallel sentences in Chinese characters praising the land where the Buddha's fairyland is beautiful in four seasons:
“The new era of beauty
  Ancient Heroic Spirit Temple"
      Translated:
“Forever in Linh Ung Pagoda
  Four seasons of fresh scenery”
     
      Ngoa Van Thuong Pagoda - also known as the main hall.
      The pagoda with Nhat architecture was restored on the old architecture in 2000, with an area of 50m2. Three compartments are tiled, walls are built of stone. The two sides of the temple door have a couple of parallel sentences: "All things are innocent - Painting is at the heart of humanity" to remind people and express a part of the humanistic thought "pointing at the human heart, seeing the Buddha's nature" of Emperor Tran. Nhan Tong in Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect.
By 2020, the cluster of upper pagodas, tower gardens, Son Than Am and Ngoa Van Am will continue to be restored, embellished and inaugurated in 2021. The new pagoda has a spacious appearance and is fully equipped with essential infrastructure systems. to serve the relic to welcome visitors, offer incense and worship.
Located in the west of ground level 2 and 2.5m higher than this level is Ngoa Van am - where the statue of King Buddha Tran Nhan Tong is located with a lying posture simulating Buddha entering Nirvana.
Am Ngoa Van: Am is built of bricks, the roof is arched with bricks. In the South, a door was opened, with 3 Chinese characters on it, "Ngo Van Am", meaning Am Ngoa Van. According to legend, when the Buddha entered Nirvana, he was lying in the lion's position on a large rock, the rock where the Buddha entered Nirvana is called the Nirvana Stone. According to the Tran Dynasty documents of the Holy Ancestor of the land of the map, the ground of Ngoa Van Pagoda before was not Am Ngoa Van, only Nirvana Stone, Ngoa Van Pagoda, two towers, and stone stele. Therefore, the present Am Ngoai Van may have been built at the original site of the Nirvana Stone where the Buddha entered Nirvana.
The highest place in this area is Ban Co Tien - a trace of the ancient sanctuary. Trung Pagoda, Tinh That and Pen Tower (located in Thong Dan 1) are located on a straight road, which is the godly axis of Ngoa Van Pagoda.
* 2nd class
The second layer of the Ngoa Van relic site - Ngoa Van Trung pagoda. The pagoda is located in the center of the southern slope of Bao Dai mountain (Dragon's Fin). At an average altitude of 588m - 644m above sea level.
       In 2014, it received the attention of all levels, branches and the development of merits of a large number of people from all walks of life. The project of restoring and rebuilding Ngoa Van Pagoda on the old pagoda foundation was started and inaugurated on January 9, 2016.
The pagoda was built in the style of Nhi script (imitating the architecture of Ngoa Van pagoda built in the Le Trung Hung period in 1707). The pagoda consists of 2 buildings, in front is the front hall where the statue of Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong is made of red jade stone. Behind is Hau Duong with three compartments and two wings. The center is Ban Tam Bao, on both sides are two attendants of the Buddha: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva. The leftmost is Ban Duc Thanh Hien and the rightmost is Ban Monsignor.
Ngoa Van Spring Festival is held from January 9 and lasts until the end of the third lunar month every year. With many important rituals such as: the ceremony to pray for national peace and prosperity, the ceremony to relieve the drought at the beginning of the year, especially the opening ceremony of Ngoa Van spring festival. Ngoa Van Spring Festival is deeply spiritual and humane, people travel in the spring to welcome luck, pray for a happy and prosperous new year.
       * 3rd class
       The remaining heritages are at the foot of Bao Dai - Ngoa Van mountain. These monuments are named according to the walking path from the foot of the mountain: Tan Lang, Cua Phu Am Tra, Do Kieu, Thong Dan 1, Thong Dan 2, Thong Dan 3, Da Chong, Ngoa Van 1, Ngoa Van 2, Ngoa Van 6, Three Steps.
      Tan Lang: According to folklore about the practice and enlightenment of the Buddha in some villages in An Sinh and Trang An areas, before coming to Cua Phu, one must pass through an area called Tan Lang. Canopy means "retract the umbrella". Tan Lang is located on the way to Am Ngoa Van, here to start going into the old forest, the road is narrow, so there is no need and can not cover the umbrella.
     “The old forest provides shade,
      The king's parasol does not need to be covered."
      Phu Am Tra: Phu Am Tra, also known as Cua Phu, is located about 1,000m from Do Kieu downstream of Phu Am Tra stream, about 250m - 300m from Tan Long. It is a relatively flat beautiful land area, located about 5m higher than the stream. The traces left in Cua Phu area are the foundation of a small architecture built in the early 20th century. Cua Phu is currently the place to worship the God of the Forest, God of the Mountain as the ruler of this forest, so before entering the forest, everyone must come here to burn incense with the intention of asking for permission or reporting and praying for the forest gods. , the mountain god protects and protects.

Do Kieu: Located about 1000m from Cua Phu upstream of Phu Am Tra stream. Do Kieu is located at the junction of two streams bringing water to Am Tra stream, which is also the end of a relatively flat road. From here to Ngoa Van Am, you have to climb a long and high slope, the two sides are deep, so you can only climb. This is the position of the Buddha's palanquin, so it's called Do Kieu, which means that when you come here you have to get off the palanquin to climb, Do Kieu is a misnomer of Do Kieu.
      Do Kieu consists of 2 areas: tarpaulin area, canvas area and Do Kieu slope area.
      Canvas area, canvas: is a flat area, living area with architecture, gardens. Do Kieu slope area: is the worshiping area
      Thong Dan: This is a cluster of 3 relic sites called Thong Dan 1, Thong Dan 2 and Thong Dan 3 by archaeologists distributed on 3 slopes extending to the southwest of Fin Rong mountain, at an average height. 430m - 480m above sea level.
      About the name Thong Dan can be explained in the following ways: Firstly, where there are many ancient pine trees; Secondly, because there are many old pine trees, large trunks and canopy sitting under the tree when the wind blows, the sound is like an orchestra, each pine tree is a musician, so it is called Thong Dan.
      All three Thong Dan relic sites have found architectural traces from the Tran dynasties to the Le and Nguyen dynasties. In which, Thong Dan 1 is located in the middle and located on the main road to Am Ngoa Van. Acting as the main axis of the whole Thong Dan area.
      Under Le Trung Hung, Thong Dan 1 was renovated into 2 levels of foundation and built 2 new stone towers. The first tower built at the upper level is the Buddha tower (Phoenix Buddha tower), the second tower built at the lower level is the Zen master's tomb tower with the word: Perfection Chan Giac, so the tower is still preserved. called the Tower of Perfection Chan Giac Zen Master. These two towers existed until about the 80s of the twentieth century when they collapsed. In 2012, concurrently with the rebuilding of the entire Thong Dan 1 relic site, the tower was also rebuilt. Since then, the work of restoration, embellishment and promotion of the value of Ngoa Van relic has been started.
      * The relics of Ngoa Van area
      Ngoa Van 1: Located on the eastern tip of the Dragon Fin mountain. This is the eastern Tay Ngai point (Ta Thanh Long). This area still has traces of embankment lined with sandstone (rice stone), pebbles and some relics. Ngoa Van 1 is an important pagoda-am area in the Ngoa Van relic complex, with solid architecture, stone embankment foundation, wooden pillar frame, lotus nose tile roof.
      Ngoa Van 2: About 20m from Ngoa Van 1 to the northwest. Traces of this area are mainly pillars, bricks and tiles of all kinds. This is an important area in the Ngoa Van relic, located adjacent to the center of Ngoa Van.

Ngoa Van 6: About 500m from Ngoa Van area to the East, on the way from Da Chong area to the pagoda and about 20m higher than the road to the North. Here there are traces of architectural foundations and a stone system leading up from the foot of the mountain. This is a flat rectangular area running in the direction of Northwest - Southeast with an area of ​​about 42m2, the front and two sides are embanked with stones, the back side is leaning against the mountainside. Relics were found such as some glazed ceramics and crockery dating from the 17th - 18th century Le Trung Hung, it can be speculated that Ngoa Van 6 was first built in the Le Trung Hung period, ie the period. The Ngoai Van period was restored and expanded in the early 18th century.
      Da Chong area: is a cluster of works located in the relic complex located on Bao Dai mountain, in the Ngoa Van relic complex, about 3km from Ngoa Van pagoda, following the trail and located on the southeast slope of the Elephant Pass area. .
      Called Da Chong because this area on the top of the mountain has rocks lying on top of each other, the feeling of precariousness.
      In this area, in 2007, archaeologists discovered a series of traces of architectural foundations and material production areas for the construction of architectural works in the Ngoai Van complex. Distributed in 2 zones: Da Chong Zone 1, Da Chong Zone 2.
      Rock Zone 1:
      Surrounded by mountains in the Elephant Pass area in the northeast and southwest; In the northwest is a high mountain range, Da Chong mountain in the southeast and Ben Chau lake in the distance. The vestiges of this area include:
      The cow cage area (northwest of Da Chong mountain) is distributed along from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, including: a lake, a tower garden, a central area and a retreat room facing the southeast.
      The lake is where many streams flow from the high mountains
      Tower garden: There are traces of a rather large stone tower, the structure resembles that of the Buddha emperor tower, the Buddha worshiping tower, and the Doan Nghiem tower.
      Central area: Located next to the tower garden, about 5m wide from the tower garden. The central area has a rectangular overall plan running in the direction of Northwest - Southeast with detailed layout: front yard, first architecture, middle courtyard and second architectural cluster.
      The retreat area: consists of 2 nearly square architectural plans with an area of ​​25m2, one located halfway up the mountainside and the other on the top of the mountain.
      Temple garden: located in the northeast of the central area. This area is now covered with forest trees, but traces of cobblestone roads and some trees can still be seen here.
      Rock Zone 2:
      This area is quite flat, on the southwest side of Da Chong mountain, there are traces of 2 architectural planes and traces of tile kilns in the Le Trung Hung period.
      Da Chong area is a workshop for producing all kinds of brick and tile materials for the construction of works in Ngoa Van. This is a cluster of relics located in the Ngoa Van relic complex built in the 18th century. In which, Da Chong 1 is the central area, built on a beautiful flat terrain in terms of natural and spiritual terrain (feng shui). Da Chong 2 is a small architectural area, where all kinds of materials and architecture are produced.
      During the resistance war against the French, Da Chong was a revolutionary base, sheltering the Hai Phong City Party Committee during the years of being swept away by the French, and the back of the Dong Trieu war zone. Therefore, Da Chong can be called a historical, cultural and revolutionary relic.

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