500 rare artifacts at the Buddhist Museum

On the afternoon of December 24, at Quan The Am Pagoda, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Da Nang Museum held the inauguration ceremony of the Vietnam Buddhist Museum.

With an area of ​​about 700 square meters, the Buddhist Museum currently preserves more than 500 rare artifacts and antiques such as statues, paintings, bells and various types of dharma instruments... Among them, there are rare statues including the statue of Quan Am giving birth made of white jade and the statue of Bodhisattva riding a dragon cast in bronze, a set of eight statues of Tantric Buddha... which researchers have recommended to establish a dossier to consider as national treasures.

The thousand-armed Buddha statue is on display at the museum.

Precious Buddha statues are on display at the museum.

In addition, the museum is also preserving and displaying many artifacts such as Buddha statues, Buddhist woodblocks, ancient bronze incense burners, worship objects, etc. dating from the 7th century to the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Vajrayana Esoteric Buddhism Statue - this is one of the set of 8 Esoteric Buddhism Buddha statues carved from green bronze and red bronze materials, considered to be on par with national treasures.

Many people visited the museum on the afternoon of December 24.

Mr. Tran Quang Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang, said that this is the first Buddhist cultural museum in Vietnam. The artifacts and antiques displayed at the museum are not only Vietnamese in style but also from many countries in Southeast Asia. The museum will be open free of charge to welcome visitors from near and far.

According to Dan Viet