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Admire the most beautiful ancient gate in the rice fields

Huy Thu • August 12, 2024 20:20

Having existed for a long time, the gate of Lang Danh Temple in Lang Thanh Commune (Yen Thanh) has an ancient and unique beauty and is a special work of art.

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Recently, the worshiping hall and the sanctuary of Lang Danh temple have been restored and embellished due to severe degradation, but the ancient gate of the temple remains in its original state. Photo: Huy Thu
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It is known that Lang Danh Temple, also known as Bao Son Temple, was built in 1816 and consists of 3 main items, of which the main gate is a typical work with unique architecture, built in the style of a 3-storey matchbox, 8 meters high. The first floor is designed with an arched gate with an opening and closing door - the main gate to enter and exit the temple. Photo: Huy Thu
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The second floor has a railing in the front, and a hexagonal ventilation door in the middle. The third floor has no door. The floors are surrounded by lines, stylized patterns, reliefs, and vivid "four sacred animals" images. Photo: Huy Thu
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The building was built with bricks, lime mortar, ceramics, and porcelain. Although not massive in scale or architecture, it has a purely Vietnamese aesthetic beauty. The two upper floors of the main gate are covered with scale tiles, the tile roofs are softly curved, and the four corners of the roof are curved. Photo: Huy Thu
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Around the main gate, on the walls, the roof tiles are decorated with traditional themes, such as "four sacred animals", tiger faces, dragon horses, flowers and leaves with high density and high aesthetic value. On the upper floors, pairs of dragons, phoenixes, tiger faces... are often arranged symmetrically. Photo: Huy Thu
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The three-story high gate is connected to two walls on both sides with two stylized side gates (without doors) built in the style of eight-roofed overlapping matches and two majestic pillars of the profession of worship. This architecture creates a harmonious balance for the gate. Photo: Huy Thu
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Many decorative details on the gate have been weathered and broken, but what remains allows viewers to feel the artistic value of an ancient building. On both sides of the arched door, the dragon image winding in the clouds is embossed with lime but is no less vivid and soft. Photo: Huy Thu
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The image of a phoenix is ​​embossed on the main gate in a "dancing phoenix" pose with its wings spread wide and its head raised high. Photo: Huy Thu
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The front of the gate is embossed with 3 Chinese characters "Bao Son Tu" made of ceramic pieces, and the back is embossed with 4 Chinese characters "Dai Duc Viet Sinh". Over time, the ceramic pieces have fallen off, some are still intact, some are not. The dragon image is shown on the gate quite richly, each position has its own beauty. Photo: Huy Thu
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On the two pillars are carved images of a sitting lion with a dragon head and a fish tail, and sharp claws on its feet. Below are carved images of a phoenix and a dragon horse in a rather graceful movement. Photo: Huy Thu
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Despite its long existence and having survived many floods and storms, the ancient gate remains sturdy and majestic, contributing to the unique beauty of Lang Danh Temple - a provincial-level Historical - Architectural and Artistic Relic. Photo: Huy Thu

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