Inauguration of phase 1 of Thuong Pagoda - Dai Tue Pagoda

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of October 11, at Dai Tue Pagoda (Nam Anh Commune, Nam Dan District), the inauguration ceremony of phase 1 of Thuong Pagoda - Dai Tue Pagoda took place.

Attending the event were Venerable Thich Thien Nhon - Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Council and members of the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Council; Ms. Vu Thi Mai - Deputy Minister of Finance; representatives of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (Ministry of Home Affairs).

On the side of Nghe An province, there were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Le Xuan Dai - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ho Phuc Hop - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission.

Leaders of central ministries, branches, Nghe An province and Buddhist dignitaries attended the ceremony.

Thuong Pagoda is one of the four main items of the Dai Tue Pagoda construction project (along with Trinh Pagoda, Ha Pagoda and Trung Pagoda), including planned works: 9-storey Dai Tue Stupa, 2-storey Dai Hung Bao Dien, To Duong, Ngu De Temple, Sangha area, lay people's house, guest house, bell tower, gong tower...

Phase 1 of Thuong Pagoda officially completed the Dai Tue Tower, Dai Hung Bao Dien, To Duong, Ngu De Temple...

The highlight of Thuong Pagoda is the 9-storey Dai Tue Tower.

The entire system of statues on the great tower is designed with precious jade, the system of statues in the Great Hall as well as the Ancestral Hall and the Ngu Temple are made from solid mulberry wood, the system of parallel sentences on Dai Tue Pagoda is written in pure Vietnamese.

Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate phase 1 of Thuong Pagoda - Dai Tue Pagoda

In the near future, the Thuong Pagoda - Dai Tue Pagoda system will continue to complete the yard, guest house, three-entrance gate, bell tower, gong tower, traffic roads, etc.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai spoke at the inauguration ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, comrade Le Xuan Dai shared joy with Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns, and Buddhists, and hoped that benefactors and Buddhists from all over the country would continue to join hands to complete the remaining items so that the Grand Inauguration Ceremony of Dai Tue Pagoda would take place as soon as possible, becoming a majestic cultural, spiritual, and tourist project not only of the province but also of the entire North Central region.

Minh Quan