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New and spacious appearance of Giai Pagoda Historical Site

Annam • January 4, 2025 06:33

After recent construction and renovation, the Provincial Historical and Cultural Relic - Giai Pagoda in Minh Tien Commune (Thanh Chuong) has a new, spacious appearance.

bna_1(1).jpg — Giai Pagoda in the center of Ngoc Chua hamlet, Minh Tien commune is an ancient relic, a place for long-standing cultural and religious activities of local people. With the donations of benefactors, as well as the cooperation of the local community, the project to restore and embellish Giai Pagoda has been implemented, expanding the campus from 464m²up to 3,800m²Currently, the pagoda has been built spaciously with many items such as Dai Hung Bao Dien, Mau Temple, Ancestral Temple, Guest House... Photo: Huy Thu

bna_2(1).jpg — Dai Hung Bao Dien was built in the shape of the letter "cong" with traditional architecture, including 5 front rooms and 3 back rooms. The back room is a house with 2 roof floors and a 17m high main column. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_3...jpg — The ends of the front hall's railings rest on stone pillars attached to beautifully carved stone railings. The edges of the front hall are stylized with dragon and cloud designs, winding. On the roof of the rear hall is a 13-storey stupa. The temple roof is covered with traditional fish-tail tiles. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_4(1).jpg — The wooden frame of the main hall is elaborately carved. The lower hall is decorated with an altar and altars to the Dharma protectors Trừng Ác, Khuyến Thiện, Đức Chúa Ông, and Đức Thánh Hiền. The large characters and parallel sentences hanging in the temple are all written in Vietnamese. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_5(1).jpg — The worship space of the Great Heroic Temple runs from the lower to the upper hall. The upper hall is decorated with altars for Buddha Shakyamuni, Buddha Amitabha, Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, Bodhisattva Manjushri... On both sides are the altars for Avalokitesvara and Mahakasyapa. Photo: Huy Thu

bna_6..jpg — The construction and renovation of Giai Pagoda has met the religious and spiritual needs of local people, contributing to community unity and helping people move towards good humanistic values. Photo: Huy Thu

From inside looking out, on the right side of the pagoda, outside, the Mother Goddess shrine is a 3-room building with a curved tiled roof, inside the ancestral shrine is built in a row facing the Three Jewels. Photo: Huy Thu

On the left of the pagoda, outside is a 5-room guest house, inside is a restroom with modern amenities. In front of the guest house is a garden of flowers and ornamental plants that are meticulously cared for and trimmed. Photo: Huy Thu

The two lower and upper halls of the old pagoda, located under the shade of the Bodhi tree in front of the Great Hero Hall, are still preserved in their original form. Photo: Huy Thu

Inside these two palaces, the system of ancient statues, ancient paintings, horizontal lacquered boards, parallel sentences and many ancient sacrificial objects are preserved in their original state. Photo: Huy Thu

From a humble ancient temple in the middle of the village, after restoration, Giai Pagoda has taken on a new, spacious appearance with the most beautiful landscape in Thanh Chuong district. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of At Ty, Giai Pagoda will be an attractive destination for Buddhists and tourists from near and far. Photo: Huy Thu

The beauty inside the majestic temple of Giai Pagoda. Video: Huy Thu

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