Ngoc Son Temple

Ngoc Son Temple

Ngoc Son Temple is a temple located on Ngoc Island of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. This is also a special national monument of Vietnam ranked 4th. The current temple was built in the 19th century. At first it was called Ngoc Son pagoda, later it was called Ngoc Son temple because the temple only worshiped the god Van Xuong De Quan, the star who presided over literary examinations, and worshiped Tran Hung. Dao, the hero who defeated the Yuan army in the 13th century. Initially, when King Ly Thai To moved the capital to Thang Long, he named the existing temple Ngoc Tuong. During the Tran Dynasty, it was renamed Ngoc Son. During the Tran Dynasty, the temple was used to worship heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the resistance war against the Mongols. A long time later, that temple collapsed. During the Vinh Huu period of the Le Dynasty (1735 - 1739), Lord Trinh Giang built Khanh Thuy palace and built two earthen mountains on the eastern bank opposite Ngoc Son called Dao Tai and Ngoc Boi mountains. At the end of the Le Dynasty, when the Trinh family was overthrown, Khanh Thuy Palace was partially destroyed by Le Chieu Thong. Today, after many years of history, the urbanized area of ​​Hoan Kiem Lake has shrunk many times. Only old evidence remains like Cau Go Street in the past, there was a Wooden Bridge located on Cau Go Street today for people to travel. After Khanh Thuy Palace was ruined, a part of the people in Ta Khanh Village came together to rebuild it to worship on that historic ground and had a new name, Khanh Thuy Temple, to this day deep in Hang Hanh alley, Hang Ward. Drum, Hoan Kiem district. In Khanh Thuy Temple, there is still a stone stele with information connected to the ancient Ngoc Son relic on the old ground. Khanh Thuy Palace and Khanh Thuy Temple today both belong to the historical Ngoc Son relic complex, so the location of Khanh Thuy Temple is always with the Palace door facing Ngoc Son Temple and the back facing Hang Hanh street, so many people cannot access it. is known and there is no conservation plan for the Ngoc Son population. A philanthropist named Tin Trai, using part of the old palace foundation, founded a pagoda called Ngoc Son Pagoda. The autograph "Ngoc Son De Quan Temple" was compiled in 1843 on the occasion of renovating the Quan De Temple into Ngoc Son Pagoda and wrote: "...Ta Vong Lake, the old name of Hoan Kiem Lake, is a scenic spot in the ancient capital. On the north side of the lake, a mound of land emerges about three or four meters wide, which is said to be the place of the fishing station in the late Le Dynasty. Previously, Mr. Tin Trai of Nhi Khe village had a Quan De temple there, so he expanded and renovated it Ngoc Son pagoda...". A few years later, the pagoda was given over to a charity association and converted into a temple to worship the Three Saints. This association removed the bell tower, rebuilt the main hall, the rows of rooms on both sides, placed the statue of Van Xuong De Quan to worship and changed the name to Ngoc Son temple. According to the article "Repairing Van Xuong Temple", "...Currently the new temple has been completed, in front of it is next to the water, Tran Ba ​​communal house, meaning it is a pillar standing firmly amidst the wave of culture. left, east of The Huc bridge, built Dai Nghien. To the east on Doc Ton mountain, built Pen Tower, symbolizing literature..." In the eighteenth year of Tu Duc (1865), scholar Nguyen Van Sieu repaired the temple. The new temple was repaired with more land and built a stone embankment around it, built Tran Ba ​​communal house, and built a bridge from the East bank called The Huc bridge. Source Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports

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