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Huong Lang Pagoda

Huong Lang Pagoda

Huong Lang Pagoda, also known as Lang Pagoda or Giac Vien Pagoda, is located in Huong Lang village, Minh Hai commune, Van Lam district, Hung Yen province. In addition to worshiping Buddha, Huong Lang Pagoda also worships Queen Mother Ỷ Lan - a woman who was good at public affairs and housework during the Ly Dynasty. This is a beautiful artistic architectural work with historical, cultural and scientific value. Legend has it that the pagoda was built by Queen Mother Ỷ Lan during the Ly Dynasty, around 1115. The pagoda is large-scale, covering an area of ​​nearly one hectare, including many buildings, with an architectural layout of "foreign internal work". Including a three-entrance gate with three entrances and steps leading up to a flat platform. The pagoda is divided into three levels, from this level to the second level there are also three entrances, the third level is the main area. This is an area including monk's house, council house, and Buddha hall. During the resistance war against the French, the pagoda was destroyed, and it was only restored in 1955. The pagoda faces the main direction to the Lang River. The front hall is arranged on high steps with carved stone steps. The building has a lotus-shaped truss-style architecture with four rows of columns. All columns are placed on stone platforms decorated with lotus petal patterns, in the style of the Ly Dynasty. The trusses are made of ironwood with carved patterns of floral themes. The blocks floating on the statue's surface have almost no rough edges, all are smooth, smooth and elaborate, with no sudden breaks in rhythm. It can be said that this is the most massive statue pedestal of the Ly Dynasty still preserved at the monument. In addition, the pagoda also has ten pairs of stone handrails, carved with phoenix, fox and chrysanthemum; 4 perpendicular stone columns support the stone beams of the building, many of the stone pillars are carved with lotus and chrysanthemum petals very meticulously and sophisticatedly. These are priceless works of the Ly Dynasty that are still preserved. The great worship hall faces the main pagoda overlooking the Lang River, near the village road, restored in 2005, with a scale of 7 rooms. If you want to enter the front hall, you have to go through the steps. Here, the steps are separated into 5 paths by 6 steps carved in the shape of a stone crocodile facing the front. The front hall has a lotus-shaped truss architecture with four rows of column bases, all columns are placed on stone platforms decorated with lotus petal patterns, in the Ly Dynasty style. The rafters are made of ironwood and carved with stylized floral motifs. The harem court is a space away from the front court building. The harem has a frill-style architecture with two floors and eight roofs. In the middle of the harem is the "mascot" of a lion wearing a lotus crown, forming a large stone pedestal. Huong Lang Pagoda still preserves many very special and unique relics of the Ly Dynasty. Also here, people discovered a site named Lang Pagoda Site, including a lion statue also known as Mr. Sam. The pagoda has ten pairs of stone handrails, carved with phoenix and fox, string chrysanthemums, four square stone pillars at four corners supporting the stone beams of the previous building and many stone pillars carved with lotus petals and chrysanthemums. Because of its cultural - historical, artistic, and architectural values, Huong Lang Pagoda was ranked by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national historical, cultural, architectural and artistic relic on September 11. March 13, 1974. Source: Hung Yen province electronic information portal

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