Kim Dang Temple

Kim Dang Temple

Kim Dang Temple is located in the center of Kim Dang village, Lam Son ward, Hung Yen town, Hung Yen province today. In the past, this place was Dang Man site, An Tao district, Khoai Chau district, upper Son Nam town. Legend has it that the temple was built on the land Dinh Dien chose as its headquarters with the posture "The Thanh Dragon and the White Tiger are coming". The book "Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi" records: General Dinh Dien is from Gia Phuong - Gia Vien - Ninh Binh, and is the adopted son of Dinh Cong Tru (father of Dinh Bo Linh). Since childhood, he was Dinh Bo Linh's "reed flag practice" friend. When he grew up, he formed a brotherhood with Nguyen Bac, Lu Co, Trinh Tu and Dinh Bo Linh. When the country was in turmoil among the 12 warlords, a few friends followed warlord Tran Lam to occupy the Bo Hai region (now Tien Hai - Thai Binh). When he became Van Thang Vuong, Dinh Bo Linh assigned Dinh Dien to command 10 armies to conquer other warlords. When he arrived at Dang Man site and saw the beautiful terrain, he immediately built a headquarters and chose three people named Phan, Pham and Nguyen from Dang Man site to be his generals and chose a girl from the Phan family named Moi Nuong to be his wife. . After suppressing the rebellion of 12 warlords, Dinh Bo Linh ascended the throne, proclaimed himself Dinh Tien Hoang, named the country Dai Co Viet, and established the capital in Hoa Lu - Ninh Binh. In the year of Ky Mao (979), Dinh Tien Hoang and his eldest son Dinh Lien were killed by the traitor Do Thich. Dinh Dien and his mandarins proclaimed Dinh Toan (then only 6 years old) to the throne and honored Duong Van. Russia as Queen Mother. When the Song army threatened to invade the northern border, the country faced the threat of foreign invasion, the soldiers proclaimed Thap Dao general Le Hoan to the throne, replacing Dinh Toan who was too young at that time. Not accepting that, Foreign Minister Dinh Dien and Dinh Quoc Cong Nguyen Bac, who was guarding Chau Ai, and Pham Hap raised troops and sent troops from Thanh Hoa to attack Hoa Lu but failed, Dinh Dien withdrew his troops to Dang Man camp. On November 17 (lunar calendar) in the year of Ky Mao (979), Dinh Dien and his wife passed away, the people of Dang Man camp built a temple on the base of the barracks, and 3 generals of Dinh Dien were also worshiped here. Over time, the temple has been restored many times. Currently, Kim Dang Temple still retains many architectural features of the Later Le and Nguyen dynasties. In 1997, the temple was classified as a historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information. The temple has a nail-shaped architecture, including 5 pre-worship spaces and 3 back palace spaces. The altar building is made of a 2-story, 8-roofed overlapping style; The blades are embossed with dragon heads; On the roof line, there is an image of two dragons flanking the sun, and two pincers are decorated with "two fish" (two carp); The roof is covered with dragon scale tiles, the neck frill is decorated with 4 words "Dinh Dai Linh Tu" in Chinese characters. The structure of the hitching trusses is simple, supported by a system of solid ironwood columns. Connected to the front altar are 3 back-rooms with tiled roofs. The truss structure is in the style of a husband and a lotus, and on the beams are embossed with stylized patterns of flowers and leaves. The central space houses the statues of General Dinh Dien and his wife Phan Thi Moi Nuong, created in a meditating posture... In addition, the relic also preserves a number of horizontal paintings and couplets praising their merits. God. Every year, the Kim Dang Temple festival is held from the 15th to the 17th of the 11th lunar month to commemorate the death of General Dinh Dien and his wife. During the days of the festival, in addition to the palanquin procession, there are also traditional folk games such as cockfighting, lion dancing, spoken singing, military drum singing, water puppetry... to contribute to building solidarity. build relationships with neighbors, educate the Vietnamese people about patriotic traditions, and remember the source when drinking water. Source: Hung Yen Newspaper

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