Temple of the Great Saint (Vinh Lai Temple)

Temple of the Great Saint (Vinh Lai Temple)

Vinh Lai temple and pagoda are located in Vinh Hao commune, Vu Ban district, Nam Dinh province. Vinh Lai Temple worships Mr. Bach Dang and Cao Loc who helped Hai Ba Trung fight the invading Han army. Legend has it that at that time in Phong Chau district, there were Mr. Bach Bang and Ms. Hoang Thi Dang who lived well and lived well. On February 10, the year Giap Ngo, she gave birth to a handsome boy named Bach Dang. When Bach Dang was 16 years old, both of his parents died. He followed the Trung Sisters in the uprising and was adopted by Trung Trac. Cao Loi was originally the son of Mr. Cao Dien and Mrs. Han Thi, from Dong Ngan, Tu Son district, Kinh Bac religion (born on the 15th day of the twelfth month, year of the Monkey). Legend has it that he had a voice like thunder, so he was called Cao Loi. His parents died early, so he lived with his uncle Han Cong Chieu to study and practice martial arts. After he was killed by To Dinh, he supported Hai Ba Trung and became brothers with Bach Dang. The two men returned to Vinh Phuc village, Thien Ban district, recruited troops and set up a station with Hai Ba Trung to successfully fight the enemy. The two men stayed in the ancient land, advising the people to do honest business. Not long after, Emperor Han Wu sent Ma Vien over. In the spring of the year of Quy Mao (43), Hai Ba Trung and their generals were in a weak position and had to flee. The two men and a number of generals jumped into the river to die. The people of Vinh Phuc mourned and built a temple to worship the two men on the land of the old military post. King Dinh conferred the title "Honorable Tutelary God Bach Dang" and "Honorable Lord Loi Vuong". In addition to worshiping the two men, Vinh Lai temple also worships the ancestors who founded the village and opened the land. During the resistance war, the Vinh Lai temple area was a protection point for officials and guerrillas. Vinh Lai Pagoda is located on high ground, facing south, consisting of 7 buildings with 21 compartments. In front is a system of three gates, a guest house and a large yard. The front hall of Vinh Lai temple was built in the year of the Snake, the 8th year of Gia Long (1809), and restored in the 3rd year of Duy Tan (1909). This was a project made during the Nguyen Dynasty, so the structure and seven figures are all gentle and elegant. In particular, the Vinh Lai pagoda area is the most artistically processed project: the armpit beams, the ends, and the beams all touch the channel of leafy leaves, jade leaves, chrysanthemums, and lemon flowers. On the pillars are carved images of hidden lyres, fire leaves, and images of a mother dragon and her children in the Nguyen style. The dragon throne worshiping Bach Dang and Cao Loi is a valuable carved work with stylized flower and leaf bands and dragons flanking many shapes. Here there is also a bronze bell cast in the 23rd year of King Tu Duc's reign (1870) with a strange ringing sound. Vinh Lai Pagoda, in addition to the Buddha statues worshiped at other pagodas, at the ancestral house there is a statue of an old man, wearing a robe, with deeply wrinkled forehead and eyes looking down... This is a statue. Beautiful and valuable statue at Vinh Lai Pagoda. Festivals at Vinh Lai temples are held on the saint's birth day or the beginning of spring to express gratitude to the ancestors who opened the land and gathered people. Source: Historical and cultural relics of Nam Dinh province

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