Quang Ngai Cave Pagoda

Quang Ngai Cave Pagoda

Hang Pagoda (Thien Khong Thach Pagoda) also has the folk name "Kong Khong Pagoda" located northeast of Re Island (Lon Island) in An Hai commune, Ly Son island district. The unique architecture of Hang Pagoda was not built by human hands but by the magic of creation. Not built of wood, bricks, lime, or mortar, Hang Pagoda is simply a stone cave deep into the foot of Thoi Loi mountain (Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province). Hang Pagoda is the largest natural cave in the cave system in Ly Son, formed during the seaward period, about 4,500 years ago. From the wave marks around the foot of Thoi Loi mountain, rising significantly above the current tide level, especially the rocks in front of Hang Pagoda are vivid evidence of the phenomenon of ocean waves eroding into fine-grained sediment layers. , rocks and carbonate mud. The notes of French archaeologist Parmentier, oral tradition and a few remaining traces show that Hang Pagoda was originally a stone cave that the Cham people used as a place of residence or worship. before the Vietnamese set foot on Ly Son island. The genealogies and legacies of the first families to explore An Hai village show that about 4 centuries ago, during the reign of King Le Kinh Tong, Mr. Tran Cong Thanh and the ancestors of An Hai village were the initiators of this work. renovated and expanded the cave, turning this place into a Buddhist temple. Later, descendants of the Tran family added the spiritual relics of the Zen sages of Ly Hai village to the pagoda to worship. According to the genealogy of the Tran family, the family that oversees Hang Pagoda, this pagoda is about 300 years old. During the time when pirates (Tau O invaders) were harassing, Hang Pagoda was a safe hiding place for people. Inside the pagoda is a cave 24m deep, 20m wide, 3.2m high, and there are many nooks and crannies. Legend has it that in the past, this was the road to the underworld. According to the concept of good and evil going hand in hand, the main space of Hang Pagoda is for the good and those who know how to repent. On the contrary, if the guilty person refuses to turn back, they will be banished to the underworld in a smaller cave next door. Before there was a concrete road running to the top of the slope down to the pagoda, to get to the pagoda, one had to follow the difficult mountainside. The part of the mountainside facing the sea is called the meow, and is where many unfortunate people slip and fall onto the rocks and are injured or even lose their lives. From the foot of Thoi Loi mountain in the Southeast, around the mountain ridge in the Northwest, then following the stone steps down gradually, closer to sea level, visitors will see rows of banyan trees towering in front of the pagoda yard. (square almond tree) is hundreds of years old. Looking up is the windy ocean, looking back is the "heavenly rock cave", looming in the distance is Bo Bai island. In front of the majestic stone pagoda is a full-body statue of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva with benevolent eyes facing the ocean as if containing sympathy for sentient beings. Lightly step into the temple, which is also a stone cave, amidst the faint smell of incense, a dim candle shines into the gloomy light and darkness, it takes a moment to calm down, eyes get used to the darkness, to recognize to the altar to worship Tam The Buddha, Amitabha Tam Ton, Hoa Nghiem Tam Thanh and the bodhisattvas, patriarchs, and sages who publicly destroyed An Hai village and Ly Son district. Like all other Buddhist temples, the largest number of people coming to worship and pray to Buddha at Hang Pagoda is on the occasion of Lunar New Year, Nguyen Tieu, Buddha's Birthday, Vu Lan and the days of worshiping, wishing, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattva... Especially In particular, Ly Son fishermen, whether they are Buddhists or not, come here to worship very solemnly and seriously on Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara days or before entering the fishing season (sea gate opening). . Source: Vietnam National Tourism Administration

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