Sac Tu Tinh Quang Pagoda

Sac Tu Tinh Quang Pagoda

Sac Tu Pagoda is located on the hills southwest of Ai Tu village in Ai Tu town, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province. The pagoda belongs to the Northern Buddhist sect. Sac Tu Tinh Quang Pagoda was originally named Am Tinh Do, built in the early years of the Le Dynasty (1735 - 1739). In the 5th year of Ky Suu, Vinh Huu (1739, reign of King Le Y Tong), Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat (Vuong Vo) on one occasion went to Quang Tri and was impressed with the scenery of the Buddhist hall and the temple's reputation among the people. So he used his pen to write the five words "Sac Tu Tinh Quang Tu" and then had the plaque made with red lacquer and gilded to give it to the pagoda. From then on, Tinh Do Am was changed to Tinh Quang Pagoda and people from then on became accustomed to calling the pagoda by the name Sac Tu Pagoda (the pagoda ordained by the state), while the Buddhists used to use the combination: Sac Tu Tinh Quang Pagoda. . The pagoda's structure includes a traditional beam house with a match-stacked roof, the main materials used are cement and reinforced steel with a total area of ​​837m2. The roof is elaborately decorated with stucco art and porcelain pieces. The roof of the pagoda is straight and decorated with dragon patterns. In the temple grounds, there is a Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara monument (built in 1976) and a number of towers that are the tombs of deceased abbots. The three-entrance gate is built with two roof floors, the upper floor is decorated with a statue of the Dharma Protector facing the pagoda. Behind the three gates, there is a bridge over the lotus pond to enter the front yard of the pagoda and the main hall. The main hall is 31m deep, 27m wide, nearly 15m high, has a match-stacked roof architecture, and the roof is decorated with four sacred animals; On the front, between the two roofs, there are 5 bas-reliefs about the Buddha's life: Birth, renunciation, enlightenment, sermon and nirvana. The main hall of Sac Tu pagoda is in the middle space, the upper class worships the statue of Tam The, next is Shakyamuni meditating with on the left and right are Anan Da and Ca Diep standing. The outermost is Maitreya, the newborn Shakyamuni. The left side worships the statue of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. In front there is a statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sitting on a unicorn. Friends worship the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, in front is the statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva riding a dragon horse. The back of the hall worships the statue of Bodhidharma, Patriarch Chi Kha - the founder of Sac Tu Pagoda and two monks, Tuyet Phong and Buu Ngan - who belong to the first generation of abbots at the pagoda. The pagoda has a bronze statue of Shakyamuni Buddha weighing 2,700 kg, cast in 1997, and a large drum made of buffalo leather, with a diameter of 165 cm. In the temple grounds there is a Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara station. Sac Tu Tinh Quang Pagoda is a famous ancestral temple of Buddhism in Dang Trong, a place where many famous and virtuous monks have been nurtured and trained. The annual death anniversary festival on the 18th day of the second lunar month is held on a large scale with the participation of thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists in Quang Tri, neighboring provinces and pilgrims everywhere. On November 15, 1991, the pagoda was ranked as a national historical-cultural relic. Source: Quang Tri Newspaper

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