Phuoc Hau Pagoda

Phuoc Hau Pagoda

Phuoc Hau Pagoda is located in Dong Hau hamlet, Ngai Tu commune, Tam Binh district, Vinh Long province. This is an ancient Buddhist temple of the Lam Te sect, Chuc Thanh sect, and is also famous for its unique stone sutra garden, one of a kind in the West. Initially, Phuoc Hau Pagoda was just a thatched hut. In 1894, everyone in the village worked together to build a thatched hut into a pagoda with wooden ribs, yin-yang tile roof, plank walls, and brick floor. This pagoda is a type of village pagoda so it is named Dong Hau pagoda. In 1910, the name of Dong Hau pagoda was changed to Phuoc Hau, and more and more monks and nuns came to take refuge and receive precepts. During the period of national liberation struggle, Phuoc Hau Pagoda was also a place to house revolutionary cadres in the most difficult and dangerous times. Many monks studied at the pagoda, followed the teachings of the Venerable Monks, and listened to the call of the Fatherland, "taking off their robes and putting on their war robes". This is a relic of special importance to the history of Vietnamese Buddhism in the 20th century as well as the Revolutionary history of Vinh Long province and the Southwestern region during the war. After many times of restoration and new construction, Phuoc Hau Pagoda currently includes many works such as the main hall, middle hall, rear temple, sutra hall, stupa system... Except for the main hall, which was newly built in 1962 with materials. modern according to the architectural model combining East - West, other works are parts of the old temple, dating from 1894. The main hall of Phuoc Hau Pagoda is shaped like the word "painted", overlooking the river. The front of the pagoda is built in the style of an ancient building, with a model of a towering seven-storey tower in the middle. The inner hall is quite large, the middle altar holds a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha in meditating form along with a statue of newborn Prince Siddhartha and the Three Venerables (Avalokitesvara, Amitabha, and The Chi). On both left and right sides there are two altars. Here, there are a group of very precious statues from the ancient Dong Hau pagoda that are still kept, such as statues of Tieu Dien Dai, Ho Phap, Ksitigarbha, Chuan De and a set of Arhat statues all made of wood or Cay Mai ceramic. The pagoda has a very unique stone sutra garden, with elaborately carved sutras on stone. The Dhammapada Sutra Garden consists of 213 blue stone slabs measuring 0.4×0.6m, engraved with 423 sutras on both sides, in addition there is a poem about the general idea of ​​the Dhammapada, 1 poem about the merits of the Dhammapada Sutra. the conduct of monks and Buddhists and a stone slab engraved with the image of Venerable Thich Minh Chau. The stone slabs are arranged to simulate Bodhi leaves spreading out in eight directions, symbolizing the Noble Eightfold Path. The center of the garden is a mountain with four Shakyamuni Buddha statues. There is also the Garden of Amitabha Sutra and the Garden of Bac Truyen Quoc Diem Sutra. Amitabha Sutra Garden has 31 stone slabs arranged in a row of small S-shaped lotus ponds, symbolizing Vietnam. Each North, Central, and South region has a stone slab placed in the middle of the lake inscribed with a symbolic pagoda, plus symbolic pseudo-mountains such as Yen Tu mountain, That Son... The sutras in this garden are translated in six-eight verse form. The pagoda also has a number of stone slabs engraved in English next to Vietnamese so that foreign tourists can understand when visiting and many stone slabs engraved with the words heart, patience, and Buddhist teachings are very unique... Phuoc Hau Pagoda was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national revolutionary historical relic on January 25, 1994. Source: Vinh Long Tourism

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