Tien Chau Pagoda

Tien Chau Pagoda is also known by another name as Di Da Pagoda. This is considered one of the oldest pagodas in Vinh Long province, Vietnam. According to historical records, Tien Chau Pagoda was established more than 300 years ago and became a National Historical and Cultural Monument a long time ago. The temple possesses an ancient and unique beauty, so it attracts many people to visit and explore. MIA.vn believes that this is definitely one of the Vinh Long pagodas with the most impressive and magnificent beauty that you should not miss when traveling to Vinh Long. Vinh Long is a province about 100km from Ho Chi Minh City. This province has a fairly developed road transportation system and extremely good infrastructure, so you can choose to travel by many different means. Among the means of transportation to Vinh Long, those living in Ho Chi Minh City can go by motorbike, drive a car or buy a bus ticket. Based on the experience of some people, it usually takes about 3 hours to travel from Saigon to Vinh Long. Bus ticket prices only range from 100,000 VND/trip to 120,000 VND/turn, so they are extremely suitable for those who want to travel quickly, comfortably and safely. However, if you want to travel by motorbike on your own, you can refer to the following route: From Saigon, you go to Vinh Long city center along National Highway 1A. To get to Tien Chau Pagoda on An Binh island, you need to cross the ferry on Tien River. It only takes about 15 minutes to travel by river and you will arrive at the island. After that, you ask people to find the address of Tien Chau Pagoda. According to folk legends told by the elders living on the left bank of the Co Chien River, Tien Chau Pagoda was built around 1750 at the end of the 18th century. In the past, the monk Giac Nguyen went to practice. Coming to this An Binh island, I can feel the beautiful scenery here. Therefore, he built a small bamboo hut to worship Amitabha Buddha, the leader of the Western world of bliss called Tien Chau Amitabha. In addition, folk also passed down a story related to Tien Chau Pagoda. On cool, moonlit nights, fairies often come down here to bathe in the river and play. Therefore, this river bank is named Tien beach or Bich Tran beach. The hut located next to the river is named Tien Chau. Unlike the majestic and magnificent Jade Buddha Pagoda in Vinh Long, Tien Chau Pagoda will surprise everyone with its extremely ancient beauty. Tien Chau Pagoda was built in an ancient architectural style with 4 roofs: front hall, middle hall, main hall and back hall arranged in a triangle shape. Accordingly, the main hall, rear hall and rear hall areas are adjacent to each other, creating many spacious and airy spaces. Tien Chau Pagoda has a design imbued with the culture of pagoda carving in the 18th century. This carving is most clearly shown by the 96 round wooden columns used to support the entire temple. The carvings here are extremely delicate and sharp, attracting a large number of Buddhist followers to visit and learn. Besides, Tien Chau Pagoda possesses delicate and harmonious beauty when built in both classical and modern architecture. After many restorations, the temple has never once changed its inherent ancient beauty. Entering the grounds of Tien Chau Pagoda, you will see a statue of Guan Yin Buddha standing majestically on a lotus. Lady Buddha is holding a vase of nectar water in her hand, watering blessings for sentient beings. In the left corner of the campus is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha sitting quietly under the protection of nine dragons and a shady Bodhi tree. On the right is a statue of Maitreya Buddha smiling happily. The interior of Tien Chau Pagoda's inner sanctum is decorated extremely beautifully and splendidly. In the middle of the four pillars is the altar, inside there is a large Amitabha Buddha statue made of clay. Not only that, both sides of the altar also hang lacquered couplets that have extremely great meaning. There are still many valuable artifacts kept in the pagoda such as: a set of lamellas carved with the Eighteen Arhats, delicately carved tureens from the 19th century, wood carvings... After hundreds of years of existence, The temple still stands tall and proud with its timeless beauty. This seems to be seen as a testament to the eternal life of history. Anyone who comes here for the first time will feel the ancient beauty as well as the extremely sacred flow at this temple.

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Ngày cập nhật : 01/04/2023