LINH Ung Pagoda

LINH Ung Pagoda

Linh Ung Pagoda (Ngoc Kham - Gia Dong - Thuan Thanh) located on Road 282 in Pho Kham area is an important historical site in the Dau region since ancient times with the song: "The seventh day of the Kham festival/The eighth day of the Dau festival/Mong festival". Wherever you go, you always go to the Giong festival." This ancient pagoda, after hundreds of years of existence, no longer has its original architecture, but still retains its treasures, which are three stone statues and the Linh Ung restoration stele from the epigrams inscribed in the year of Hoang Dinh. 13 (1613). The large stone stele placed on the turtle's back measures 196 x 129 x 26 (cm) with double-sided writing revealing many valuable sources of information about the history of the temple. The pagoda was built during the Tran Dynasty in accordance with the legend "Besides the Buddha next to the pedestal" as follows: Statues of three Buddhas were transported from India. The boat carrying the statue went ahead along the Thien Duc River and landed at Bao Kham wharf (old name of Ngoc Kham village) on the south bank. The boat carrying the platform later landed at Long Kham wharf (Tien Du district) on the north bank. Long Kham people immediately sent a delegation to Bao Kham to demand the statue. While the two sides have yet to negotiate, the Buddha's spirit shows that wherever the statue has settled, the pagoda will be built there. So the people of Bao Kham built a pagoda where there were three stone statues, named Linh Ung Tu. At the beginning of Le Trung Hung's reign, Thai Loc Marquis Le Dinh Chat, the special adjutant of the Fatherland, General Kim Tu Vinh Loc, from Bai Thuong (Thanh Hoa), spent money on his house to buy wood to restore the pagoda, including building a bell tower and erecting a house. stone stele, repairing three treasures, corridors, burning incense, front hall, three gates, Buddha statue bowl and buying a field of 1 sao 3 meters to offer to the pagoda. Construction started on May 11, Nham Ty (1612), completed on November 19 of the same year. Joining in the meritorious service with Marquis Thai Loc Le Dinh Chat were many high-ranking mandarins such as Duke Thanh Trinh Trang (at this time not yet crowned lord), Hoa Duong Marquis Vuong Chau (from Binh Ngo neighboring Bao Kham, later promoted to the throne). The duke, when he died, was crowned king for the people to worship). The three stone statues are almost the same size, 145 cm high. Although there is a legend about the Buddha and the pedestal, in reality the statue still has a lotus-shaped stone pedestal, the middle pedestal is 112 cm high, the two pedestals on both sides are 105 cm high. The statue is in a meditating position, looking healthy. The two faces on both sides are slightly bowed, the middle face is slightly turned up. All three statues have curly hair, so people often call them hibiscus snails. In terms of clothing, all three pho wear ao dai with the chest part wide open and decorated with hyacinth strings with flowers, leaves, and tassels, making the statue feel lively when looking at the statue. The statue's pedestal is decorated with lotus flowers and motifs of dragons, clouds, chrysanthemum strings... bearing the style of the Tran dynasty to prove that the pagoda dates back to the Tran dynasty, meaning that since there was a statue, there was a pagoda. Through some other artifacts, Linh Ung Pagoda has been repaired many times. By 1952, the pagoda was completely destroyed, the stone statues had no roof, and one statue even had its head blown into the water of nearby Thuan Thanh high school. However, with the unique value of the three stone statues, in 1981 the State ranked them as historical and artistic relics. After that, local people rebuilt the pagoda and gradually perfected it into the current scenic spot. Source: Bac Ninh Online Newspaper

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