Hoi Khanh Pagoda

Hoi Khanh Pagoda

Hoi Khanh Pagoda is located at 35 Yersin Street, Phu Cuong Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, is the largest religious and artistic architectural work in the province, recognized as a National Historical-Cultural Monument on September 7. January 1993. The pagoda was built in the 18th century (1741), at the foot of the hill, 500m east of Thu Dau Mot city center. In 1861, the pagoda was destroyed by the French invaders. In 1868, the pagoda was rebuilt at its current location with a construction area of ​​1,211 square meters. In 2007, the pagoda built a 27m high 7-storey tower and recreated the "Four Hearts" Buddhist site, including: Lumbini Garden (where Buddha was born), Bodhi Dai Trang (where Buddha practiced Buddhism), Deer Park (the place where Buddha first preached) and Ta La Song Tho (Buddha's nirvana) have profound meanings about the Dharma. In 2008, a large-scale, 22m high Buddha stand was built in the land in front of the pagoda. The ground floor is a row of buildings 64m long, 23m wide used as a Buddhist School, Library... The upper floor is decorated with a statue of Master Shakyamuni entering Nirvana, 12m high, 52m long. This is a proud fine art work of Binh Duong Buddhism, solemnly inaugurated on March 30, 2010 (February 15, 2010 lunar calendar) to celebrate 1,000 years of Thang Long - Hanoi. The structure of the pagoda consists of four main parts: The front hall - the main hall, this architectural lecture hall has 92 precious wooden columns, the East and West corridors of the pagoda are arranged in a "paired" style, connected to each other with an "overlapping terrace" architecture. "duong luong" - this is a special variation in architecture following the ancient pagoda tradition of Cochinchina; The main hall with pillars, wooden walls and three sets of curtain doors, also has nearly 100 wooden statues, Arhats and ten Minh Vuong palaces with different shapes made of jackfruit wood painted with gold and lacquer. In particular, there are two reliefs carved with images of 18 Arhats and Bodhisattvas, creating a beautiful sculpture with high artistic value typical of the ancient Binh Duong wood carving style. Regarding interior decoration art, worship statues are sculpted and carved very elaborately and sharply... especially the set of "Thap Eight Arhats" (created in 1921), the painting "Four times" reliefs cover the two columns in front of the main hall. The elaborately carved altars were completed in the year of At Suu (1925). The pagoda still retains a set of woodblocks printed on sutras from over 120 years ago. The pagoda's great bell was cast in the year of the Goat (1883) and donated by Buddhist monk Duong Van Lua. During the years 1923 - 1926, Hoi Khanh Pagoda was also a place of refuge for notables: Confucian scholars and patriotic monks jointly established the "Honorary Society" with the participation of Venerable Tu Van, Vice President Nguyen. Sinh Sac (Uncle Ho's father), Mr. Tu Cuc... the Association's purpose is to promote a lifestyle that upholds morality, respects honor and love for fellow countrymen. Although the Association only operated for a short time, it made a significant impact. After the August Revolution of 1945, Hoi Khanh Pagoda was the headquarters of the Buddhist Association for National Salvation in Thu Dau Mot province, contributing a lot of effort, enthusiasm, and blood of the monks and Buddhists of the pagoda. During the local people's resistance war against foreign invaders since 1953, the pagoda was the headquarters of patriotic Buddhism in Binh Duong province and in 1983, Hoi Khanh Pagoda was the headquarters of the Binh Duong Buddhist Association. In 1995, here, the Provincial Association built the Basic Buddhist School of Song Be province (Binh Duong). Currently, Venerable Thich Hue Thong is the abbot of Hoi Khanh Pagoda (since 1988) and is the Standing Deputy Head of the Binh Duong Buddhist Association. Source: Binh Duong Province Electronic Information Portal

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