HISTORICAL RELIC OF THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY TRAN

HISTORICAL RELIC OF THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY TRAN

The Temple of Saint Tran is located at 291, Tran Hung Dao Street, An Lac Ward, Buon Ho Town, Dak Lak Province. In 1947, on a small piece of land in Buon Ho town, Krong Buk district (now Buon Ho town), people built the Temple of Saint Tran to show respect, gratitude and honor the national hero. Tran Hung Dao clan - the person who had great contributions in defeating the Nguyen - Mongol armies three times, went down in history, entered the legendary world, the spiritual world, became a sacred "Saint" respected by the entire people. Worshiped, is considered one of the "Four Immortals" of the Vietnamese people. Initially, the Temple was temporarily built from forest trees and plank walls, with a corrugated iron roof. In the middle of the Temple, an altar was placed and a paper painting of Tran Hung Dao was hung. Right from its inception, the people elected the Temple's Management Board to serve the management, sacrifices, and incense smoke monthly and yearly. In 1964, the Temple Management Board took the initiative, calling on the people of Buon Ho town to donate more money to buy land, materials and dismantle the old Temple, building the Temple of Saint Tran with brick walls and roof. roofing. To have the spacious campus and Temple as it is today, the Temple has undergone many restorations, embellishments, and area expansions such as: In 1972, the main hall was renovated and expanded; in 2004 bought more land; 2006 paving; 2012 floor construction. However, because it was built in a situation where the country was at war and the local socio-economic conditions were still difficult, the Temple could not be built in the traditional architectural style of some German temples. Thanh Tran in Hai Duong, Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City,... Currently, the Temple of Saint Tran is located in a large campus with a total area of ​​525.8 m2, with items: Temple Gate, front yard, Temple, back yard. The main place of worship of the Temple is the Inner Palace (harem), built protruding behind the Front Hall, not divided into many rooms and also not having closed doors like temples in the Northern provinces, but only includes a room that is directly connected to the middle room of the front hall. The inner hall does not have a closed door but is decorated with a wooden frame border with a cloud dragon pattern at the entrance, with two parallel sentences hanging on both sides: “Bach Dang Van Kiep, the Vietnamese people are grateful. Ham Tu Chuong Duong and the Yuan army were terrified." The horizontal panel is 60 cm high, 3.6 m wide, lacquered with 4 Chinese characters: "Tran Trieu Reveals the Saint" and is solemnly hung right above the door to the Inner Palace. The incense altar in the Inner Palace consists of 3 floors: The ground floor is the place to worship the Five Tigers (a symbol of the sacred power that can eliminate evil spirits, protect all directions, and is the guardian spirit of the temples) with two paintings. Five Tigers painting and a bronze top are placed in the middle of the altar, on both sides are two bronze candlesticks and a bronze Tiger statue to pray for prosperity and peace; The second floor of the Inner Palace incense altar is 50 cm high and 1.8 m wide. This is where the incense bowl and a Tran Temple Seal are placed in a glass frame with a width of 30 cm and a height of 60 cm. This is the Tran Temple seal that journalist Tran Quang Tuan requested from Tran Temple in Nam Dinh province to bring back to the Management Board of the Saint Tran Temple in Dak Lak on Tet 2016. On the altar page are also placed two candlesticks and a candle. The bronze incense burner is decorated with a Lion image symbolizing intelligence, strength, and controlling the soul of the person coming to the ceremony; The third floor - the highest floor of the incense altar is where the plaster statue of Tran Hung Dao is placed. The statue is about 1.1 m high, about 50 cm wide, placed on a 60 cm thick, 20 cm high statue base. The statue is cast in a sitting position on a Dragon chair, holding a sword, with a red outfit and majestic facial expression to show the strength, will, and spirit of fighting against foreign invaders of a Vietnamese military genius. To the left of the statue of Tran Hung Dao is placed a sword, a mandarin uniform along with a pair of cloth shoes embroidered with decorative patterns and a glass cabinet containing yellow ceremonial clothes. On both sides of the statue of Tran Hung Dao, there are also wooden statues of two unicorns (in Vietnamese culture, the unicorn is also an animal that signals good omen, a symbol of longevity, majesty and happiness). great blessing). In particular, on both sides of the incense altar, two bronze swords with dragon-shaped decorative patterns and about 1.8 m high are erected to add majesty and dignity to the shrine in the Inner Palace. The Temple of Saint Tran is a place of worship to commemorate the merits of national hero Tran Hung Dao. During the resistance war against the US, the Holy Tran Temple was a place to provide food, food, and medicine for the revolution, mainly supplying working teams along the H4 line (code name for the Buon Ho, Krong Nang, Krong Buk districts). In addition, the Temple Management Board led by Mr. Dang Van Dau, Nam Phung, Ha Hanh,... lobbied and called on the owner of Rossi coffee plantation to join forces with Bao An forces in area H4 to cover up the case. The provision of food, medicine, and ammunition at Tran Hung Dao Temple during the years of resistance against the US. With that meaning, on September 29, 2017, the People's Committee of Dak Lak province ranked the Temple of Saint Tran as a provincial-level historical relic. Source: Dak Lak Provincial Museum

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