Nghe Temple relic site

Nghe Temple relic site

Located in the center of Hai Phong city, Me Linh ward (now An Bien ward, Le Chan district), Nghe temple is a cultural and historical relic worshiping female general Le Chan. She was from An Bien village (Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh) and came to the land where the Tam Bac River confluence flows into the Cam River, established the hamlet of Ven, later changed to An Bien Trang, in response to the uprising of Hai Ba Trung ( 40 - 43) against the invading Eastern Han army. She was a talented and heroic female general who accomplished many resounding victories during the uprising of the Trung Sisters and was appointed by Trung Vuong to the position of internal military authority, assigned the responsibility of guarding the Hai Tan region. To commemorate the merits of the female general, who founded the ancient An Bien village and laid the foundation for today's Hai Phong city, the people built An Bien temple to worship her. At first, it was just a small thatched temple. By 1919, it was built spaciously. Nghe Temple is currently an architectural style project of the Nguyen Dynasty, early 20th century including: three gates, worship hall, incense burner, harem, dance ceremony, stele house, where stone elephant and stone horse statues are placed. . Later, we built a four palace building. The hall consists of 5 compartments supported by 16 iron columns, resting on 16 elaborately and meticulously carved boulders. In the middle of the roof of the worshiping hall is embossed with large Chinese characters An Bien ancient temple. The harem consists of 3 rooms, built higher than the worship house with a 2-storey roof design, increasing the grandeur and majesty of the building. The unique feature of Nghe Temple architecture is the art of carving on wood and stone. With themes of dragon - ly - turtle - phoenix; pine - chrysanthemum - bamboo - apricot... Demonstrating the technique of carving bubbles, embossing, and sinking to a sophisticated level. Currently, Nghe Temple still preserves many valuable stone sculptures. A typical example is the large stone stele carved in the Nguyen Dynasty, recording the biography of female general Le Chan. The stone altar is embossed with the dragon and cloud dance theme, with delicate, soft, and flexible lines. At the incense burner, there is a massive stone trap, made of solid blocks of stone, elaborately embossed with images of birds, animals, flowers, and leaves. At the harem, the Nu Tuong sat on an altar throne, placed in a large red-painted, gilded coffin with a majestic, kind, and beautiful appearance. Nghe Temple Festival is held from the 8th to the 10th day of the second lunar month, attracting a large number of tourists to visit the monument and commemorate female general Le Chan. It is a national historical relic classified by the State. ranked in 1975. Source: Hai Phong city electronic information portal.

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