Xom Banh Temple

Xom Banh Temple

Xom Banh Temple is located on Quarter 1, Dai Son Ward, Phan Rang - Thap Cham city, from Phan Rang - Thap Cham city center along Nguyen Van Cu street about 400m, turn along an alley to the left. 100m to the ruins. During the reign of Minh Mang, Thanh Son Hamlet (currently Dai Son ward) was a land in Van Son village, An Phuoc district, Binh Thuan province. Residents here built a small temple to worship to meet the needs. community beliefs. The temple's literal name is Thanh Son Temple, but its common name is Xom Banh Temple. This place worships the goddess Thien Y - A Na (Lord Ngoc), a popular worship phenomenon among Vietnamese residents during the process of migrating and living in new lands. Initially just a small temple, in the 14th year of Thanh Thai, it was moved to the current location and built on a large scale, still intact to this day. Xom Banh Temple is located in a densely populated area but was built on a fairly large area of ​​land of 4,629 square meters. The entire architecture is surrounded by walls built of stone and lime mortar, leaving two gates to enter the Temple area. The front gate of the temple is called Nghi Mon, facing south, and the back gate is facing north. Nghi Mon has a structure like a small house with 6 pillars made of lime mortar, evenly distributed on both sides vertically, supporting the roof above. The middle pillar is fitted with two wooden doors, the roof is covered with yin and yang tiles, At both ends of the shoreline, the roof is embossed with twisted rattan patterns to create a boat shape. On both sides of the yard, a shrine was built to worship the mountain gods and the five elements. Inside, the construction is quite grand, displaying wood carvings with many rich themes such as: four sacred animals, eight animals, flowers, leaves, birds and animals; Strings of flowers and leaves are concentrated in altars, incense burners, horizontal panels, couplets, balances, traps, etc. with meticulous and sophisticated lines, requiring the artist to work hard to create them. complete. Every year, on the full moon day of January, July and October, worshiping ceremonies are held for the Upper Nguyen, Trung Nguyen and Lower Nguyen. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, offerings are made to bring the Gods back to heaven. On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, worship and procession of Gods to the Temple to welcome the new year. In addition, Xom Banh Temple also organizes the Ky Yen Ceremony with full traditional rituals similar to the Dinh ceremony in Ninh Thuan, starting from the morning of the previous day until noon the next day, this is the biggest ceremony of the year to pray to the gods. Bless the village with peace, have enough food and warm clothes, and the ceremony takes place on Tiet Thanh Minh. Xom Banh Temple was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national monument in 2002. Source: Phan Rang - Thap Cham City Electronic Information Page

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