Soc Temple

Soc Temple

Soc Temple worships the cultural hero of Giong village who was instrumental in repelling foreign invaders and protecting the country from the dawn of national history. According to legend, King Hung built a temple to worship Saint Giong immediately after defeating the enemy. Through documentary sources, especially the epitaph of the Duong Duc era (1672), it is estimated that the temple was built around the Le dynasty before 1672. Through historical periods, Soc temple has always been preserved, repaired and embellished by the government and people. Currently, the Soc Temple relic site (International Temple) is located in Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi city, including items: Nghi Mon, Ha temple, Upper temple, Dai Bi pagoda, Mau temple, guest house. , sub-area, Non pagoda. Soc Temple currently preserves 145 valuable artifacts, dating back to the Le Dynasty, focusing on the Nguyen Dynasty, typically: horizontal panels, parallel sentences, stone stele, incense burners, worship statues, incense burners, altar throne, precious bowls, candlesticks, wooden horses, bronze bells... Especially the octagonal stele of the Le Dynasty built on the mountain, behind Thuong temple, is a highly valuable work of art, providing a lot of information. about Thanh Giong and local customs and traditions through the ages. Soc Temple Festival is the existence of many layers of culture and beliefs that are preserved and handed down to this day. These are the beliefs of worshiping natural phenomena - the footprints of Mr. Dong - the god of thunder and thunderstorms, the belief of worshiping the sun god, the belief of fertility, the belief of worshiping stone trees - an ancient belief of the Vietnamese people. ... Soc Temple Festival is held from January 6 - 7 (commemorating the transformation day of Saint Giong) containing many multi-faceted, unique and typical cultural values ​​of the nation. In 2010, UNESCO honored Giong Festival as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. With the special value of the monument, the Soc Temple architectural and artistic relic (Soc Son district, Hanoi city) was ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national monument (in Decision No. 2408/QD- TTg dated December 31, 2014)./ Source Department of Cultural Heritage.

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