Mau Temple

Mau Temple

Mother Temple, also known as Hoa Duong Linh Tu, is located on Bai Say Street, Quang Trung Ward, Hung Yen City. Mother Temple worships Duong Quy Phi, also known as Duong Thien Hau. According to history books and Ngoc Pha, she was the wife of King Song De Binh. In 1279, the Yuan army invaded the Song state, and the king and royal family boarded boats and fled to the South. On the way, they were captured by Yuan general Truong Hoang Pham. King Song and a number of concubines who refused to surrender jumped into the sea to die. Duong Quy Phi's body floated to the sand, and the people carefully buried him and built a temple. According to "Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi", Mau Temple was built during the reign of Tran Nhan Tong, in the reign of Thieu Bao (1279). Over the dynasties, the Temple was restored and conferred many times. By the 8th year of Thanh Thai (1896), the Temple was largely restored and had the same architectural scale as today. The temple was built on the "Crouching Dragon" land overlooking Crescent Lake with spacious space, creating the "Son Dieu Thuy" position. The Nghi Mon Gate of Hung Yen Mau Temple is quite imposing, with a match-style architecture of two floors and eight roofs, with curved knife-heads. The door is built with a rolling arch, has one main door and two side doors, two pillars on top have 2 crocodiles flanking the door. On the arch, there is a large inscription in Trien script "Duong Thien Hau - Song Trieu" and a Chinese script "Thien Ha Mau Nghi". Through Nghi Mon is the temple yard. In the middle of the yard is an old tree with an age of more than 700 years, combined by 3 trees of banyan, banyan, and sapphire firmly entwined together, casting luxuriant shadows around Hung Yen Mother Temple, increasing even more. solemn, secluded appearance. This is one of the oldest trees in the North. The Great Pagoda of Hung Yen Mau Temple consists of 3 compartments, the architecture is in the style of eight dragon-scale tiled roofs, the roofs are curved like a flanking dragon. The beams, lotuses, and pillars are carved in the shape of leaves, flowers, dragons, phoenixes, and the traps are carved in the shape of dragon heads. On both sides of the Great Pagoda are Luu Ly Palace and Quang Han Palace. The Tien Duong court also consists of 3 compartments, the architecture is in the style of stacking lotus mats, splendid with horizontal panels, parallel sentences, sacrificial objects, canopies, flags, robes, weapon racks, palanquins, bowls, and dragon communal houses. painted bright yellow lipstick. The roof is decorated with the image of "Two dragons flanking the moon", a dragon blade flanking a dragon, and a sophisticated phoenix dancing. The harem consists of 5 compartments, architecturally styled with 12 main columns, 6 military columns, soft floral and leaf-engraved panels, and a set of table doors carved with chrysanthemums. Inside there is a statue of Duong Quy Phi with a kind face, along with two servants, Kim Thi and Lieu Thi, dating from the 17th-18th centuries. In addition, in the Hung Yen Mau Temple, many precious relics are preserved such as dragon sieves, dragon robes dating from the 18th-19th centuries and 15 ordinations from the Le to Nguyen dynasties, praising the faithful example of Duong Quy Phi. . Every year, the Mau Temple Festival in Hung Yen is held from the 10th to the 15th of the third lunar month, attracting a large number of people in the region and tourists from all over to attend, worship, and pray for good things. happy. The ceremony took place solemnly. The festival includes folk games and singing songs. In particular, during the festival there will be two exciting processions. The sickle procession from Dinh Hien to Hung Yen Mother Temple, led by flags, drums, gongs, dragons, bowls, and lo bo, with lion and dragon dance teams. The procession goes around the streets, the golden dragon curves from the beginning to the end of the procession, there is a dance "The child goes to the float"... In 1990, Hung Yen Mother Temple was ranked as a national historical, cultural, architectural and artistic relic. Source: Hung Yen city electronic information portal

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