Temple of Thai monk Le Van Thinh is located in the south of Thien Thai mountain. Thien Thai mountain range is joined by 9 consecutive mountains, like a dragon winding between heaven and earth, covered with green forest trees.
Temple of Thai monk Le Van Thinh.
This is a work of cultural beliefs and worship in memory of Thai monk Le Van Thinh. Originally, this relic was the residence of the Thai monk’s family, after “turning into a vi tu” it became a place of worshiping both Buddha and Thai monk Le Van Thinh. In the history of its existence, although Le Van Thinh temple was built a long time ago, every time it was degraded, it was repaired by the local right away, so the construction is still quite solid. The current architecture of the temple is also a 3-room, 2-way building, designed in the style of a man passing his son, in the shape of the word Dinh, with a wooden door and a table, with 18 wooden columns. The roof is covered with tiles, the walls of the house are built of stone and brick only. The temple does not have a corner knife, in front there are two co-pillars, the yard is paved with square tiles. The temple still keeps a lot of valuable documents and artifacts!. The temple of Thai monk Le Van Thinh was approved by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture,
Thai monk Le Van Thinh is famous for being intelligent and studious from a young age. The family situation was difficult, his parents died one after another when he was very young. He came to teach in Chi Nhi village, Que Vo district, Bac Ninh province. In 1075, the Ly court opened the Minh Kinh Bac Hoc exam (the first exam of the Temple of Literature, Quoc Tu Giam in Thang Long). He passed the exam first, was honored as Poinsettia Khai Khoa and was appointed as Thi Lang Bo Binh, in charge of teaching King Ly Nhan Tong to study. In 1084, King Ly Nhan Tong sent him to Vinh Binh camp, on the Vietnam-China border (in present-day Cao Bang) to settle the border issue between the two countries. With his excellent diplomacy, the Song Dynasty had to return all occupied territories.
Le Van Thinh is a talented, virtuous man who has made many contributions to the country. He was promoted to Thai Su by the Ly court, the highest position in the court.
He was a talented, honest, innovative man, so he was envied by his courtiers and sought to harm him, but he also had many supporters to protect him. In 1096, he was falsely accused of “turning a tiger to kill the king”. During the impeachment session, jealous courtiers joined in saying that the king’s murder should be punished with death and the death of the nine clans. There was an official who defended him “killing the king is punishable by death, so how do you kill the teacher?” Because the king always respected him, a scholarly teacher, respected virtue, and a referee, he forgave him for death and sent him into exile in Thao Giang, in present-day Phu Tho land. Although he was exiled, he still lived a useful life for the country and the people. When he was old and weak, a little exhausted, exhausted, he returned to his homeland, but came to Dinh To commune (in Thuan Thanh, Uncle Ninh) he took his last breath. The people of Dinh To judged his virtue and buried him carefully and honored him as the Village Citadel. When news of his death, his paternal and maternal homeland and many other villages honored him as the Village Citadel.
The image of a stone dragon at the temple of Thai monk Le Van Thinh.
Among the typical relics worshiping Thai monk Le Van Thinh is his temple in Bao Thap Hamlet, Dong Cuu Commune, Gia Binh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Especially in the relic site, there is also a stone dragon statue (Snake God) dating from the Ly dynasty, this statue has been recognized as a national treasure according to Decision No: 2599/QD-Ttg dated December 30, 2013 of Prime Minister. The stone dragon statue has a strange and unique body, lying in a curled-up position, with its mouth closed, its whole body has scales, its head has no beard, its size is 1.37m wide; 0.72m high is quite intact. The image of the mascot reflects the message of the past sent to posterity about the injustice of Thai monk Le Van Thinh.
Poinsettias, Thai monk Le Van Thinh is the country’s sage. His career name is forever preserved in history books and is honored and worshiped by the people.
Source: Collected internet.