The architecture is closed by the monasteries, the walls surrounding the temple, the royal horse, and the well in front, which increases the sacredness of the temple.
Legend has it that the “Quoc Mau Tu” temple is the burial place of Queen Tinh Nuong’s remains. The five-year-old Vinh Huu miracle copy (1739) still preserved at the temple clearly states that: Holy Mother is Dinh Thi Tinh, father is Dinh Cong Doan, mother is Mrs. Do Thi Lan Hoa…
According to the legend, Dinh Tinh Nuong was born and raised in his motherland, Phu Luu commune, Tay Lan district (now Trung village, Phu Luu village, Dong Son commune, Dong Hung district). Before marrying Mrs. Do Thi Lan Hoa, Tinh Nuong’s father had “the eldest” Dao Thi Rang and gave birth to 4 sons, but “the eldest” unfortunately contracted a serious illness and died. Mrs. Do Thi Lan Hoa is the step-wife of Mr. Dinh Cong Doan.
During a recent field trip to Phu Luu village to learn about the Dinh Dynasty imprint on Co Lan land, our research team was told by many village elders about the temple and the doubts about its identity and grave. Emperor Dinh’s decree, places to worship 4 gods of Dinh dynasty who are the brother of Queen Tinh Nuong and a number of other legends related to Dinh dynasty of Empress… Phu Luu village (also known as Phu village or Chinese village). ), under the Tran dynasty was the center of Co Lan district capital, after the Tran dynasty changed to Tay Quan district until the 19th century changed to Dong Vi canton, Dong Quan district and now Dong Hung district. Phu Luu village is divided into many villages, currently in the North village there is a shrine to worship 4 generals of the Dinh family (the son of General Dinh Cong Doan and brother of Queen Tinh Nuong). General Dinh Cong Doan was originally a general of the Ngo Vuong Quyen Dynasty (938), but when the Ngo dynasty declined, he went to support Dinh Bo Linh to quell the rebellion of 12 warlords. According to the old history, General Dinh Cong Doan was a talented martial artist who followed Ngo Vuong Quyen and made many merits and was sent to Co Lan (Tay Quan). The story of giving birth to a daughter with a strong water color that made Dinh Tien Hoang “stunned” to decide to establish Queen Dinh Tinh Nuong is recorded in the jade genera, the temple’s miracles as follows: “One night, Lady Do Thi Lan Hoa Dreamed of picking up a golden mirror, after that dream the lady became pregnant. On the 3rd day of the first month of the Year of the Rabbit (955), suddenly seeing the fragrance filling the house, the qi was brilliant, the lady went into labor and gave birth to a daughter, with a long face, phoenix eyes, and a face like chalk. At the age of 5, he already knew the music law, the text had not been taught, he knew the scale, When the government officials let him study for 5-6 years, literature was thoroughly mastered, martial arts were mastered, and the world was hard to defeat on horseback. At that time, the government official Dinh Cong Doan and his wife suffered from bad feelings, and both died on the 10th of October. In the year the brothers presented a petition to the king, the king gave 30 gold coins for a burial ceremony to take home for burial.” . After Ngo Vuong Quyen died, 12 warlords rebelled. In the village of Phu Luu, the five children of Dinh Cong Doan, following his father, stood up to recruit soldiers, build forces at Phu Luu, set up 3 fortresses, and set up 1 fortress at Co Dung site (now Dong La commune, district). Dong Hung) and a post in the Seed area to resist the warlords. The old history records: Encountered with 12 warlords, Tinh Nuong and his brothers participated in setting up a camp, recruiting talented people to defeat. Once inspecting the Ky Bo area, Dinh Tien Hoang traveled far from the land of Co Lan, saw Tinh Nuong’s beauty, and established her as Queen Trinh Minh, with the title of Second Cung Phi, the king assigned her to govern the inner palace… Ngoc Pha also recorded that: “Cung Phi became pregnant, gave Dinh Tien Hoang a prince, after giving birth a hundred days, Consort Cung did not get sick and died on October 12”. The king then conferred the title: “The palace is like a bean, Tinh Nuong, the great god, dignified, Trinh Thuc, careful, leisurely and leisurely, Queen”.
Temple of the Holy Mother of Phu Luu village is an architectural and artistic work of wood carving that was restored at the end of the 19th century. According to field documents and descriptions, the temple faces Southeast, including the temple and Tao Xa, Tac Mon, Hoanh Ma, and Water wells. The temple’s architecture in Dinh typeface includes 2 buildings, 7 rooms, and 5 Tao Xa pavilions. The overall construction is closed by the temple, the wall is surrounded by the gate, there is a well in front of the temple door, making the temple exude the majesty and serenity of a place of worship “Mother of the world” and The temple’s architecture is also a “unique” landscape of the ancient Co Lan capital and now Dong Hung district. Also according to the description, the great altar consists of 5 pavilions roofed with dragon scales, a system of square stone pillars standing on the foot of the rock, a wooden fighting team, and supporting seven porches. The stone pillars are sunken, carved with motifs of buttons and strings, and accented with Chinese couplets. Threshold wooden case, double threading, Unique carving. Stairs paved with slate, three levels, with opening doors, 2 windows. The great altar is 9m long, 4m wide, 4m high, five-dot anthology, roofed with roof tiles, and trusses in the style of stacked lotus. In particular, the system of residual heads supporting the seven wooden porches is elaborately carved, with a clam standing on top, leaning on his shoulder to support the trap. The touch is flexible, the channel is very beautiful. On an area of 3 equally divided areas of Y Mon, in the middle is a phoenix embossed, in the posture of spreading wings, stepping on clouds. On both sides are two stylized animals with dragon heads and flowers and leaves. In the harem, there is the image of a dragon shown on the plate, the great letter is 2m long and 1m wide with 3 words embossed: “Quoc Mau Tu”. In the magnetic examination, there are 3 thrones, 3 tablets of the Le Dynasty in the 17th century are quite large and very beautiful, the throne worships the parents of “Mother” Dinh Cong Doan and Do Thi Lan Hoa and the throne worships Queen Tinh Nuong. In the harem of the temple, there is still a wooden statue of a maidservant, a statue of the Queen sitting on the throne and a delicately carved altar. According to folk beliefs, the tomb of Queen Dinh of the Tinh Nuong Dynasty is located in the harem of the temple. The deities and couplets at the temple all have the content: “Phu Luu commune, serving Queen Dinh dynasty”. Later feudal dynasties also had the title “The palace is like a bean, Tinh Nuong Dai, dignified and dignified, Trinh Thuc, careful, leisurely, and royally empress Dowager”.
The throne “Quoc Mau Tu” still preserves many ordinations of the Nguyen Dynasty, and the book of Chinese legends compiled by Dong Cac Nguyen Binh was copied in 1739. Although there are still remains of legends about the resting place as well as The identity of Queen Tinh Nuong of Queen Tinh Nuong (Dinh Tinh Nuong) or Queen Trinh Minh or Trinh Thuc of Queen of Dinh Dynasty has not been clarified, but according to the date of birth and death of Empress Tinh Nuong of Dinh Dynasty, people annually Phu Luu village still holds a solemn festival to commemorate the 5 Dinh cousins who had many merits in the cause of suppressing the 12 warlords to unify the country of King Dinh Tien Hoang, leaving an indelible mark on the land. Peaceful.
Source: Collected internet.