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Bac Ninh is a tourist destination in Bac Ninh City (Bac Ninh Province in the Red River Delta region). It is about 3 km from the center of Bac Ninh Province.
Khuc Toai Pagoda is located near Duong De Street, Khuc Xuyen Commune, about 2km west of Bac Ninh city center. Khuc Toai communal house was built a long time ago, but under the Nguyen Dynasty it was restored and expanded on a large scale. On the first sentence of the Tien Sa court, there is still the original Chinese script engraved with the year of restoration “Duy Tan Quy Suu Nien” (1913). Khuc Toai Pagoda’s communal house not only has beautiful scenery, but also stands out with historical, traditional cultural and artistic values.
Location: Dike road, Khuc Xuyen, Bac Ninh
THE TRADITIONAL CULTURAL STORIES AND HISTORY OF CHAU KHUC TOI KEEP IN TRADITION
The most famous is the oldest bronze bell in Kinh Bac with the pagoda’s name inscribed with the date of Phuc Thai 6 years 1648. The bell body is engraved with Chinese characters and tells about fairy-tale places such as Bao Thien tower, Quynh Lam pagoda, Pho Minh tower, etc. Pha Lai pagoda with Minh song praising the prosperous homeland of Khuc Toai.
Every year, the communal house festival is introduced here on the 6th day of the first lunar month, the pagoda festival is introduced later, on the 14th day of the first lunar month, gathering famous family associations from Kinh Bac. Travelers from all over the world spend time visiting spiritual destinations in the heart of Bac Ninh and enjoy these charming local delicacies.
DISCOVERY HISTORY
Located in the cradle of traditional culture and history, Khuc Toai has long been famous in folklore as a household carpentry village with the phrase “Ma Dong Ho, village wares”. It is also the original quan ho village with famous talented and elegant brothers and sisters… But the history and culture of Khuc Toai has been crystallized and shined in the complex of ancient communal houses and pagodas. of the village. Khuc Toai pagoda communal house is located adjacent to each other into a complex of ancient and solemn relics in the middle of the village, facing the southeast: In front are ponds and large fields of four lush rice seasons.
Dien Phuc pagoda still preserves many precious and rare antiques: system of Buddha statues of Le and Nguyen dynasties; statue of Dr. Nguyen Thuong Nghiem; stone stele, stone incense, stone incense tree; The property is a bronze bell inscribed with the pagoda’s name with the date “Phuc Thai 6” (1648) and this is one of the oldest bells in Vietnam.
On the bell body is inscribed with Chinese characters, the song Tu telling about the fairy-tale places of Vietnam such as: Bao Thien Tower, Quynh Lam Pagoda, Pho Minh Tower, Pha Lai Pagoda and the treasures of “An Nam Four Qi” of famous names. lam fairy on; There is also an inscription of Minh praising the rich and civilized Khuc Toai hometown.
Khuc Toai communal house was built a long time ago, but under the Nguyen Dynasty it was restored and expanded on a large scale. On the first sentence of the Tien Sa court, there is still the original Chinese script engraved with the year of restoration “Duy Tan Quy Suu Nien” (1913). This is a unique and typical artistic and architectural work of the Nguyen Dynasty still preserved to this day.
The Great Communal House has an architectural plan of the style of “Ding-shaped walls, Cong-shaped roofs” with layers of curved roofs gracefully winding by the waterfront and river. The frame of the communal house is built of ironwood, ornately decorated and carved art is concentrated in the Tien Te court.
The old artisans of Khuc Toai craft village with many artistic towers: Emboss, sculpt, break, touch bong showed my creative talent in the communal house. On the architectural parts such as: because the roof, the road, the head, the top, the line, the seven are carved and decorated. The front hall has 2 because the roof of the nave between the structure “stacks” and the tops of the fields are embossed with flowers and leaves with liberal touches. The side compartments have because of the “mad plank” roof, which is embossed with a tiger-faced dragon head with a large convex face, a wide nose, long beard, mane and fierce flying hair.
The image of a tiger-faced dragon is to honor the sacred majesty of the communal house. The residual heads touch the jade dragon’s head with skillful touches. The nave has two guys in front, shaped like two big dragons with full details of the head, body, and tail; but the scales on the dragon’s body make the flower clusters bloom. The two or seven central porches are embossed with the figure of a half-dragon dragon curled up in the clouds admiring the communal house.
The other seven heads are embossed with dragon leaves. Notably, the hammock door in the middle is carved with many topics of Confucianism, Taoism, and Taoism such as: Two dragons adoring the moon, dragonflies, phoenix dances, dragon horses, and bowls, etc. The carving art of Khuc communal house Toai not only shows the talent of the old artisans, but also conveys the dreams of a prosperous and prosperous society.
Along with the value of sculptural architecture, Khuc Toai communal house also preserves many precious antiques such as 20 ordinations of kings for those who are worshiped as “Tam Giang” saints, “Quy Minh” saints, ” Trung Hue”, “Dong Vinh” (the earliest religion is 1730, the latest is 1924), 3 stone steles dating to Bao Dai 3 (1928) tell about the restoration of the communal house in the Nguyen Dynasty. ; Many ancient and precious worshiping objects such as incense altar, altar altar, altar palanquin, super knife, bowl buu, palanquin bowl tribute are unique works of art of the Le and Nguyen dynasties.
Next to the outstanding values of sculpture architecture and antiquities, Khuc Toai pagoda still has a great value about traditional festivals. Every year, the temple festival on January 14 and the communal house festival on January 6 are the famous “quan ho” associations of Kinh Bac. The complex of Khuc Toai pagoda and communal houses with great values in terms of architecture, sculptures, antiquities and festivals is not only a unique cultural feature of a famous craft village in folklore, but has also contributed to making the typical culture of Bac Ninh’s hometown.
CONCLUDE
Above are some knowledge and experiences of Khuc Toai Pagoda in Bac Ninh City – Bac Ninh Province. Because each person has their own way of seeing, the article cannot avoid shortcomings. We look forward to receiving comments from readers so that we can share and present more knowledge and experiences. Special thanks!
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