Hung Yen Mau Temple is a scenic spot in the famous Pho Hien relic complex in the North. For a long time, this temple has always been considered a unique spiritual tourist destination, a place of sacred wishes to pray for good luck to family and loved ones.
About Hung Yen Mau Temple
Mausoleum Hung Yen , also known as Hoa Duong Linh Tu, belongs to Quang Trung ward, Hung Yen city. From Hanoi capital, moving to Mau Temple only goes about 60-64km. According to this distance, visitors can use cars or motorbikes to visit the Temple during the day.
Hung Yen Mau Temple is a famous spiritual tourist destination in the North
The temple also has another name, Hoa Duong Linh Tu
Mother Temple is the place to worship Duong Quy Phi, the last empress of the Song dynasty of China. This is considered a rare feature in ancient Vietnamese temples, showing the solidarity of the two peoples of Vietnam and China. According to historical records, the Hung Yen Mau Temple was built in 1278, at first there was only one room to worship Duong Quy Phi. The Mau Temple was built on the “crouching dragon” position in harmony with the scene of a semi-circular lake on the Red River dike creating a peaceful and peaceful “Son Dieu Thuy” stance.
Mother Temple worships Duong Quy Phi, an empress of China’s Song Dynasty
Legend has it that according to the story of Ngoc Pha – the wife of King Tong De Binh. In 1279, when the Yuan army invaded the Song state, the emperor and his royal family got off the boat and fled to the south. On the way to escape, they were captured by Truong Hoang Pham, a general of the Nguyen Dynasty. Experiencing the interrogation process, the king and his concubines did not submit, so they jumped into the sea to commit suicide. After that, Ms. Duong Quy Phi’s body washed up on the sand and people buried and built a temple.
The worship of Ms. Duong Quy Phi is rare in ancient Vietnamese temples
Hung Yen Mau Temple is located on an area of about 3000m2. Although it has undergone many renovations, coming to this temple, visitors can still feel the long-standing antiquity left on each tile roof, wall or statue. At present, in the Mau Temple, many cultural artifacts of high value are still kept such as: Phung Kieu, 2 palanquins of a long family, a long Kieu, 2 vases of a vase, 2 sets of buu bowls, 2 large incense bowls, etc. many diaphragms, couplets, great characters, and religious orders.
In the Mau temple, many precious heritages are kept (Photo: Linh_ha1011)
Architecture of Hung Yen Mau Temple
The architecture of Hung Yen Mau Temple consists of many layers. The ritual part of the Temple is built quite beautifully according to the architecture of two floors and eight roofs, the arched door includes two side doors and one main door. On the dome, there is a great letter made of blue ceramic pieces with the words: “Duong Thien Hau – Tong Trieu”.
The Gate of Hung Yen Mau Temple
Through the courtyard of the Temple, you will come to a 2-room sacrifice hall with 2-storey architecture with 8 roofs, a flexible curved roof in the style of dragon adoration, roof tiles with dragon scales. In the main hall, there is a double dragon adoring the moon bearing the imprint of Vietnamese architecture. The two sides of the great worship are Quang Han Palace and Luu Ly Palace. According to the story, in the center of Tien Sa Temple of the Mother Temple, there is a golden scribe written in 1896 by Dr. Chu Manh Trinh. This inscription praises the beauty of the Temple and the virginal heart of the Holy Mother. Also at the Tien Te pavilion is placed a palanquin with bowls of tribute imprinted with the sculptures of the Later Le period. Most of the lines on the palanquin are carved very delicately and meticulously.
Architecture at Mau temple
Passing the Tien Te court, you will come to the harem, where there is a statue of Duong Quy Phi with a kind face, besides there are two servants, Lieu Thi and Kim Thi. All worshiping statues are painted with gold gilding. The altar room under the dim light of candlelight, glimmering a bit of incense smoke, brings a quiet and sacred atmosphere for visitors to come and worship.
The atmosphere at Mau Temple brings a sense of sacredness to visitors The sacred beauty at Hung Yen Mau Temple
Stepping through the gate of Mau Temple in Hung Yen , visitors come to visit as if entering the space of Buddha – Saint with peaceful scenery, chirping birds and faint incense smoke. Right in front of the Temple courtyard, there are three ancient tree trunks shading luxuriantly, adding a solemn, quiet and sacred look to the temple. It is known that 3 trunks of the tree existed about 800 years ago, growing on top of each other. Scientists said that there are many ancient trees in the North, but as rare and unique as at Mau Temple in Hung Yen, they have not been discovered anywhere else. The roots here grow to form an extremely stable three-legged tripod, just like Mother’s hand is always outstretched to hug her children back.
The canopy of the ancient tree adds to the solemnity of the temple 
Tourists come on pilgrimage to worship
Many tourists tell each other that after coming to the Mau temple to pray for good luck, pray for good luck, everyone in the house will have health, peace and favorable business. When going to worship at the Mau Temple in Hung Yen, everyone needs to bring a pure “mind” with a good direction, not to be greedy, angry, delusional, selfish.
The Mother Temple is said to be very sacred by the people
Ask for luck at Hung Yen Mau Temple
Mau Temple Festival in Hung Yen
Every year, the Hung Yen Mau Temple Festival takes place from the 10th to the 15th day of the third lunar month. This is a traditional festival that attracts a large number of locals and tourists from far and wide to attend, worship and pray for happiness and good things.
Procession rites
The sacrifice part of the festival took place quite long with the procession going around the streets creating a festive atmosphere that was both solemn and bustling. When the Mau’s palanquin goes anywhere, local people will set up tables and put fruits to welcome her passing.
The festival took place very attractively with many activities such as: cultural performances, singing chau van, competitions and many folk games were recreated such as cockfighting, blindfolded catching goats, …
Opening ceremony at Mau temple
Hung Yen Mau Temple has now become a unique spiritual tourist destination attracting a large number of tourists from all over the world to come to worship, pray for good fortune, pray for fortune, pray for wealth,… If you have the opportunity, visit the spiritual temple. This is the most sacred place in Pho Hien.
Source: Collected internet.