Nghe Temple Hai Phong is an extremely attractive spiritual tourist destination. Where is Nghe Temple located and who worships? Let’s pocket all the experience of discovering Nghe Temple right now!
Nghe Temple historical site – Hai Phong (Photo: Collectibles)
Nghe Temple in Hai Phong is a destination not to be missed in your Hai Phong trip . Nghe Temple is located in the center of the city of red phoenix flowers and is a long-standing cultural and historical relic. Visiting Nghe Temple, you will admire the architectural style of the Nguyen Dynasty in the early twentieth century.
1. Where is Nghe Temple in Hai Phong?
Along with Cao Linh Pagoda and Pho Chieu Pagoda in Hai Phong, Nghe Temple is one of the extremely famous historical sites of Hai Phong in the port country. Nghe Temple is also known as Thousand Temple or “An Bien Ancient Temple” . The location of Nghe Temple is in the Me Linh sub-area and borders two streets (Le Chan street, Me Linh street).
- Address: 53 Le Chan Street, An Bien Ward, Le Chan District, City. Hai Phong
Nghe Temple Hai Phong is a famous spiritual tourist destination (Photo: Collectibles)
2. Who is Nghe Temple in Hai Phong worshiping?
Nghe Temple in Hai Phong is the place to worship female general Le Chan . Her hometown is in An Bien village (now in Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh). She came to the land at the confluence of the Tam Bac River and the Cam River to establish a village and develop mulberry farming, silkworm rearing, and seafood fishing. The female general named this land An Bien (now Le Chan district) to remember her roots.
Le Chan was a talented female general who excelled in the uprising against the invading Eastern Han army of Hai Ba Trung. She fought bravely, made many resounding victories and was crowned by Trung Vuong himself as the “internal military authority chapter” , defending the Hai Tan region (now Hai Phong).
Nghe Temple in Hai Phong worships female general Le Chan (Photo: Collectibles)
3. History of Nghe Temple in Hai Phong
The history of Nghe Temple in Hai Phong originates from the memory of female general Le Chan’s exploits and feats. Le Chan villagers set up a small thatched shrine to worship her located in the land bordering the Cam and Tam Bac rivers. Later, the temple was rebuilt, tiled and tiled.
By the end of the 19th century, the land of An Bien village belonged to the French colonialists (according to the treaty of the year 1874), so the villagers of An Bien moved the Nghe temple to the south to the present location. According to the explanations about Nghe Temple in Hai Phong, in 1919, the temple was built on a larger scale and more superficial.
In 1975, the State ranked Nghe Temple as a national historical and cultural relic. In 2008, Hai Phong restored the temple to make it more spacious.
Currently, Nghe Temple in Hai Phong has been renovated quite spaciously (Photo: Collectibles)
4. Directions to Nghe Temple in Hai Phong
According to Hai Phong travel experience , if you depart from the city center, to go to Nghe Le Chan temple, it will take you more than 30 minutes to move . This distance is more than 15km long . Check out the fastest route:
- From the center of Hai Phong, go to the North 650m
- Turn right, go straight 1.8km
- Turn left onto Dragon Gate Road, go straight 750m
- Turn right onto Luong Khanh Thien street
- Turn right onto Hoang Thiet Tam Street, go straight to Hoang Quoc Viet Street
- Turn right, go along provincial road 360 3.1km
- At the roundabout, turn left onto the 4th exit to enter Truong Chinh Street. Continue going straight through Niem bridge.
- Go straight on Tran Nguyen Han Street for another 1.8km and then turn right onto Tran Duc Canh Street
- Go straight for 1km and turn right onto Me Linh Street, continue to turn right on Le Chan and go another 28m to reach Nghe Temple in Hai Phong.
The way to Nghe Le Chan Temple Hai Phong
5. Visit the unique architecture at Nghe Temple in Hai Phong
Traveling to Hai Phong 2 days 1 night , you should immediately visit the architecture of Nghe Temple! Nghe Temple in Hai Phong was built in the style of the Nguyen Dynasty in the 20th century.
5.1. Nghe temple structure
Nghe Temple consists of three gates , burning incense, worshiping hall, Giai Vu, harem, stele house, where stone horse and stone elephant statues are located . Later, people built more four palaces.
In the pavilion, there are 5 houses supported by 16 ironwood columns and placed on 16 meticulously carved and elaborately carved stones. In the middle of the roof of the house of worship are the lines “An Bien ancient temple” in Chinese embossed very large.
The harem of Nghe Temple consists of 3 houses built higher than the worshiping house. The design in the harem is a 2-storey roof style to create majesty and surface for the house.
The architecture of Nghe temple attracts many tourists to visit and worship (Photo: Collectibles)
5.2. The art of carving on stone and wood – a unique feature of Nghe Temple
Various themes from dragon, lily, Quy, phoenix to pine, chrysanthemum, bamboo and apricot are embossed, submerged and carved with intricate patterns. The roofs and blades of the temple are also embossed with flying dragons, dancing phoenixes, scenes of Hai Ba Trung commanding troops, scenes of Yen Tu mountains…
Nghe Temple up to now still retains many valuable stone carvings such as a large stone stele with a biography of female general Le Chan carved from the Nguyen Dynasty. At the altar, there is a soft embossed stone about the dragon cloud dance. At the incense burning court, there is an elaborately embossed stone collapse of the bird. animals, flowers and leaves from the solid stone block.
The art of special carving on the palanquin used for procession at Nghe Temple (Photo: Collectibles)
6. Nghe Temple Festival in Hai Phong
What to play in Hai Phong ? Discover Hai Phong Nghe Temple Festival now! On February 8, 18 and 12 of the lunar calendar every year, people hold the Nghe Temple festival to offer sacrifices and sacrifices to female general Le Chan.
The ceremony is a sacrifice to remember the merits of the female general and pray for peace, favorable weather, good business. The festival part is traditional fun activities of collective character such as duck catching, martial arts, tug of war, boat racing…
Nghe Temple Festival is held annually (Photo: Collectibles)
If you want to visit the temple in Hai Phong, besides Nghe Le Chan temple, you can visit Nghe Do Son temple. Hai Phong has many other famous tourist attractions such as: Hai Phong numberless pier, Hai Phong Opera House , Bach Long Vi Island , Hai Phong Island, Cat Ba …
Hon Dau island tourist area is extremely beautiful (Photo: Collectibles)
Source: Collected internet.