Visit Suoi Mo Temple Bac Giang

Nghia Phuong Wards, Luc Nam District, Bac Giang province, VietNam

2022-04-05 16:33:20

Suoi Mo Temple

Suoi Mo Temple includes Lower Temple, Trung Temple, Thuong Temple, located along the Mo stream, all worshiping Princess Que My Nuong, daughter of the 16th Hung King (the embodiment of Holy Mother Thuong Ngan); located in Suoi Mo tourist area in Nghia Phuong commune, Luc Nam district, Bac Giang province. These three temples together with other temples make up the Suoi Mo Temple Complex.

Suoi Mo Temple Festival

According to legend, King Hung Vuong IX had a princess named Que My Nuong with a gentle, kind and gentle personality. At the age of marriage, many kings and princes came to propose, but she refused but only passionate about traveling to nature. She likes to go to Huyen Dinh – Yen Tu valley because of its mysterious beauty, surrounded by forests and mountains, and a mild climate.

Once, on the first day of spring, the princess traveled to Nghia Phuong land, witnessed the land here arid, the people starving, she was very heartbroken, the princess used 5 fingers to press down on each stone. Strangely, a stream of cool water rushed out into a stream, bringing water to the fields. Since then, the land in this area has become fertile and people’s lives have become more and more full.

To remember the merits of Princess Que My Nuong, the villagers named the stream Suoi Mo (or Suoi Mau). Along the two banks of the stream, people built three temples next to each other, namely the Lower Temple, the Middle Temple and the Upper Temple. Princess Que My Nuong was conferred by the people as Holy Mother Thuong Ngan.

At the same time, local people solemnly organize the Suoi Mo festival on two main days from March 30 to April 1 of the lunar calendar. The festival focuses mainly at three temples and around Suoi Mo Eco-tourism Area. The festival consists of a ceremony and a festival.

The part of the ceremony is the procession of the people of Quynh village to bring the palanquin to the Trung temple for sacrifice, then the village of Dum to bring the palanquin to the Ha temple to sacrifice and worship to the Thuong temple to pray for a bountiful harvest, good health, and good health. In the festival, there are cultural exchanges, cheo singing, chau van singing and some unique folk games such as wrestling, cock fighting, chess…

Suoi Mo Temple Festival (Photos collected)

The natural scenery blended in the old vestiges, the Suoi Mo festival has really attracted tourists from all over the country from many regions of the country. They come to Suoi Mo to pray for good things in life, they also come to learn about local customs and habits, to visit and experience the Suoi Mo eco-tourism area.

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Suoi Mo Waterfall (Photo collection)

In addition, according to legend, it was also in this place that Hung Dao Dai Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan together with soldiers and generals made a resounding victory against the invading Northern invaders. Therefore, local people also set up a temple to commemorate his merits; Here, there are relics of Horseshoe Beach, Sword sharpening stone …

The complex of Suoi Mo Temple Historic Site has become the pride of local people, not only having the beauty of the environmental landscape, the natural landscape but also the cultural beauty in the Vietnamese cultural space. . In addition, the special-use forest Suoi Mo eco-tourism area is a tropical forest ecosystem, typical of the Northeast region of Vietnam, where there is rich and diverse vegetation with hundreds of species of plants and trees. wood, medicinal plants, and dozens of species of animals, hundreds of species of birds, reptiles…

Coming to Suoi Mo landscape, the first sight that impresses is the crystal clear water, bending like a silk strip flowing out from the mountain with large stones stacked on top of each other, causing the stream to have many vertical waterfalls and water. flowing with white foam, the stream bed has many artificial baths, surrounded by hills and mountains, with rich and diverse vegetation with hundreds of species of trees, sometimes there is the sound of holy birds. disappointed again.

Everything seems to blend together to make nature, heaven and earth here become peaceful and quiet, giving visitors moments of relaxation, blending with nature in a close and natural way.

About the temples in Suoi Mo Temple

Suoi Mo Community Temple

Ha Temple is one of the three temples with the largest area and scale in the Suoi Mo temple system.

Ha Temple (Photo collection)

Located in the overall architecture, Ha temple has Tam Quan gate – a relic left almost intact through many ups and downs of time. In the past, the temple was built in the architectural style of “Foreign interior and exterior” due to the ravages of time, war and many times of restoration, the architecture of the temple has changed. The temple was built spaciously and beautifully in the late Le Dynasty (15th-16th centuries).

Trung Suoi Mo Temple

Located separately from the residential area, looking back from afar, Trung Temple is located on a piece of land located like an island surrounded by streams and green trees, creating a quiet, mysterious and sacred look for the temple. With the resting place of her head is Ba Bo mountain; The project is the pine forest and the slopes of Giong Khe, according to feng shui theory, this is the land of gathering spirits and the temple is located on the earth “like Son pedal Thuy”. Connecting the mundane world with the holy land is the semi-moon bridge – the only way to the Temple. In the temple of Princess Que My Nuong – Thuong Ngan Thanh Mau and some altars according to mother’s beliefs such as: Tam Toa Thanh Mau, King Cha Bat Hai and Council of Quan Lon…

Trung Temple (Collectible Photos)

At the main shrine, there is also Quan Hoang District (ie Quan Hoang De Nhat, or Quan Hoang Ca – Quan Hoang is the head of the Ten Quan Hoang).

Trung Suoi Mo Temple has a very charming landscape.

Upper Suoi Mo Temple

Different from the Middle and Lower Temples, the Upper Temple does not have a statue of Princess Que My Nuong, but only worships hope.

However, Thuong Temple is an impressive place that attracts many tourists to visit and offer incense because of its unique architecture and location. The temple has only one large space, taking a large rock above as the roof, taking the surrounding cliff as the wall, the three upper and lower surfaces are stone, the whole altar is also monolithic. That affirms that: over the centuries, the Lower Temple and the Middle Temple have changed a lot, but the architecture of the Upper Temple remains the same original design.

Recently, in order to serve the culture, beliefs and spirituality of the people in the region and visitors from all over the world, the temple was expanded in terms of area, scale and built up and down stairs to serve travel.

Suoi Mo Temple (Photo Collected)

Next to Thuong Temple is the newly built Son Trang – Son Trang Ngoc Dong Palace. The cave worships three lords Son Trang, thirty-six Co Son Trang, and Quan Hoang Bay and Hoang Muoi. The cave is decorated with coral stones, flowers and leaves combined with light and mysterious colors, looks very palatial and magnificent, contributing to attracting tourists to Thuong Temple area more and more crowded. .

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