Mother Au Co Temple in Hien Luong Commune, Ha Hoa District, Phu Tho is a place of worship and gratitude to Mother Au Co, a legendary, sacred, and magical mother who has contributed to the reclamation and opening of the land of the people. ethnic group of all peoples of Vietnam.
The temple still retains the original architecture.
Standing on the top of Van mountain, you can cover a large area of ββcharming mountains. In front of Van Mountain is Hung Mountain, where the Hung Kings are worshiped. Hung Mountain looks like a big dragon’s head from afar, the dragon’s body curves into Troy Mountain, and Twist Mountain is behind. On the left is the Red River, on the right is the Lo River, like two peach silk strips, surrounding the three “To Son” tops in the middle. Behind Van mountain are large hills that are as close as bowls, associated with the legend “Hundred elephants return to the Land of the Ancestors”. The scenery is spectacular and majestic, the land is full of sacred air of the mountains.
The temple was built with the most typeface, five sturdy compartments, built on a high ground.
To Mau Au Co Temple is an architectural complex including: The main temple worshiping the Mother Au Co, the left house, the ha vu house, the stele house, the pillar, the tam quan… designed in a traditional, alternating construction style. and modernity. Patterns on Dong Son bronze drums: Wooden poles with millet stone cutting board, red rustic brick walls, temple roofs with curved blades like Lac birds wings, stone pillars like pen writing on the blue sky… for the people We both feel close to our mother and sacred.
Statue of Mother Au Co (dating about 540 years) in a majestic sitting position on the throne.
In the harem of the temple, there is a bronze statue of Ancestor Au Co. Below is the statue of Lac Hau and Lac General. An old legend has it that: 3 “To Son” tops are places to keep traces of ancestors. Mother Au Co married her father Lac Long Quan at Lang Xuong Cave – Thanh Thuy, returned to Hung Mountain, gave birth to a bag of hundred eggs, which later hatched into a hundred sons. When the children grew up, Father Lac Long Quan took his 50 children down to the sea to expand the country. Mother Au Co brought 49 children to the mountains to earn a living, grow mulberries, herd silkworms, weave cloth to build a life. In folklore, Au Co’s mother is the first mother to give birth to the whole nation.
In addition to the Mother statue, which is a sacred antiquity, the temple also preserves precious wood carvings, statues of lords, dragon thrones, and shrines.
Temple of the Mother Au Co is a great cultural work of our time – built by the descendants of the Hung Kings, aiming to “gather” and “convergence” the culture of “Hung Temple”. Complementing the religious architectural complex in the Hung Temple Historic Site, expressing the affection of our people for the legendary Mother Au Co, the legendary sacred mother of the Vietnamese nation.
Source: Collected internet.