1.Guide to Trung Do Temple
Trung Do Temple in Bac Ha, Lao Cai
Trung Do Temple is located in a valley of Trung Do village, Bao Nhai commune, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province. From Hanoi, you have to take a train or bus to Lao Cai and then take a car to Trung Do temple from here.
Taking the train from Hanoi to Lao Cai takes about 8 hours with 1 sleep, the fare is about 540k/round trip. You should choose a trip late at night, get on the train to sleep for a while and be in Lao Cai tomorrow morning.
You can also take a bus to Lao Cai with a ticket price of about 200k/ticket. Traveling by bus will be cheaper, convenient and time-saving (about 6 hours) a little more, and you can also enjoy the scenery along the way.
2. Explore Trung Do Temple
The terrain of Trung Do temple has mountains and rivers, in front of the temple is the confluence of three streams: Nam Thin (also known as Nam Thien) and Nam Khon stream valley in the North and East with Chay River in the West. All make the temple look majestic and solemn. In 2008, Trung Do Temple was recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as a national historical and cultural relic.
Trung Do Temple – a national historical and cultural relic
Due to the ravages of weather, harsh climate, and history, the main temple is now just a thatched roof with three main worship halls. The nave is the place to place the altar to worship Tam Dai Vo (as the locals call it, Tam Dai Vo means three generals) that is Vu Van Mat, Vu Van Uyen and Hoang Van Thung) In which worship is in the main position. In the middle is Quoc Cong Vu Van Mat, on the left and right are two generals Vu Van Uyen and Hoang Van Thung. In the other two altars, they worship the generals of the gods in the main altar. The right altar has 10 incense bowls, the left altar has 7 incense bowls. These 17 incense bowls represent 17 generals, according to the legend of the people here, these generals fought and died heroically with Mr. their.
Statue of National Duke Vu Van Mat at Trung Do Temple
Trung Do Temple has existed for more than 300 years, the temple has been with the land and people here through many ups and downs of history and has been destroyed a lot, so it is no longer the original state. But the vestiges and constructions left over such as the stones supporting the foot of the pillars, bricks and tiles, the quintessentially carved stones… are enough to prove a golden age.
The main altar of the temple shows solemnity
Trung Do Temple holds many priceless antiques dating from the 18th century. Due to the ravages of time and war, many antiques have been lost or damaged. Currently, in the temple, there are 28 boulders carved with delicate and unique motifs such as people, apes, and peacocks. There are also 20 extremely valuable porcelain incense bowls.
A corner at Trung Do temple
Although it is not a big architectural work, Trung Do Temple has its own beauty, beauty of spirit and spiritual values.
Not only is it a sacred temple, it also preserves the cultural space of this land. Every year, on the full moon of the first lunar month, the people of Trung Do hold a very solemn festival, both showing the cultural beauty and making the temple more majestic and sacred. The festival is organized at the commune level and once every 5 years at the district level. Consists of 2 parts: the ceremony is held according to local traditions and the festival part is cultural activities, folk games such as throwing bamboo, tug of war, pushing sticks, spinning…
Festival at Trung Do Temple
Coming to Trung Do village, you can not only discover the spiritual beauty at Trung Do temple, but also have the opportunity to discover many other cultural and historical beauties such as communal house, Trung Do ancient citadel, Nang Nien rice tree, and the island. swearing stone, stone turtle, lotus pond…
3. Discover more interesting things when coming to Trung Do temple
Visiting Trung Do Temple, you will enjoy many Bac Ha specialties such as Thang Co, five-color sticky rice, sour noodle soup, men men, Ban Pho wine… the dishes are rustic but full of flavor of the mountains and forests. Northwest.
After visiting Trung Do Temple, you can discover more interesting places right in Bac Ha. The first is Hoang A Tuong’s Palace, a unique architectural work combining Asian-European styles, once the most powerful and powerful villa in the Northwest. On weekends, Bac Ha market is a place not to be missed, this is both a place to exchange goods and show the cultural identity and daily life of the people here. You can also visit Ban Pho – a place famous for Ban Pho wine of the Mong people, Tien cave, Bac Ha temple…
Hoang A Tuong’s Palace
In addition, you can explore extremely unique and special festivals such as the Bac Ha horse racing festival held around May – June every year, the Tay people’s Land and Water procession festival (full moon in January). ), Ta Chai Xoe dance, Say San festival…
Source: Collected internet.