Bac Giang has long been famous for many ancient villages, many ancient architectures and many ancient unique features of the culture are still preserved. Away from the noisy and bustling image of the city, Bac Giang province seems to be immersed in its own beauty, the beauty of silence, peace, and gentleness that flutters people’s hearts.
Duc La Pagoda is an ancient temple in Bac Giang. This place also retains the spiritual beauty, the beauty of architecture, the distinct and inherent beauty of an ancient culture. Coming here, visitors will have a feeling of tranquility, a special feeling in this sacred place.
Position
Duc La Pagoda, also known as Vinh Nghiem Pagoda (Vinh Nghiem Tu) is located in Duc La village, Tri Yen commune, Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province, more than 18 km from Bac Giang city. This is a Buddhist center of the country, and a bright pearl in the ancient temple culture in Vietnam.
Characteristics
Duc La Pagoda is a prominent temple and has the most beautiful natural scenery in Kinh Bac. Here the atmosphere is calm, dignified in a brilliant way. This is a sacred spot for tourists and is a special and strong mark of the Northern Buddhist Church, and the Vietnamese Buddhist Church.
The temple is located on a low hill, surrounded by mountains and rivers, so the scenery here is very charming and poetic. Duc La Pagoda has a history of thousands of years, ancient, dignified, but quiet and attracts all the eyes of tourists from far away.
Duc La Pagoda overlooks the river confluence, Luc Dau Giang – Kiep Bac side, Cam Ly area, the gateway to Yen Tu mountain. Surrounding the pagoda are mountains, including Co Tien mountain. Across the river is the royal palace of Tran Hung Dao, Kiep Bac temple. The temple is located in a wonderful place, where the mountains and rivers meet, where people drop their souls into the water, the clouds and the sky.
This temple is the place of practice of many high monks, of which the highest peak is the three ancestors of Truc Lam Zen sect, namely Thuong Hoang Dieu Ngu Tran Nhan Tong, Phap Loa and Huyen Quang. This place carries many cultural and historical values of the country’s Buddhism.
Duc La Pagoda has an area of about 10000 m2, starting with Tam Quan gate, then Tien Duong. Right on the temple grounds, there are still many ancient imprints, of which the oldest is a large 6-sided stele in the year of Hoang Dinh, opposite it is preserved the tomb garden of 8 monks.
The pagoda has a special structure, there are 4 blocks: Buddha pagoda with the shape of the word ‘public’, on both sides there are rows of Ta vu and Huu vu. Each row consists of 18 spacious rooms, where the monks come to settle down every year. This is a large temple with many architectures preserved from thousands of years.
When coming here, visitors will be able to visit, enjoy the art of sculpture, the view of the temple, be immersed in a quiet space, escape the chaos of life. To enjoy a rich vegetarian meal, to be immersed in a sacred place, to love and appreciate the inherent culture of our nation, a sacred beauty, something to be proud of, cherish and preserve. .
Duc La Pagoda is a special journey when visitors visit Bac Giang, the northeastern region of Vietnam. Will not be noisy and bustling like an urban place, Duc La gives people a very personal feeling, a special feeling that cannot be described in words. It will be interesting if we find out and discover it ourselves.
Source: Collected internet.