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The Trấn Quốc Pagoda in Hanoi is the oldest pagoda in the city, originally constructed in the sixth century during the reign of Emperor Lý Nam Đế (from 544 until 548), thus giving it an age of more than 1,500 years. When founded the temple was named Khai Quốc (National Founding) and was sited on the shores of the Red River, outside of ...
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Buddhist inscription written in 601 CE in Tran Quoc pagoda In 544, Lý Bí defeated the Liang dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor and named the country Vạn Xuân . At this time, he built the Trấn Quốc Pagoda in Hanoi .
Báo Thiên Pagoda. State historical documents record construction of a 12 or 13 level tower in 1057 with 12,000 Vietnamese pound (7,250kg) of bronze being used to create a bell. [2] The top of pagoda where doors were also made from bronze. The tower was 80 meters high, considerably higher than other structures, but was structurally weak.
Trấn Vũ bronze statue in main shrine of the temple. Legend has it that Quán Thánh Temple was established during the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (reigned 1010–1028) and was dedicated to Trấn Vũ, Deity of the North in Taoism, whose symbols of power are the serpent and turtle (see section on Animal Symbolism below). [1]
One Pillar Pagoda in 1896. During Nguyễn dynasty, the pagoda was restored and rebuilt in 1840-1850 and 1922.. The pagoda was dynamited in 1954. Contrary to what is commonly written, it was not destroyed by the French, but by a Vietnamese Lieutenant of the French Army who was severely punished.
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