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  2. Trấn Quốc Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    The stone wall at the side of the pagoda has multiple carvings of lotus flowers engraved in the stone. The carvings express the beauty of nature in Vietnam. With its harmonious architecture taking advantage of the watery landscape, the pagoda is a picturesque attraction. The sunset views from the temple grounds are renowned.

  3. One Pillar Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    The temple is built of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 meters in diameter and 4 meters in height, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond. In 1954, the French Union forces destroyed the pagoda before withdrawing from Vietnam after the First Indochina War. It ...

  4. Bái Đính Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple adheres to traditional Vietnamese design aesthetics with its curve finials and corner eaves soaring outward and upward, resembling a phoenix's tail. Artisanal works from local handicraft villages were selected for the interior, with bronze sculptures from Ý Yên , stone carvings from Ninh Van , wood carpentry from Phú Lộc , and ...

  5. Quán Thánh Temple - Wikipedia

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    Quán Thánh Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Quán Thánh), also known as Trấn Vũ Temple (Sino-Vietnamese: Chân Vũ Quán, chữ Hán: 真武觀), is a Taoist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam. Dated to the 11th century, the temple was dedicated to Xuan Wu , or Trấn Vũ ( chữ Hán : 鎮武) in Vietnamese, one of the principal deities in Taoism.

  6. The Complex of Huế Monuments - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Vietnamese Wikipedia article at [[:vi:Quần thể di tích Cố đô Huế]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|vi|Quần thể di tích Cố đô Huế}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation

  7. Thánh Gióng - Wikipedia

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    The people erected a temple to worship him. The Lý dynasty also erected a temple dedicated to him in Cảo Hương village near West Lake. [8] Thiền uyển tập anh has a follow-up to the story: In the Early Lê dynasty, Buddhist monk Khuông Việt travelled to Vệ Linh mountain and wanted to build a house there. That night, he dreamt of ...

  8. Po Nagar - Wikipedia

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    Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam.It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the Hindu goddesses Bhagavati and Hariti, and who in Vietnamese is called Thiên Y Thánh Mẫu.

  9. Trúc Lâm Monastery of Da Lat - Wikipedia

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    The entrance of the temple is somewhat isolated, so there is a direct entrance to the temple with 61 steps or climbing, or the person can go directly past Tuyền Lâm Lake and then climb 222 steps past the triple gated entrance to enter the main courtyard in front of the temple. [1] The temple is located on a plot of land encompassing 24 hectares.