18/04/2014 | lượt xem: 7 in: Chuong Pagoda Chuong Pagoda is situated in Nhan Duc village, Hien Nam commune, Hung Yen province. Kim Chung tu is its name in Chinese scripts. It is said that there was a golden bell drifting to the alluvial plain in Nhan Duc village during a deluge. Many of its surounding villages tried to bring the bell to their localities but only Nhan Duc’s old men could tug the bell to the village. Villagers believed that the God helped them so they built a pagoda to thank the God and a bell-hanging tower. The bell's sound spreads very far. Chuong Pagoda was built in the Le dynasty (In the 15th century) and was restored in 1707. After the restoration, Chuong Pagoda possesses the common architecture of Vietnamese pagodas in the post-Le period. The beauty of Chuong Pagoda's architecture is the well-proportioned and harmonious layout. Next to Tam quan (Three-door entrance) with two storeys and eight roofs, there are a stone bridge and a yard, then Tien duong, Thieu huong (Incense burning house), Thuong dien (Main worshipping house) and two corridors along these houses. Bell tower, plaque tower and nha to (Ancestor-worshipping house) follow next. The pagoda has many Buddha statues, such as Tam The statue (Three Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future), Di Da statue (Amida) and Cuu Long statue. The most outstanding ones are 8 statues of Kim Cuong, 18 Arhats and 4 Bodhisattvas. All the statues are carved with skillful features and sitting in comfortable positions. Their faces feature different gestures. Chuong Pagoda has the "King of Hell's Ten Court Halls" relievo that features the King of Hell’s punishing evils scene. There are also two Buddha caves depicting the Buddha's process to reach the peak of the Way in Buddhism. In addition, there remain many relics, such as horizontal lacquered boards engraved with Chinese characters, parallel sentences, worshipping objects and stone stelae. Chuong Pagoda's most important stele is the one that dates back to the 7th year of King Vinh Thinh (1711) inscribing the pagoda's scenery and the name of contributors to the its restoration. The stele helps researchers find out that the commercial road between Pho Hien and Thang Long passed by Chuong Pagoda's gate; and Pho Hien had 20 wards in the past.
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