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VII. Trấn Quốc Pagoda

Tran Quoc Pagoda is considered the oldest Buddhist pagoda in Hanoi, originally constructed in the 6th century. It was relocated in 1615 to an island in West Lake, where it remains today. The pagoda holds important monk ashes and has been restored many times over its 1400+ year history. Monks have lived and taught Buddhism at the pagoda for centuries. The pagoda's structures and interiors follow Buddhist principles, including worship areas, a sacred bodhi tree, and towers containing monk ashes. It also worships female Buddhas and ancestor statues who contributed to the pagoda.

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VII. Trấn Quốc Pagoda

Tran Quoc Pagoda is considered the oldest Buddhist pagoda in Hanoi, originally constructed in the 6th century. It was relocated in 1615 to an island in West Lake, where it remains today. The pagoda holds important monk ashes and has been restored many times over its 1400+ year history. Monks have lived and taught Buddhism at the pagoda for centuries. The pagoda's structures and interiors follow Buddhist principles, including worship areas, a sacred bodhi tree, and towers containing monk ashes. It also worships female Buddhas and ancestor statues who contributed to the pagoda.

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VII.

Trấn Quốc Pagoda


Tran Quoc Pagoda was considered as the oldest Buddhist Pagoda in
Hanoi, located on a small islandnear the southeastern shore of the West Lake.
It was originally constructed in the 6th century during the reign of
Emperor Ly Nam De (544-547) on the shore of the Red River. When
founded, the pagoda was name Khai Quoc (National Founding). In the 15 th
century, under the dynasty of Le, it was named Tran Quoc. Because of the
river’s encroachment, the pagoda was relocated in 1615 to Golden Fish islet
of West Lake and settled there until now. There is a small CAUSEWAY links
to the pagoda which is curved and delicate.
Because it has been existed for a long time, over 1400 years so it was
restored many times. The last major repair was undertaken in 1815. The main
sanctuary, reception hall and POSTERIOR hall of the dead were renovated.
The pagoda holds the important monk’s ashes. The pagodas are red because
in Chinese and Vnese culture, red symbolizes luck and properity.
Monks have lived at the Trấn Quốc Pagoda for centuries, teaching the
ways of Buddhism to the public. Before the visitors start arriving, the monks
pray at the multiple shrines spread around the grounds. Monks do not get
married and therefore do not live with families at the pagoda. Over the years,
the temple was variously named An Quoc (Pacification of the Realm) and
Tran Bac (Guardian of the North) as well.
Like most other pagodas in Vietnam, the structure and interior of TQP
has sequences and strict principles of Buddhism. Consisting of many layers
of houses with three layer: Tien Duong (front house), Thieu Huong (offering
area), Thuong Dien (Budha hororing house). They connected into letter Cong
in Chinese. “Cong” means “male, work, bussiness”.
In the Budha worshiping area, there is a budhi tree given by Indian pre
in 1959, it was a branch of the original bodhi tree in India under which the
Budha sat and get enlightment. It was considered as a sacred tree and a
residential area of Gods and homeless spirit.
The main hall is the place for worshiping Budha gods. Budhism was
introduced to Vn very early and played an important rule. In 11 th century, it
was chosen as the national religion in VN. Now VN is a non-religious country
but Budhism is still the major religion accounts for 12% population.
In the courtyard of the Front house, there is a towers garden, Under
each tower is the ash of monks. Behind are many ancient towers built during
18th century. The highest tower was 11 floors, 15m, built in 1998. Each floor
has 6 doorways, each of which has a statue of Amitabha Buddha made of
gemstone. On the top is 9-storey lotus made of gemstone as well. Each floor
has got 6 statues so totally, there are 66 Buddist statues stand for 66
comandments of Budha.
In the Trấn Quốc pagoda they also worship female Buddhas, known as
the "Mothers". Mother Godess worshiping is a belief in Vietnam and it
appeared in VN very early. They honored 3 or 4 female gods represent for
heaven, earth, mountain and river. They believed that each area was under
control of a Mother Godess. Besides the statues of Mother Godess, there is a
systerm of ancestar’s statues who had a great contribution to TQ pagoda. It
reflects a beautiful tradition in VN: Drinking water, remember its source.

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