Du Hang Pagoda

Location: Located in the city of Yuhang 121, Hunan Ward, Le Chan District, Hai Phong City.
Features: was the most ancient places of Haiphong.
Du Hang Pagoda (Fulin name is self) is built from the Tien Le (980-1009) under the gate old architecture, Buddha, the group, church template, the abbot, monks. Late King Le Dai Hanh has held to this monk sermon, enlightened Buddhist teachings. By the time Chen (1225-1400), the Zen monk organized by Truc Lam Yen Tu Tran Nhan Tong founders also had a relationship with the temple. In the life of King Le Gia Tong (1672) and King Thanh Thai Nguyen Dynasty (1899), the temple was rebuilt, adding steeple. In 1917, the temple was built to add a garden, statues, towers and gardens renovated temple architecture is maintained to this day.

Du Hang pagoda-style architecture with the "Ding", flanked by the promoter, the front gate is very beautiful there. Through the three Buddhist temples will to power 7 buildings with spaces large colonnaded stained lim. Buddha inside the building is decorated by many horizontal image, couplets, sagging door lacquer, brilliantly gilded. Forecourt of the building is decorated with Buddha carved many floating gate array with multiple array hammock familiar themes art style dynasty late 19th century, early 20th century, such as bird tomorrow, five blessings, dragon clouds, box wood carvings depicting the Tang Monk teachers and students on the road to India scriptures. Here is preserved many ancient Buddhist statues value with precision shaping and sophisticated techniques such as the Three, the court Mekong - infant Shakyamuni, household good, but evil, the subject "Cross intelligent power King ", statues of Dharmapala, the Truc Lam Tam ...

The temple has a 3-storey bell tower 5, roof curved sword, hanging inside a large bronze bell with the inscription: "Fulin general order" (temple bell Fulin). From the first bell through the yard, on the right is 5 times the Fatherland, a meal, outhouse and left the post time will be 5 to 7 times forecourt truss construction style gong price. In the front yard there forecourt big top brass put a hun. Five-time Shanghai Electric was also made of wood, with the exquisite carved rafters.

Located on the right side of the gate, the garden of the temple statue was a masterpiece of art with 12 statues were carved, beautifully arranged around a large lake. Most notably gold Buddha statue sitting on a lotus under the Bodhi tree and shady tall Maitreya Buddha in standing posture is placed opposite each other on either side of the lake. Both statues are cast in bronze. Around the lake of the 10 statues carved venerable white stone in the postures and different shapes.

The garden of the temple tower includes 11 towers built of stone and brick, which housed the remains of the monk had died at the temple structure, the patriarch Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen monk and abbot ever at the temple.

Currently, Du Hang pagoda preserves many valuable artifacts such as bells, gong, top brass, decorative ceramic art, bluestone and especially the economic policy Agama Gaya neck of the teaching material is Buddhism for many generations handed down from abbot.

Du Hang Pagoda is not only the largest Buddhist center in Haiphong for centuries but also where the revolutionary activities of the Communist Party of Vietnam pre-uprising period 1945. In 1926, a large number of monks and nuns, Buddhists and students, workers gathered at the temple to make memorial patriot Phan Chu Trinh. After the August Revolution (1945), the temple was the venue for the opening ceremony of the National Salvation Haiphong including enhancing organization "Golden Week" ...

1986, Du Hang Pagoda has been classified by the State historical - cultural national level.