Truc Lam

Location: Truc Lam Tuyen Lam lake located on the Phoenix Mountain, Ward 3 Da Lat City.
Features: This is the largest temple, the most superficial in Dalat today.
Thich Thanh Temple by building from scratch From the 90s, officially started construction on 04/08/1993 and inaugurated on 08.02.1994. Monastery has an area of ​​24.5 hectares; is divided into three separate areas designed with the participation of renowned architect Ngo Viet Thu (who designed the Reunification Palace - now the Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City).
 
The busiest time, the monastery has thousands of monks and nuns, Buddhists to attend meditation. This is a research monastery largest Zen in Vietnam today with the aim of restoring Zen Vietnam (available from the Tran dynasty). Every day, the monks meditate 3 times a day, each time 2 hours and the first time since 3am.
 
Also significant is a large temple, a Zen hospital, Truc Lam is also an ideal places for visiting the highland city by a well-organized and quite beautiful location - overlooking the lake Lam, Elephant mountain. In addition to this large temple, Da Lat has dozens of other smaller temples such as Linh Quang (Ngo Quyen), Truc Lam (Pham Hong Thai), Ngoc Tin (Suong Nguyet Anh) ... but when combined can give visitors a tour of belief - learn the unique architecture.