Vinh Trang Pagoda

Location: Vinh Trang Pagoda is located on Nguyen Trung Truc My Phong Commune, the center of the city of My Tho, Tien Giang about 3km.
Features: Vinh Trang Pagoda is the largest Buddhist temples in Tien Giang Province, ranked historical - cultural national appearance in 1984. Temple brought mixed Asian architecture in Europe.
Ancient Vinh Trang Pagoda which is only a small temple, thatched mud by Bui Cong Dat district chief vows to build on the early 19th century to move mental care after retirement. When he meets part, campaigning monk Hui Facebook followers built a grand monasteries, in the style of Giac Lam Pagoda in Gia Dinh, but bigger than the 178 pillars, two provincial disaster yard, home and class 5 completed in 1849 with the name Vinh Truong, comes from two couplets: "Eternity of mountains and rivers / N Where heaven and Earth Qi." Neighborhood residents hitherto known as Vinh Trang Pagoda. 1907, Venerable Tra Chanh Hau hall for repair parts, mixing both architecture Asia - Europe. In 1930, the Venerable Ming Dang for comprehensive renovation to the temple may look like today.

It was built in the form of the word "National" of kanji, but as the Chinese pagoda Vinh Trang pagoda-style patterns with the Renaissance, Roman-style arches, iron cotton French style, background tiles lining Japan. Particularly written kanji style ancient seal script, also written script Gothic style letters. External overview, temple architecture is the interface between Asia and Europe in a strange but harmonious. However, inside the temple architecture still bold architecture Vietnam traditional sculpture.

The temple consists of four successive items (cash hall, main hall, the organizers, the rear), an area of ​​14.000m², 70m long, 20m wide, built of cement and precious wood, casting platform 1m high, pulse round solid wall. Particularly the front of the street was built in the style of European harmonization - Asia with slender columns, curved arches and colorful patterns. Go inside you will see a yellow sheen on the reliefs are Steel, on the Buddha statue. More notable is the double dragon pillars of the temple which, it is rounded to the pillars, wooden precious architectural style "down from the upper receiver."

Inside the temple which follow the style and the Chinese team but retains Vietnam architecture, this house is a connection between two small bonsai in between. Penjing standing on the back view of the Main Hall, the two sides of the bridge, hold the home front, we will see Roman architectural style with rows of brightly colored marble decorated French on the roof, on the cement column style.

Chua also conserving precious object 60, are artifacts of bronze, wood, terracotta; and all the brilliant gilded; including most artistic value of your eighteen Luohan statues on either side of the main hall walls are carved from jackfruit wood in the early 20th century, each about 0.8m tall, the width is 0,58m pillow. This statue by the helmsman (workers) Raw brings together students carved distinctions of the region, is the culmination of sculpture art in the area round of the Mekong Delta. Each Arhat riding a beast, holding precious senior, senses symbolizes that the Buddha's teachings known as "bases" (eyes, ears, mouth, nose, body and mind, in three time past, present and future).

The temple has three bronze statues (Di Da, high 98cm, High Strength Quan and 93cm) is created between the 19th century; seven of which lam gorgeous gilded carved inconvenient, sun god and god of the Moon, by local artisans elaborately carved around 1907-1908. In addition, there is a bell named Dharma Bell 1.2m tall, weighs about 150kg were cast between May 1854 engraved on the body, "Vinh Truong Tu". Unfortunately, the bell no longer used because the water is long lost in time.

In more than 20 current Buddhist paintings very valuable fishery. Although Chinese influence but picturesque drawings with bold folk Vietnam, in the "apricot, orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo," Vietnam landscape very poetic. It is the work of Long Giang sketch lay 1904. The horizontal image, couplets temple carved gilded braille as the "Golden electrical weapons" were carved from 1851 until now is still pretty nice.

Unlike any of the three other important temple, the two ports Vinh Trang pagoda built ancient style floor tiles and pieces of chinaware, porcelain with iridescent colors themed "dragon, unicorn, rules, serve "," fishing, pepper, broth, the "birds and flowers Buddhist historical references, shows workmanship gifted talented workers. The temple has a raised structure in the roof, symbolizing the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) under the concept of the east.

Around the temple are the types of plants grown garden fragrant grass, the taste fragrant lotus ponds and ancient trees shade cover to cover, creating great harmony between the natural landscape with the architectural space , causing more ancient temples, majestic architecture. Prominent among gardens are statues of Amitabha Buddha 24m high (6m pedestals, statues 18m). White object, describing Buddha standing in it