Bich Dong Pagoda

Location: Temple is located in Dam Khe Village, Ninh Hai Commune, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province.
Features: The pagoda was built in typography "Three" on the mountainside Bich Dong.
In 1705, two monk, and the name is Tri Kien Tri Fitness, born in Dong Xuyen, Nghia Hung district, Nam Dinh province twinned met as brothers. Two monks are piety, want to go to many places to spread Buddhism and built the temple. Come, see Bich Dong mountain terrain with stunning and had the temple, so the two monks decided to stop, himself remodel the old temple, go to raise teacher rebuild the temple 3: Lower, Middle and Upper to to lead a religious life.

Climbing 30 stone steps to follow the ridge is up to the temple Shanghai. Pagoda Temple is also known as the East because facing east. In the temple with a statue of Guanyin. Both sides have two shrines temple: the right of Turkish local church, Church of Son god left. Next to the temple there is a water tank called "nectar pool" of Guanyin. From above the temple Shanghai, visitors can see a landscape of Hoa Lu section. In the distance, he saw a small mountain, rocky mountain ranked layers husband called Books. After Husband Mountain is a large mountain Book called Elephant Mountain. 5 surrounding mountains Bich Dong Pagoda is "Ngu Nhac Son" looks like 5 Wing United Sen.Nam 1774 Horse Armor, Lord Trinh Sam visited the temple, panoramic mountains, active, rivers, fields, trees are lush, green pagoda temple as convergence platform should have named Bich Dong pagoda is.

Bich Dong Pagoda is an ancient structure built cherry wood with tile roofs have no line, rounded nose, the corners of the roof are beginning to like the curved sword blade. Bich Dong Pagoda was built in typography "Three" kanji, three buildings are not adjacent, along the ridge three levels, based on how low rising mountain into three separate temples: Lower, Middle and Upper.

Lower Pagoda is 5 times worship Buddha, pagoda-style architecture intended. The roof is two curved roof, the roof consists of 8. Outer space between the great wall hanging "Shen Qing Mao," to speak of the mind is not a prospectus.

Lower the right side of the temple, along the ridge to climb about 80 steps to the S-shaped rock halfway up the mountain to the temple Central Ngu Nhac. This is the temple eaves outward sold, half in the cave, half exposed. Middle Temple has 3 Buddhist church. From left temple Central time through backdoors go forward into the cave, 20 step climb stone steps to the cave is about 6m Min. Year of the Pig 1707, two monks and Tri Fitness Tri Kien has cast a large bell, is still hanging in the Dark Cave. Step into a dynamic beautiful scenery appeared before travelers. The natural stone is washed first created him, her first, small copper, dragon, swimming turtles, eagles ... Near the entrance to the right there are three majestic stone Buddhas, horns. In the middle of the Amida, the right is Manjushri, the left is the Quan Am Thi Kinh Tho and Lao idols of stone, a symbol of immortality longevity etc ...

Bich Dong Pagoda is an ancient, dignified appearance with bold strokes the East. Mountains, and temples were woven, the hidden harmony between the blue giant trees make the landscape even more majestic architecture here, mystical.