Go back in time to discover ancient relics in Thai Binh
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As a valuable spiritual architecture, for a long time, Dong Bang Temple in Thai Binh has always been an attractive destination for tourists to visit, pilgrimage, and worship. The temple is associated with King Bat Hai Dong Dinh, one of the people with great police, building up the country in the early days.
Traveling to the Northern provinces, especially those in the Red River Delta like Thai Binh , visitors will have the opportunity to explore the massive cultural and spiritual treasure with unique and outstanding architecture such as the Temple of the Dong Bang. The massive temple is more than 4000 years old with majestic architecture located on the ancient river Mai Diem is an attractive stopover for visitors from near and far.
The legend of Dong Bang Temple, the place of worshiping Father Bat Hai
Dong Bang Temple is located in Dong Bang village, An Le commune, Quynh Phu district, Thai Binh province, formerly known as the peach blossom in Son Nam town later called Dao Dong site. This temple is associated with the sacred stories and stories about King Bat Hai. It is said that in the 18th Hung Vuong dynasty, when the country was invaded by foreign countries, although the enemy had gathered powerful soldiers to support, the enemy was too strong. enemy.
In the land of Hoa Dao site at Vinh river estuary, An Le commune, now there is a son of Lac Long Quan and a concubine who has reincarnated and lives in a family here, has returned to the king’s court to fight the enemy. He was with 2 younger brothers and 10 generals, the great mandarin, the Third, the Quaternary, the Article who disgraced Mr. Hoang Muoi … and the cabinet ministers defeated the enemy on 8 sea gates, bringing peace to the country. . After that victory he was named Vinh Cong Dai Vuong. Instead of staying at the court, he asked to return to his hometown to take care of his parents and reclaim and recruit people to set up a coastal hamlet, helping the king to keep the realm.
When Vinh Cong Dai Vuong fell to heaven on August 25 of lunar calendar, people thanked him as “King Cha – Bat Hai Dai Vuong”, King Hung Thuong repaired his palace to become a shrine. tribute.
People say that Vinh Cong Dai Vuong Bat Hai Dong Dinh is very sacred, in the 13th century, when the Nguyen – Mong enemy invaded, Hung Dao Dao Vuong and the generals went to the temple door to pray for the sound, after three times. Great victory, soldiers in the ceiling more strived to embellish the temple door. Later when the border of the young country was expanded, the people built his majestic and monumental temple, which was listed in the ranks of the four ancient scenes.
Architectural works bold spirituality of the North
Dong Bang Temple is likened to a wooden sculpture museum because this work has a massive appearance with layers and layers of bows. Accordingly, the temple has 13 buildings, 66 interconnected spaces with closed design and intricately carved, sculpted hundreds of sentences painted with gilded paint, letters, temple owners about the precious, four precious and divine beings. course full of mythology, fantasy and life.
The temple gate area is designed in the style of a very majestic triple storey, when passing through the three-door gate, visitors will come to the internal main courtyard, this is the place to hold important ceremonial activities.
Temple architecture is a form of post-nail wages with 5 main sanctuaries such as the Quaternary with sophisticated carvings, full of designs, the third is more delicate, simple design inward direction. center. Next to the second bow with a fresh, sharp appearance. The first palace is dedicated to King Bat Hai. Finally, the ban on Dong Bang temple, this is the holiest place in the temple, the reason it is called forbidden palace is the old custom, this is not a place where anyone wants to be able to enter.
The palaces of Dong Bang temple converge all five elements, so they are very sacred, in the middle of the forbidden palace is an old well, it is said that this is the place where Vinh Cong hid on the day of birth, people think that if you use water in this well. can eliminate bad luck and bring good luck.
Dong Dang Temple Festival is famous near and far
August 20 (AL) every year is the day of the Plain of Rivals, this is the time when the temple becomes crowded with visitors from far away eagerly to attend the festival. During the festival, people will hold two main activities: the ceremony and the festival. With the ceremony, there will be the procession of the temples of Mau Sinh, First, Nhi, Tam, Quan Dieu That, Quan De Bat to the Temple of Father Bat Hai. After that, there will be a ceremony to offer incense, open gong, drum dance to celebrate, procession of cards … The festival will be very noisy with folk games, activities such as tug of war, swimming brush, chess, wrestling, cockfighting…
Dong Bang Temple is still a spiritual destination attracting visitors near and far, this place holds a central position in the An Le relic complex and has been recognized as a national-level historical and cultural monument since 1986. For people, Dong Bang temple people are an extremely sacred place for them to return to weights and a jewel in the rice countryside.
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