Photos of Hung Yen province
Chuong pagoda
Chuong pagoda (Bell pagoda) is located in Hien Nam ward of Hung Yen town. Chuong pagoda was built in Le dynasty in 15th century. Through much restoration, renovation, the pagoda still retains the artistic architecture of Le dynasty.
Not only famous as a spiritual destination in the complex of historical relics of Pho Hien, Chuong pagoda is also a landscape of Hung Yen province, considered as the first landscape of Hung Yen.
Chuong pagoda is also called Kim Chung Tu as it is associated to an ancient legend, in a cataclysmic, a gold bell on a raft from nowhere drifted to the field of Nhan Duc village, considered as a gift from heaven, villagers rebuilt the pagoda with a bigger tower for the bell, every time the bell is hit, the sound went far.
The most notable feature of this ancient pagoda is a system of unique Buddha statures exquisitively crafted from clay, especially Kim Cuong statue with 4 Bodhisattva statures, 18 Arhat statues, all were meticulously crafted, each statue with a pose, bearing different expressions.
Chuong pagoda (Bell pagoda) is located in Hien Nam ward of Hung Yen town. Chuong pagoda was built in Le dynasty in 15th century. Through much restoration, renovation, the pagoda still retains the artistic architecture of Le dynasty.
Not only famous as a spiritual destination in the complex of historical relics of Pho Hien, Chuong pagoda is also a landscape of Hung Yen province, considered as the first landscape of Hung Yen.
Chuong pagoda is also called Kim Chung Tu as it is associated to an ancient legend, in a cataclysmic, a gold bell on a raft from nowhere drifted to the field of Nhan Duc village, considered as a gift from heaven, villagers rebuilt the pagoda with a bigger tower for the bell, every time the bell is hit, the sound went far.
The most notable feature of this ancient pagoda is a system of unique Buddha statures exquisitively crafted from clay, especially Kim Cuong statue with 4 Bodhisattva statures, 18 Arhat statues, all were meticulously crafted, each statue with a pose, bearing different expressions.