Phat Tich Pagoda – A thousand-year-old pagoda with the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia

Phat Tich Pagoda – A thousand-year-old pagoda with the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia
Phat Tich Pagoda (also known as Van Phuc Pagoda) – The thousand-year-old pagoda has the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia; 20km from Hanoi, located on Lan Kha mountain, Phat Tich commune, Tien Du, Bac Ninh province.
Phat Tich Pagoda – The thousand-year-old pagoda with the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia – is a historical and cultural relic and ranks 62nd among the special national monuments in Vietnam. This is also one of the temples with the oldest history bearing the imprint of ancient architecture of the Ly Dynasty. In particular, in the temple, there is the largest stone Buddha statue of the Ly Dynasty in Vietnam.

Main gate of Phat Tich Pagoda
Phat Tich Pagoda – a famous sacred temple, is a tourist destination of many tourists from all over the world; It is also the check-in point that many young people love.
Let’s explore the beauty of Phat Tich Pagoda – A thousand-year-old ancient pagoda with the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia.
Stepping through dozens of green stone steps, before entering the temple yard is a bell tower with 2 floors and 8 roofs. The second floor hangs a large bronze bell, next to it is a bronze drum and a large Khanh.
According to documents, Phat Tich pagoda in Bac Ninh was built by King Ly Thanh Tong in the 4th year of Long Thuy Thai Binh (1057) with the original name Thien Phuc Tu. In 1066, King Ly Thanh Tong built another high tower. After the event that the tower fell to reveal the statue of Amitabha with a monolithic green stone inlaid with gold, the temple was renamed Phat Tich and moved up the mountainside to recognize this strange appearance.
Phat Tich Pagoda now has 7 front halls to welcome visitors from all over the country. In particular, the place most tourists visit are the 5 main shrines that worship Buddha and Saint Amitabha. The ancestral church and the holy mother church are also extremely sacred and are visited by many Buddhists to pray for peace.
In the temple, the most prominent is the green stone statue of Amitabha Buddha, meditating on a lotus. The sacred statue is exquisitely carved. Both the body and the lotus-shaped pedestal have a total height of 4.7m, of which the stone lotus pedestal is 1.7 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 0.36 meters high.
The images of dragons playing with each other hidden in the clouds are meticulously carved, showing the feats of skilled craftsmen.
This Buddha statue is a unique sculpture of Vietnamese fine art in general and statue sculpting in particular. This is a unique highlight that everyone remembers when talking about Phat Tich Pagoda.
A special feature of Phat Tich Pagoda is the 27m high Amitabha statue, weighing 3,000 tons located on the top of Phat Tich mountain, which was started construction in February 2007. The statue is made according to the prototype of Amitabha Buddha. inside the pagoda on the special occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi, which has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to the exhibition. This is one of the largest stone statues in Southeast Asia and the first in Vietnam.

Creating patterns and costumes for the giant Buddha statue is a very challenging job. From a distance, you can easily see the majestic statue of Buddha sitting on the top of the mountain.
At Phat Tich Pagoda in Bac Ninh, there is also a very high tower. It is called Pho Quang Tower. The tower is 5.10 m high with very typical colors and materials from the long history of the Ly Dynasty.
Outside the campus of Phat Tich Pagoda, you can see a row of 10 large stone animals kneeling in front of the temple door. These are the largest and oldest animal carving works in our country today, recognized as a National Treasure of Vietnam in 2017.
A set of 10 sacred animals including 5 pairs of horses, rhinos, buffaloes, elephants and lions are arranged symmetrically in front of the corridor of the Three Jewels Court. These are original, unique artifacts, made of monolithic sandstone (except buffalo). Particularly, the ears, horns, and tail are made separate and assembled into the body of the beast by mortise linkage. The bodies of some animals are carved with clouds and soft links.

10 large stone animals

These beasts are included in the Buddhist temple, meaning to protect and take refuge in the Buddhadharma.
The lion symbolizes strength; Elephants are considered spiritual powers; The rhinoceros symbolizes those who persevere until the day of liberation; Horses symbolize energy and strength in law enforcement; Buffalo means natural liberation, in the world of Buddha.

Pho Quang tower
We invite you to continue to explore Phat Tich Pagoda – A thousand-year-old ancient pagoda with the largest stone Buddha statue in Southeast Asia,
This system of stone animals creates the ancient and unique beauty of Phat Tich Pagoda, which is rare for any temple to have. On the other hand, the treasure shows the richness of themes as well as the themes of composition in Buddhist art of the Ly dynasty in particular, and the history of Vietnamese Buddhist art in general.
We were introduced to Phat Tich Pagoda – The sacred ancient temple with famous monuments and majestic works, you understand why the Buddha Temple is a spiritual tourist place that many people love and enjoy. Not to be missed when coming to Bac Ninh.

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