Do you know the difference between Tran Nam Dinh Temple and Tran Thai Binh Temple?

Do you know the difference between Tran Nam Dinh Temple and Tran Thai Binh Temple?

During the Tran Dynasty, our country did not distinguish between Nam Dinh and Thai Binh as it is now. History books record: If Tuc Mac, Thien Truong, Nam Dinh province was the place where the ancestors of the Tran dynasty chose as the initial settlement, the land of Hung Ha, Thai Binh province was identified as the place of start-up, the place of discovery of Tran Dynasty nearly 800 years ago. In Tam Duong, Tien Duc commune, Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province, the remains of ancestors of the Tran dynasty are kept. In Thai Binh, Tran Temple Festival will be held from January 13 to 18, and in Nam Dinh from January 14 to 15 of the lunar calendar.

At Tran Nam Dinh temple, there is a ceremony to open the seal of King Tran, and at Tran Thai Binh temple, there is no ceremony. But in Thai Binh, there will be a ceremony to worship. The reason is because in Thai Binh there are 3 tombs of the first 3 kings of the Tran Dynasty. This is considered to be the restoration of the rituals of the Tran kings in the past, before making big events, they all came here to perform the ceremony of paying respects to their ancestors.
The overall area of ​​Tran Thai Binh temple relic site is 22 hectares. On an area of 5175m2, the temple of the Tran kings and the temple of Saint Tran Hung Dao were elaborately built, majestic and majestic, located on the ruins located in the center of Tien Duc commune, including the following items: Courtyard. ceremony; The four-pillar three-way gate has a wide roof; Bai Duong court has 3 rectangular compartments and two wings with a scale of 22.5m long and 12m wide. The Palace Court has a “Ding” shaped layout, including 2 8-room buildings on an area of 359m2; the two houses of the Five-room Exposition; the temple yard has an area of 830m2, erect a flagpole 8m high; two lotus pits and symmetrical brick embankment on both sides of the temple with an area of over 300m2. There are also exhibits of Tran Dynasty artifacts, a stele house and a monument to the Victory against Nguyen Mong. In front of the temple area for Tran kings and Tran Hung Dao temple are three large tombs that have been restored and embellished. It is the tomb of the first 3 kings of the Tran dynasty, Tran Thai Tong, Tran Thanh Tong and Tran Nhan Tong – like 3 mountains located in the field of Tam Duong village. Tran dynasty in Thai Binh is still preserved.

Tran Nam Dinh Temple is a relic complex consisting of three works: Thien Truong Temple, also known as Thuong Temple, Co Trach Temple, also known as Lower Temple, and Trung Hoa Temple. All three of these works are built according to a common architecture, of equal scale. Each temple consists of: the front hall is 5 compartments wide, the middle street is 5 compartments wide, and the main hall is 3 compartments wide. The front and middle halls are connected by sutras and two left and right compartments.
Thien Truong Temple, also known as Thuong Temple, is located in the center of this relic. The temple was built on the foundation of Thai Mieu and Trung Quang palace of the Tran family. Trung Quang Palace is the place where the emperors lived and worked in the past. The architecture of the Thuong temple is designed to include the front, middle, etc. Tien Duong is a place to worship the tablets of mandarins who have contributed to the Tran Dynasty with 14 tablets of 14 kings of the Tran Dynasty and their wives. other people and queens. Co Trach Temple: Commonly known as Ha Temple, is located in the East of the Tran Nam Dinh Temple relic site. With the front street to worship 3 trusted generals and Tran Hung Dao statue including 4 sons, Pham Ngo, Nguyen Che Nghia and Pham Ngu Lao, etc. Trung Hoa Temple: This temple is located in the western position of the relic area. Tran Nam Dinh Temple. The temple was built and restored in 2000 on the ground of the old Trung Hoa palace – this is where the emperors visited the emperors. In the temple are displayed 14 bronze statues of 14 kings of the Tran Dynasty in the middle and main hall. In addition, the incense burning court is the place to place the tablets of the mandarins with meritorious services to the country … belonging to the Tran Dynasty.
In addition to the water procession like at Tran Nam Dinh Temple, at Tran Thai Binh Temple there is also a contest to make a fish meal. The origin of the fish contest at Tran temple is held to remind people of the old days when the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty lived mainly by fishing.

From this sacred land, the Tran Dynasty developed the royal career. The customs and psychology of our Vietnamese people, past and present, many people always have an earnest wish: when they close their eyes, they can return to their father’s homeland and ancestral land so that their graves will be forever looked after by their descendants. nom. Although today, although science has developed to its peak, there are still many phenomena that we often call spirituality that have not been fully explained.
For Vietnamese people who love their country and have a heart for their ancestors, we cherish the nation’s history with 4000 years of history of formation, construction and development. We have the opportunity to attend festivals at Tran Nam Dinh Temple and Tran Thai Binh Temple.

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