As the largest pagoda in Kim Thanh district, in the Muong pagoda campus there are 4 tower gardens with 33 large and small stupas showing the typical architectural styles of many historical periods.
Muong Pagoda (Quang Khanh Tu) is located in a 15,000m2 campus in Ngu Phuc Commune, Kim Thanh District, Hai Duong Province. The pagoda has a scale of up to 120 large and small rooms, built in the style of "inner public, outer private" including the three-door gate, front hall, upper hall, ancestral house, monk's house, corridor, bell tower, gong tower...
Most uniquely, Muong Pagoda still preserves and conserves 4 tower gardens with 33 large and small towers and is the pagoda with the most towers in Hai Duong province.
The tower garden on the right (from the entrance) has 6 towers, mainly built from bricks.
The size and height of the towers depend on the morality and merit of the monk.
The tower garden in the middle of the temple grounds currently has 5 towers, mainly made of stone with typical architecture of the Later Le and Nguyen dynasties.
There is a tower with clear letters on the stone stele, dated to more than 300 years old. Some towers have no date, estimated to be about 600 years old. Currently, no pagoda in Hai Duong can match Muong Pagoda in terms of the number of towers.
The tower garden on the left of the temple grounds is the tower garden with the largest number of towers, with 20 towers, including 7 tall towers and 13 small towers.
Each tower has its own unique architecture, diversifying the largest tower garden of the temple that has existed for more than 7 centuries in Hai Duong province.
The unique architectural features on each tower with ancient inscriptions and patterns typical of each period, mainly images of lotus flowers, clouds...
The tower garden right at the temple gate is the garden with the fewest towers. Elders in Ngu Phuc commune said that during the resistance war against the French, this garden was devastated by bombs and bullets, leaving only two towers.
From around 1980 until now, many items of Muong Pagoda have been restored…
Muong Pagoda worships Buddha according to the Truc Lam Zen sect, and is also the place to worship monk Tue Nhan, who is considered the village's tutelary god with the merit of reclaiming land and establishing today's Muong village.
Preserving many historical values, Muong Pagoda was recognized as a national historical relic since 1992. Every year, Muong Pagoda welcomes thousands of people and tourists to visit, sightsee, and offer incense, especially during the Spring Festival (January 24-27).According to VOV
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