One-Pillar Pagoda #23

The One Pillar Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Một Cột, formally "Diên Hựu Tự" , which litterally means “long lasting happiness and good luck”) is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

"One-Pillar" Pagoda Hanoi

The pagoda is open daily from 08:00 a.m to 05:00 p.m. Entrance is free

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The unique pagoda is located in the western part of the city, near "Hồ Chí Minh" is Mausoleum, Ông Ích Khiêm St., Ngọc Hà, Ba Đình District, Hanoi.

"One-Pillar" Pagoda Hanoi

Chùa Một Cột - Copy

The temple was built by Emperor Lý Thái Tông, who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the court records, Lý Thái Tông was childless and dreamt that he met the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who handed him a baby son while seated on a lotus flower. Lý Thái Tông then married a peasant girl that he had met and she bore him a son. The emperor constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049, having been told by a monk named Thiền Tuệ to build the temple, by erecting a pillar in the middle of a lotus pond, similar to the one he saw in the dream.
Copy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Pillar_Pagoda

Chùa Một Cột trước khi bị phá hủy

The pagoda stands on one pillar in the middle of an artificial square lake. In the season, the lake is covered by lotus flowers. The pagoda itself is wooden and about 3 x 3 meters. Inside resides a statue of Quan Âm. In the course of its 1000 year history this pagoda was destroyed – and rebuilt - many times. The French occupation army last destroyed it shortly before quitting Viet Nam - with a concrete pillar instead of the original wooden pillar.

Chùa Một Cột sau khi đã tu sửa

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