Travel Thay Pagoda - Tay Phuong Pagoda at the beginning of the year departing from Hanoi, visitors will visit the two most famous temple in Hanoi. Thay Pagoda and Tay Phuong Pagoda are two temples that have great cultural values and history, two of which are tourist attractions of Hanoi.

Thay Pagoda is also known as "Thien Phuc Tu" in Sai Son commune, Quoc Oai district, Ha Tay province, now Hanoi. Nui Son Mountain is named Thay, so the temple is called Thay Pagoda. Legend has it that the temple was built in the Ly dynasty. This is the place where Zen master Tu Dao Hanh, who had great contributions in teaching and healing to the people, founded the water puppetry.


Thay Pagoda has three parallel courts, the outer court is called the pre-temple or the Lower Pagoda. The central court is the central or central temple, the upper court is the upper hall, worshiping the reincarnation of Master Tu Dao Hanh, expressing the three "lives" of Tu Dao Hanh: Sang, Buddha and King. Behind the pagoda there is a bell tower, empty floor. In front of the temple is a large yard overlooking Long Chieu Lake.

Leaving Thay Pagoda, visitors will visit Tay Phuong Pagoda. Tay Phuong Pagoda also has the same name as Sung Phuc self, located on Tay Phuong mountain in Yen village, Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, 40 km northwest of Hanoi. The temple was built around the 8th century and is considered the second oldest pagoda after Dau pagoda in Bac Ninh. Tay Phuong Pagoda Festival takes place from the 6th to the 10th of the third lunar month.

Not only with its unique architecture, Tay Phuong Pagoda is also home to the unique works of religious sculpture including sculpture, reliefs and statues. Most of the leopards, antique paintings, arbor, longboard ... made of wood in the temple are the hands of artisans carved the familiar image of the Vietnamese people such as: strawberry leaves Daughter, dragon, phoenix, tiger ... The author of these sophisticated sculptures are the village carpenters in the General Zone, the traditional village of Changshan - famous carpentry village. most of the time Doai.


The most prominent feature of Tay Phuong Pagoda is the statues. In the pagoda, there are more than 70 statues along with the bas-reliefs, mainly carved with gold-plated jackfruit, such as the Three Buddha statues, the Tam tan statue, the Tuyet Son statue, the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue , Bodhisattva Van Thu, Pho Hien Bodhisattva statue, ... Many pho are carved higher than real people like 8 statues Diamond and Dharma Protector, about 3 m high, dignified. Most of these statues are considered as dating back to the late 18th century. Some of the statues were carved in the mid 19th century.

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