JavaScript is off. Please enable to view full site.

Hanoi-based pagoda part of Asian architectural record

Hanoi-based pagoda part of Asian architectural record

Thursday, October 18, 2012, 12:48 GMT+7

Hanoi’s Một Cột (One Pillar) Pagoda has earned an honorable place in the Asia Book of Records as one of Asia’s most unique pieces of architecture, the Vietnam Records Book Center (Vietkings) reported. The information was officially released yesterday after the Asia Book of Records completed their work related to the recognition on October 10. The pagoda, located in Hoan Kiem District, was built under the reign of King Ly Thai Tong (1028 – 1054). According to the court records, the king was childless and dreamt that he met the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, who handed him a baby son while seated on a lotus flower. The king then married a peasant girl that he had met and they later had a son. The emperor constructed the temple in gratitude for this in 1049. It was named Dien Huu, which means long-lasting happiness and good luck. As shown in its name, the pagoda was built of wood on a single stone pillar, 1.2 meters in diameter and 4 meters tall. It was designed in the shape of a lotus blossom, a Buddhist symbol of purity, since a lotus blossoms in a muddy pond. The pagoda, with its extraordinary architecture and historical values, was classified as a national historic site in 1962. In May 2006, it was recorded in the Vietnamese Guinness Book as the pagoda with the most unique architecture in the country. Recently, Vietkings filed a dossier with the Asia Book of Records for an Asian recognition of the distinctive architecture of the pagoda.

Tuoi Tre

More

;

VIDEOS

‘Taste of Australia’ gala dinner held in Ho Chi Minh City after 2-year hiatus

Taste of Australia Gala Reception has returned to the Park Hyatt Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Vietnamese woman gives unconditional love to hundreds of adopted children

Despite her own immense hardship, she has taken in and cared for hundreds of orphans over the past three decades.

Latest news