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Second Government (Ong Bon Pagoda)

Second Government (Ong Bon Pagoda)

Nhi Phu temple, Nhi Phu Hoi Quan, also known as Ong Bon Pagoda, is located at 264 Hai Thuong Lan Ong Street, Ward 14, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Name the Nhi Phu because the temple was established due to the contribution of the Chinese -born Chinese in Tuyen Chau and Chuong Chau, Fujian, China. Later, Tuyen Chau established Wen Lang Quan, Chuong Chau group established Chuong Chau Quan Chau (now Ha Chuong). It is not clear what year the temple is built. Currently in the temple still holds a neck bell. On the bell only cast the words "Nhi Phu Dai Ba Cong An Dau in Thu Cat ..." so it is difficult to determine the date. In "Ancient Gia Dinh landscape", Bai Phu describes the Gia Dinh landscape from 1770 to 1815. On a sentence hanging at the Halge of Ha Chuong Association (established after the Nhi Phu temple), the restoration year is the family of Ky Ty in 1809. So this restaurant was built at the end of the eighteenth century. From the above data, it can be said that "Ất Dau" touches the bell in 1765, which is also the year of establishing a temple. Since its establishment, the temple has passed three major restorations in the years 1875, 1901 and 1990. However, the temple still retains the ancient features through the architectural style and traditional decoration of the Chinese - Fujian. The temple campus is about two thousand and five hundred square meters. The yard accounts for nearly half of the area. The remaining space includes church electricity, the headquarters of the restaurant and Thien Tinh yard. The temple has a wooden house, tile roof, brick wall. The façade wall is made of stone slabs. The wooden frame is painted in red, beautifully decorated with lotuses touching the top of the purlin bars under the awning, the wooden unicorn statues of the beam head or the wooden frills touched the horizontal bar ... The roof of the tile, the roof of the roof is a row of glass tiles. The form of the rafters "husband - gong price" makes the temple a bit curved with the design of the two -layer -shaped roof and the top of the roof, the bending blade head gives the temple shape a dragon boat ... on the roof of decorative fish statues of dragon, apricot, lan, chrysanthemum, bamboo, dragon, phoenix ... with colorful ceramics. At the top of the roof, there is a long -bisexual picture. The dragon body does not stretch as usual but almost straight, the tail spread high. Inside the temple is simple but no less solemn. On each high -painted wooden column, it is prescribed with stone foot touches, with one or two couplets. Many couplets are higher than 3 meters high, curved in the direction of the column. Hoanh Phi is also decorated in many places. There are all 14 couplets and 30 diaphragm, mostly made from 1864 to 1901. The diaphragm and couplets are touched around, inside the floating Chinese characters on the floral dragon pattern, water waves ... In addition to the meaning of praising the divine, there is also the value of the arts calligraphy and wood touching art. The altar of Mr. Bon is the righteousness of the god, the god of protection of land according to the Chinese beliefs placed between the main hall. The two sides worship Quang Trach Ton Vuong and Thai Tue Gia. Along the two sides of the world before the main hall are the two temples of the Emperor and the Lord. Hau Dien worship the Emperor Jade Emperor, Shakyamuni Buddha and Quan Am Bodhisattva. The gods and saints are shown by wooden or plaster statues placed solemnly in worship. The most prominent is the worship of Mr. Bon made in 1894. Wooden worship, gold paint, carved topics of Long Tranh Chau, Ngo Dong - Phuong, Lan Chau ... alternating with Dong Tien, Tho, river animals such as shrimp, crabs, fish ... is a work of wood carvings, a precious artifact of the temple. There are also other valuable artifacts such as neck bells made of casting in the year of the Rooster (1765), cast iron bells made in 1875, stone unicorn statues, blue bags, fonts, diaphragms, couplets ... dating back to the 19th century. Nhi Phu Temple is considered one of the oldest temples of Chinese people in Ho Chi Minh City. As a unique architectural work with the art of touching stone and sophisticated wood, the Nhi Phu temple not only shows the exchange of Chinese -Vietnamese culture but also marks the settlement and development of the Chinese Fujian people, associated with the development of the old Saigon. On August 31, 1998, Nhi Phu temple was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as an architectural and artistic monument under Decision No. 1811/1998/Decision-Culture and Information. Source of electronic portal in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City.

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