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Pho Quang Pagoda

Pho Quang Pagoda

Pho Quang Tu complex includes basic architectural works: Three gates - Bell tower, writer's house, Pho Quang pagoda, stele house, Patriarch's house. The three-entrance gate - the bell tower at the pagoda still preserves the ancient architecture in Phu Tho province, with a 2-storey, 8-roof roof system, elegant curved blades, and a roof shaped like a rolling water dragon. Thuong Luong is engraved with Chinese characters: "Hoang Trieu Minh Mang for two decades" (i.e. Minh Mang's 12th year - 1839), the ends are carved in the shape of a lotus flower. On the bell tower hangs the bronze bell "Pho Quang Tu Chung" and the bronze bell are both dated to the 20th year of Minh Mang - 1839. The book Vietnamese Sino-Nom Inscriptions (Hanoi, 1993) summarizes the content of the engraving. on two stone steles at the temple. A stele created in 1628 said that the pagoda was a famous ancient temple that was damaged, so in 1626, the Tin mandarins, Phu Xuyen marquis Nguyen Hieu Dung, Nguyen Van Vi and about 70 guild masters revived the founder. Organizing the restoration of the upper palaces, burning incense, front hall, rear hall, three gates... A stele created in 1634, engraved with the poem Tang Luat 8 lines by Pham Su Manh in 1377 talks about going on tours in this area. Pho Quang Pagoda was built in the style of the letter "Cong", tiled, and has two levels. The upper level pagoda is 10m high, 7m long, has three compartments, and has an entrance door from the Patriarch's house to the pagoda. The lower level pagoda is 16m wide and 13.5m long, including 5 compartments. Pillar stones come in square and octagonal types with decorations similar to that of a leaf. In the middle of the pagoda there is a great painting and two parallel sentences. Pho Quang Tu has architecture in the style of early planting and simple sculpture. The Three Jewels Court includes: Worshiping Hall, Incense Burning and Main Hall. The wooden structural frame with the roof rafters is made in the style of "Gongs are high, gongs are stacked - beams are lowered". Xuan Lung Pagoda currently holds more than 30 statues made of wood and earth, arranged on pedestals. SOURCE: Department of Tourism of Lao Cai province

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