Chau Cau Pagoda

20/12/2024 07:30

(BNP) - Chau Cau Pagoda (Co Tien Pagoda), Chau Cau village, Chau Phong commune, Que Vo town, was built a long time ago and was destroyed during the resistance war against the French. Later, the people contributed their efforts and money to rebuild it on its old ground.


Tam Bao (Three-Jewel building).


Inside the main altar.


 


The roofs are softly curved.

Currently, Chau Cau pagoda includes the main architectural works: Three-Jewel building, Mother Goddess house, Ancestral house, stele house, bell house and Chieu Dung Pham Quy Thi's tomb.


 


Bell house.

The Three-Jewel building has the architecture of Chinese “Dinh” letter including Front Ceremonial Hall with 3 compartments, 2 lean-stones, 4 roofs and 4 curved blades.


 


 

The Mother Goddess house is a building with 7 compartments, of which 3 compartments are used to worship the Mother Goddess.


 


Ancient stone stele.


Provincial relic ranking certificate.

Typical artifacts include: 01 Tuyet Son statue; 01 Maitreya Bodhisattva statue; 01 set of statues of the Jade Emperor, Nam Tao, Bac Dau; 02 Dharma Protector statues; 01 Duc Ong statue; 01 Dia Tang statue; 01 horizontal lacquered board; 02 pairs of parallel sentences; 01 incense stick (Chinh Hoa 16); 01 bronze bell (Tu Duc 8); 01 "Co tien tu hau phat bi ky" stele (Vinh Thinh 11); 01 "Hau phat bi ky" stele Vinh Thinh 3; 01 "Hau hien bi ky" stele (Tu Duc 29)...


View of Chau Cau Pagoda.

Chau Cau Pagoda was ranked as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic in Decision No. 1048/QD-UBND dated April 17, 2015.

By T.L