Dai Lai village’s pagoda

25/03/2020 08:22

(BNP) - Dai Lai village’s pagoda (Jade Emperor Pagoda or Ngoc Hoang pagoda) located in the east of Dai Lai village, Dai Lai commune, Gia Binh district, was built on a large scale at the beginning of the XVIII century with many construction items. As ruined by time and war, the pagoda has been repaired many times. Until now, the Triple Gems (Tam Bao) and Upper Hall (Thuong Dien) buildings still remain Nguyen Dynasty architecture.

Dai Lai village pagoda.

Triple Gems consists of 7 rooms made of Lim wood with gong rack style architecture, tile roof, brick gable. There are a system of square doors in front of the middle room and 7 statues on both sides of the Triple Gems’ gable which are carved out of green stone from the XVIII century. The top of the Triple Gems is hung with Horizontal lacquered board system.

Connected to the middle room of Triple Gems is Upper Hall with traditional structure. Behind the Upper Hall are 5 rooms for worshiping Mother Goddesses which have been repaired recently. In the East of the pagoda area, there is a system of auxiliary houses and Abbot altar newly restored in 1996.

Currently on the ceiling of the Triple Gems still records the time of erecting the Pagoda on October 11, 1916 during the reign of the 1st King Khai Dinh by ancient Chinese language.

The pagoda also kept a pair of stone crocodiles, 3 stone steles carved in 1711, 1773, 1867, a stone incense tree carved in 1737, a bronze bell cast in 1797. There are also have some other valuable exhibits.

With its basic values, on March 10, 2003, Jade Emperor Pagoda was recognized as a Provincial Cultural and Historical Site by the Provincial People's Committee.