Do Temple - The Temple of the Emperors of the Ly Dynasty

Do Temple - The Temple of the Emperors of the Ly Dynasty

Bac Ninh is the land of 'earthly human genius'. Notably, it is worth mentioning that Do Temple (also known as Ly Bat De Temple), a temple dedicated to 8 kings of the Ly Dynasty. Do Temple - The temple of the emperors of the Ly Dynasty.

Do Temple, also known as Ly Bat De Temple or Co Phap Dien, was built in the 11th century (Bac Ninh), 15 km from the capital. Do Temple was built on the ground where King Ly Cong Uan was once crowned and returned to visit his homeland.

According to history books, the villagers of Dinh Bang built a large house to welcome the king. When King Ly Cong Uan died, Ly Thai Tong succeeded his father, he repaired the old house and chose it as a place to worship his father, since then Do Temple has become a place to worship the Ly kings. after glacial.

Do Temple worships 8 kings: Ly Cong Uan ie Ly Thai To, Ly Thai Tong, Ly Thanh Tong, Ly Nhan Tong, Ly Than Tong, Ly Anh Tong, Ly Cao Tong and Ly Hue Tong. Do Temple - The Temple of the Emperors of the Ly Dynasty

Do Temple includes:

To the right of Ngu Long Mon, there is "Removing the capital" which is assembled from 214 Chinese characters made of Bat Trang ceramics

Through the Three-way Gate of Ngu Long Mon is the Dragon Court. Do Temple - The Temple of the Emperors of the Ly Dynasty

This land, according to Zen master Ly Van Hanh as well as according to King Ly Thai To's view of the sun, is the convergence of heaven and earth, where 8 dragons can worship, like 8 blooming lotus petals. Therefore, the Do Temple was later as an inspiration, only for 8 kings of the Ly dynasty to rule the country.

The photo of the Van Du bowl, 8 strange clouds first appeared on the top of the temple of the 8 kings of the Ly dynasty on the day of the traditional temple festival which took place on the full moon day of March 1997, the festival was at noon at 12 noon. When the gong sounds, the sky is bright and 8 clouds are like 8 fan blades on the top of the temple.

Linh Cung, the place to place the altar to worship 8 kings of the Ly dynasty. At Temple Do worship 8 kings, but according to the ancient architecture of the ancient people, they built the temple with an odd number of compartments to create a balance for the temple, so the Do Temple has only 7 compartments instead of 8 worshiping rooms.

The nave worships the first two kings to reign.

1. The first king was Ly Thai To or Ly Cong Uan. Before King Ly Cong Uan left the capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La citadel, he decided to write a copy of Chieu leaving the capital. King Ly Thai To reigned for 18 years and lived to be 55 years old.

2. Next to King Ly Thai To is King Ly Thai Tong, the eldest son of King Ly Thai To. When King Ly Thai Tong ascended the throne, he personally plowed a pole of a field to perform a net field ceremony for the people.

3. King Ly Thanh Tong. When ascending the throne, we changed the name of our country to Dai Viet to mean that our small country of Vietnam must be on par with Dai Tong in the North. He was the first person to build the first university of our country to train doctoral-level talents, which was the Temple of Literature and later King Ly Nhan Tong continued to build Quoc Tu Giam.

4. King Ly Nhan Tong, the only son of King Ly Thanh Tong and former concubine Ỷ Lan. When he ascended to the throne, he opened the Minh Kinh examination and studied Confucianism first at the Temple of Literature, Quoc Tu Giam. It was he who opened the southern border so that Dai Viet's army and people had a heroic victory against the invaders of the Song Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was only 6 years old, but according to history books, he was the person who ruled the country the longest in the history of feudal dynasties of Vietnam. He reigned for 56 years and died at the age of 62.

5. King Ly Than Tong, the adopted son of King Ly Nhan Tong. He ascended the throne at a very young age, at the age of 13.

6. King Ly Anh Tong, when ascended to the throne, went to the island twice to draw a map for Vietnam and build the first international trading port to exchange and trade with foreign countries, which is the commercial port of Van Don - Quang Ning. He died at the age of 40 and passed the throne to his second son, Ly Cao Tong.

7. King Ly Cao Tong ascended the throne when the Ly dynasty's inheritance fell into decline, war, poverty, and chaos occurred continuously. When he reigned, he was greatly helped by a famous royal lieutenant in the family, To Hien Thanh, so he stood firmly on the throne for 35 years. He died at the age of 38, passing the throne to his eldest son, King Ly Hue Tong.

8. King Ly Hue Tong. When he ascended to the throne, the Ly dynasty's inheritance at that time fell into decline, the court carried the Ly surname, but mainly mandarins and martial arts were brought in by the Tran family, the power was mainly in the hands of a famous Thai monk. Mr. Tran Thu Do. Because of poor health, King Ly Hue Tong soon passed the throne to his daughter, Ly Chieu Hoang, and then he left home to become a monk.

In addition to Thuy Dinh, there is also King Ba Temple (worshipping Ly Chieu Hoang, also known as Dragon Temple).

There is also the Quan Van Church and the most typical martial arts officers are the mandarins: To Hien Thanh, Ly Dao Thanh. Martial officers: Le Phung Hieu, Ly Thuong Kiet, Dao Cam Moc.

Do Temple - a place of cultural preservation and famous art value in Bac Ninh; Ancient space of the ancient dynasty, fully feel the culture and history of the once flourishing dynasty.

We invite you to admire the Do Temple - The Temple of the Emperors of the Ly Dynasty!