Thien Mu Pagoda, also known as Linh Mu Pagoda, is an ancient temple located in Hue. A symbol associated with the image of Thien Mu pagoda is Phuoc Duyen tower. Thien Mu Pagoda has long been a popular tourist destination for spirituality in Hue. This temple not only has a beautiful ancient architecture but also attracts the mysterious stories behind it. Compared with temples in Hue, Thien Mu Pagoda was built with the bold ancient architecture of the ancient capital. If you look down from above you will see the temple has a shape like a turtle. Around this ancient temple is surrounded by stone formwork. The front overlooking the poetic and peaceful Perfume River, above, you can see the beauty and mystery of Thien Mu Pagoda, if you want, in the future you can visit this wonderful temple
Thien Mu Pagoda is located on a hill of Ha Khe on the bank of Huong River, about 5km from Hue city center. According to the legend, when Lord Nguyen Hoang walked along the banks of the Huong River, examining the terrain here to prepare a great fortune, building a village overlooking Ha Khe hill with a dragon-shaped earth turned and looked back. to build a temple on the hill towards the Huong river and named it "Thien Mu". In the year of Tan Suu 1601, Thien Mu pagoda was officially started construction under the reign of Tien - Nguyen Hoang, in the period of 1691 - 1725, the pagoda was built on a larger scale and restored with many massive architectural works such as: Dai Hung Palace. , the Theory house, the Tang Kinh floor, ... there are many works that cannot be kept to this day. In 1844, the pagoda was reconstructed with Phuoc Duyen octagonal tower and Huong Nguyen communal house. The historic storm in 1904 destroyed the pagoda with many damaged works until 1907 to be rebuilt but not as before. Through many phases of architecture and restoration, today the pagoda still retains many large-scale and massive works and many valuable antiques such as Buddha statues, non-parallax panels. Phuoc Duyen Tower becomes the symbol of Thien Mu Pagoda, the 21m high tower consists of 7 floors, each floor has a Buddha statue. The Tang Kinh floor is home to 1000 sets of Buddhist scriptures that the Lord gave people to China to buy. The temple grounds are quite large, clear and airy with flower gardens, rockery, a series of stone steles inscribed on the history of the construction of the pagoda and poems of the king, especially the poem "Thien Mu common. bar "composed by King Thieu Tri is placed at the gate of the pagoda. There is no doubt that Thien Mu Pagoda is considered the most beautiful temple in Hue in particular and in general, this place not only has the spiritual meaning of worshiping Buddha, but has become the place of the Te Dat altar under the Western dynasty. Paint. At Thien Mu pagoda, there is also a relic of the late Venerable Thich Quang Duc's car, which is left after setting a self-immolation fire on the way to protest against the persecution of Buddhism.
