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11 of Vietnam’s Most spectacular temples and shrines (Part 4)
Curious to explore Vietnam beyond its beaches, where Ancient dynasties, Sacred temples, and Forgotten civilizations still Quietly shape the landscape?
7. Bai Dinh Pagoda
This sanctuary of shrines, giant statues and incense-filled pavilions climbs a steep hill to a towering multi-storey pagoda and is easily visited as part of an excursion to the Trang An rivers and mountains. The views from the top of the main pagoda – over a sweep of terracotta temple roofs, pretty Hồ Đàm Thị lake and the rolling hills and karsts of Ninh Binh – are wonderful. Binh Dinh is often touted as the largest temple complex in Asia. It’s not even the largest in Vietnam – that’s Tam Chuc. But it’s nonetheless imposing, especially the huge 36 tonne bronze bell at the top of the main pagoda (more than twice the weight of Big Ben in London) and the 100 m long arhat prayer hall, filled with statues of Buddhist monks sat in the lotus position and gazing out from a state of enlightenment.
8. Tam Chuc Pagoda
What’s most impressive about this lakeside temple complex near Hanoi is the sheer size, with a main arhat hall as big as a cruise ship, stepped pagodas perched on hill tops and dozens of shrine-strewn islands, it covers almost 50 sq km. Even accounting for Hồ Tam Chúc lake – which falls within the temple boundaries – it’s one of the largest religious sites on the planet. Though the temple traces its history to the 10th Century Dinh Dynasty, what you see today is nearly all 21st century. You could spend an entire day here without seeing it all, but the spiritual heart of the complex is the three palaces pagoda, comprising Tam The, Phap Chu, and Quan Am buildings, each dedicated to a buddha or bodhisattva. Each is stunning – topped with swirling gables and with cavernous shrine halls. Phap Chu houses a colossal bronze Buddha weighing some 150 tons, which is the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia; though there are far bigger buddha statues in Myanmar and Thailand.
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