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Location: Situated in Dau Village, Thanh
Khuong Commune, Thuan Thanh District, Bac Ninh Province.
Characteristics: Built in the 3rd century, Dau Pagoda is the oldest
pagoda in Vietnam.
In the beginning, the pagoda was a Buddhist center well known throughout the
country and abroad. At the end of the 4th century, Ch’an Master Vinitaruci gave
lectures and the first Vietnamese Buddhist doctrine was produced there. Mac Dinh
Chi, a mandarin under the Tran Dynasty, enlarged the pagoda in the 14th century
and the pagoda underwent several renovations during the following centuries. In
the pagoda’s yard, there is a three - storey tower called Hoa Phong. In the
tower, there is a large bell produced in 1793, a big bronze gong produced during
the 18th year of the reign of Minh Menh (1817) and statues of Phap Van, Kim
Dong, and Ngoc Nu, followers of the Goddess of Mercy according to Buddhist
legends.
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