One Pillar Pagoda

One Pillar Pagoda
One Pillar Pagoda
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
DistrictBa Đình
ProvinceHanoi
Location
CountryVietnam
Geographic coordinates21°02′08.99″N 105°50′01.04″E / 21.0358306°N 105.8336222°E / 21.0358306; 105.8336222
Architecture
Completed1049
Steps leading up to the pagoda
Small shrine devoted to Quan Âm Boddhisatva inside the pagoda

The One Pillar Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Một Cột; chữ Nôm: 廚𠬠榾), formally belongs to an architecture complex called Diên Hựu tự (chữ Hán: 延祐寺) which means 'pagoda of extended blessings'. The pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in the central Ba Đình district (near the Thăng Long Citadel), Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The most famous part of this architecture complex is Liên Hoa Đài (蓮花臺) means 'the lotus pedestal' which is a temple with special structure: a building laid on one pillar. The original pagoda was built in 1049,[1] had some additions and was perfected in 1105.[2] It is regarded alongside the Hương Temple, as one of Vietnam's two most iconic temples.[3]

  1. ^ Ngô, Sĩ Liên (1479). Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư. pp. 37a. 冬十月造 祐寺.
  2. ^ Ngô, Sĩ Liên (1479). Đại Việt Sử Ký Toàn Thư. Vietnam. pp. 14b–15a. 乙酉五年宋崇寕四年. [...] 時帝重修延祐寺 增於舊貫浚蓮花臺池名曰靈沼池. 池之外繚以畫廊廊之外又疏碧池並架𢒎橋以通之. 庭前立寳㙮.
  3. ^ Ray, Nick (2005). Vietnam. Lonely Planet. p. 88. ISBN 1-74059-677-3.

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