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TIME ACTIVITIES DISTANCE

7hmeeting at Thai Nguyen station, taking the

tickets

7h15-8h50 moving by train to Trung Gia, Soc Son 40kms

8h55-9h moving by bus about 4kms

9h-9h5 taking a taxi or Xe Om 3kms

9h5-9h35visiting and praying at the temples and

pagoda

9h35-9h45 taking a rest, taking photos

9h45-11hgoing to the Saint Giong's Bronze Statue at

the top of Horse mountain by walk or by motos

2000 stairs(about

5kms)

11h-12hhaving lunch at the opposite holly where built

for vistors taking a short rest

12h-12h30 visiting Non Nuoc pagoda 3kms

12h30-13hvisiting Academy of Buddhism and Museum

of Buddhism

13h-14hshopping, sight seeing background, taking a

short rest

14h coming home

Saint Giong

Temple, also

called Soc Son

Temple, is located

in Soc Son District

of Hanoi, 40kms

from the city

center. The temple

is built at the foot

of the Horse

Mountain which

was believed to be

the place where

Saint Giong

stopped for a rest

after fighting off

the invaders

restoring peace to

Vietnam...

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Blessed by three natural lakes and bequeathed a

large reservoir, the site has been religiously

important since the 10th Century due to its

connection to o­ne of Vietnam’s most famous

folk-heroes.

According to the legend, Giong grew from a

child into a man in a matter of days by feasting

voraciously o­n rice, then ousted the Chinese

using his bamboo sword. The temple complex

commemorating him and Vietnam’s victory was

erected sometime around AD980, making it a

viable candidate for the much abused adjective

“ancient”.

The Soc Son Temple is surrounded by

mountains: Mt.Cao Tung to the

South, Mt. Cam to the East, Mt. Co Ngua to the

West, and the Mt. Rua and a piece of flat land to

the Southeast. In the ancient past, these mounts

were covered with thick forests. The area is also

bathed by two rivers: one following from the

North-West to the South-East, the other from the

West to the South.

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Ha Temple where Soc Mount was worshipped.

It was built under the rein of king Le Dai Hanh.

Ha Temple has 3 compartments with moss, ancient

architecture and carved masterpieces.

The Temple have a big bronze statue, it weighs 7 tons,

depicts the saint in a sitting posture, hands on knees, with a

majestic and impressive facial expression.

The statue is Soc Mount who was honored as Thánh Thần

Vương. This title was carved on the top of his bronze statue’s

hat.

The statue dating to Nguyen dynasty.

TrinhTemple

Mother Temple where Saint Giong’s mother was

worshipped. Mother Temple is a small and pretty

temple with sophisticated engravings. On the temple

gate is a line written “Phù Đổng Danh Truyền

Thiên Thượng Mẫu’’. It has three compartments

.Inside the temple, mother’s statue with a gentle

expression is lacquered red and trimmed with gold.

Outside the temple, there are mother well with the

blue water. It show immense love and care of

mother. The temple was repaired and extended in

1913 under the reign of King Duy Tan.

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Through Mother

Temple is the Dai Bi

Pagoda. Only a

small pagoda but it

has a unique

architecture.

The door flame is covered with a red pain as unchanged

following the time. The dome is high bend a little curved,

soaring up beautifully with the red tile.

Inside the pagoda are the pairs of parallel sentences for the

solemn splendor and ancient horizontal lacquered board

here.

Walk a few steps

to the Thuong

Temple. Thuong

Temple which is

worship the Saint

Giong.

Compare with Trinh Temple and Mother

Temple, Thuong Temple boarder and more

complex architecture. Thuong Temple was built

with two tiers and eight roofs and curved eaves.

It look like a lotus. Inside the temple is a

double wooden horse. It symbolize the iron

horse and the rode of Saint Giong to expel the

enemy. There are seven status consists of Saint

Giong and bodyguard.

There are eight faces like

octagonal.

The first face: like a cover of

legend.

The second face: summarize

about the background of Phu

Dong Thien Vuong.

The third face: Continue tell

about the legend of Phu

Dong Thien Vuong from was

born to three years old. The

fourth face: Vestiges of Saint

Giong on rocky mountain.

The fifth face: To praise the

magical of Saint Giong.

Eight faces of stone tablet

The sixth face: Write the customs

of worship every year and it list the

names of communes to worship in

Soc Temple.

The seven face: consists of two

parts

First part: continue write the

customs of worship, the way to

prepare the offering for each

holiday.

Second part: recording the

restoration.

The statue of Saint Giong

located on the top of the Da

Chong mountain in Phu Linh

commune , Soc Son distric Ha

Noi .It was made of bronze and

had the heigh to the hill is 11,07

with expanding distance is 16 .

It has weight of 85 tons ,

showing imagine of the young

saint is flying into the sky.

Ve Linh commune in Soc Son

distric Ha Noi.Thien Uyen

Tap Anh books and Complete

History Great Vietnamese

master said first abbot of this

temple is Ngo Chan Luu (933-

1011).

The statue of Saint Giong located on the top of the Da

Chong mountain in Phu Linh commune , Soc Son distric

Ha Noi .It was made of bronze and had the heigh to the

hill is 11,07 with expanding distance is 16 . It has weight

of 85 tons , showing imagine of the young saint is flying

into the sky.

Non Nuoc pagoda located in

relic of Soc Temple at hight

than 110 m above the foot of

the mountain. It is middle of

an arc, likes sitting on throne ,

looks down towards the green

lake, and the thriving village

of

Buddhism statue is made during 18

months with a weigt of 20 tons

monolithic cast bronze , cast bronze

lotus is also associated with a weight of

10 tons .It has a height of 5.3 m , 1,35

high , 1,75m high stone pedestal.

Buddhism Academy in

Hanoi Vietnam

Buddhism

Academy in Hanoi

is one of the four

Buddhism

Academies (Buddhism academy in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City,

Hue, Khmer Theravada Buddhism in Can Tho) centrally

Buddhist Church of Vietnam .

I - Genaral information institute of:

1 - Full name :

Buddhist Academy in Hanoi Vietnam .

2 - Name ago : The Vietnam Buddhist Senior

Facility I.

3 - current address : Ve Linh village - Phu Linh

Commune - Soc Son - Hanoi .

4 - Contact Information :

Phone and Fax : 04.3595.359 .

Email : admin@hvpgvn.edu.vn .

Website : www.hvpgvn.edu.vn .

5-Establishted in 1981.6- The decision to Rename the 19 QD/TGCP, dated 06.23.1997 of the Government Committee For Religious allowing Vietnam Buddhist Church Renamed “Shool of Advanced Buddhist Vietnam” to “ Buddhist Academy Vietnam Catholics”7-Time lock I started training in 19818- Assembly time diploma cources I IN 1985.Buddhist academy in Hanoi, Vietnam has been gradually strengthening and development , impove the quality and effectiveness and training , ensuring consistency and guide by the motto of the Church : Dharma-Ethnic- socialism.

The Giong Festival of Phu Dong and Soc temples has

officially been recognized as an intangible cultural

heritage of humanity by the UNESCO since November

2010. UNESCO has shortly and fully recorded of the

Giong Festival as "a Viet Nam culture museum that keeps

many alluvial layers of culture and beliefs."

Giong Festival

Hoi Giong festival is the traditional war memorial and praise of the hero Saint Giong, one quarter of the immortal folk beliefs Vietnam. Festival vividly simulate the evolution of the game and people Thanh Giong Van Lang in the fight against the enemy India, thereby raising public awareness about the form of tribal warfare antiquity; education and patriotism, martial traditions, excavations will strengthen and aspirations of independence, freedom of the nation. A bit like being held in parts of the northern plains, but the most typical is a bit like Phu Dong Temple and Temple in Soc (Ha Noi).Hoi Giong Temple in Soc (Phu Linh Commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi) to be held from March 6-8 lunar month every year. According to legend, after defeating the enemy An, Phu Linh is where the last stop before the Saint Giong flew to heaven. To commemorate the work of the Holy Spirit, where people have built Soc Relic Temple consists of 6 buildings: Temple House (aka the temple), Bi Pagoda, Temple Mau Thuong Temple (also Call to Care), Thanh Giong statue and beer. In particular, the upper temple and place of worship Thanh Giong festival with full traditional ceremonies such as: holiday Carpentry Education; the procession; incense; Lihua elephants and horses ...In preparation for the festival, on the night of the 5th, Jupiter ceremony Education (wall panels) were conducted to invite the Holy Spirit to attend. Go to the 6th declaration and the people of 8 villages located around 6 communes in Soc Relic Temple is Tan Minh Tien Pharmacy, Phu Linh, Duc Hoa, Phu Xuan Bac Giang and offered the sacrifice had been prepared His Holiness, pray you bless the villagers have a prosperous life, happiness.

Saint Giong’s Bronze Statue

Non Nuoc Pogoda

Dai Bi Pogoda

Mother's temple

Thuong temple lake

Mother’s temple lake

Trinh temple

Gate of the temple

Thuong temple

Map

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