Tieu pagoda in Bac Ninh

07/13/2018

Tieu pagoda in Tieu Son mountain was located in Truong Giang commune, Bac Ninh province’s Tu Son district. The pagoda has stunning views over vast fields and villages.

Avalokitesvara temple in front of the pagoda

Tieu pagoda was a great and ancient Buddhist centre. It has a large-scale architecture for Three-Jewels worshipping, ancestral worshipping temple, and towers.

Most of the pagoda’s architectural works were built during Le-Nguyen dynasties.

The pagoda was the place where Zen Master Vạn Hạnh led a Buddhist life

The pagoda doesn’t have donation boxes and when repair or construction, the pagoda will report on local authorities and collect the donations at a ceremony

Vien Tue stupa in Tieu Son pagoda believed to be preserving the body of Zen Master Như Trí

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