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You are a lover of travel, want to listen to many spiritual stories in interesting places. Then we cannot forget to visit the shrine of Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh Quang Binh, an architecture containing many mysterious miracles. Let’s explore what this place has!
About the shrine of Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh in Quang Binh
The shrine of Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh is located in Ngang pass, belongs to the Ngang pass relic cluster. This is a scenic cluster with many hidden advantages for economic, social and tourism development in Quang Binh .
If you start from the center of Dong Hoi, you move on National Highway 1A about 65km to the North to worship Princess Lieu Hanh. The temple is located in Quang Dong, H. Quang Trach, Quang Binh. This is considered to be the place of worshiping one of the four immortal folk beliefs in Vietnam.
Usually on New Year’s Day, the influx of people coming to Mau Lieu Hanh temple will be more crowded. Tourists will come to the temple to pray for peace, good luck, good health and wish for a happy new year.
The story of the Holy Mother Lieu Hanh
The shrine of Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh Quang Binh is both a typical model for the image of Mau Lieu Hanh in her spiritual life and has her own story. The temple is associated with the legend of the famous folk princess Lieu Hanh.
According to legend, Ngoc Hoang has a daughter named Lieu Hanh who has a stubborn personality, refuses to obey, but is very formal. During a time when she made a mistake, Ngoc Hoang took this opportunity to teach her. The princess was exiled to earth for a period of three years.
After going downstairs, Princess Lieu Hanh became a beautiful lady who touched everyone’s heart and opened her own restaurant at the foot of Ngang Pass. Her shop is always crowded with customers coming in and out. However, her stubborn personality when she came to earth still refused to change.
The princess’s bad reputation was passed to the Le prince’s ear, but he hid it with his father, King Ly Thai Tu, and fled the palace. Then he disguised himself as a noble followed by the guards to Lieu Hanh’s restaurant. The prince constantly came to eat and drink from morning to night and offered to rest at the restaurant. Under the bright moonlight and cool summer breeze, the princess and prince sat together to chat.
During the conversation, he acted sloppy, causing Lieu Hanh to panic and rush into the room. There was some yeast in the body, so he ran after her into the room. However, the princess quickly went up the mountain to capture the monkeys and turned into a beautiful lady. Once inside, the prince did not see Lieu Hanh, but only a gentle beautiful girl and played.
Just for a moment, he screamed, making the guards awake. In his hand now is a monkey, not a lady anymore, the monkey then turns into a snake. The prince lay on the floor trembling in fear, his face no longer dripping with blood. He called for many medical deities to heal, but all gave up. In the palace is chaotic and there is a person who says that entering the land of the bar to ask for amulets in eight Vajras, then luck will be over.
The Prince, after his illness had subsided, went to apologize to his father. After searching, the king knew the girl by name. The king ordered the wizards to come arrest Princess Lieu Hanh, but were unable to do anything about her. King came to ask for help 8 Kim Cang. The battle between the two sides went on for 3 days.
Knowing he could not do anything, the eight Vajras went to heaven to pray to the Buddha. Upon hearing that request, the Buddha gave them a bag and Lieu Hanh ended up falling nets. The eight Vajras brought bags back to the king and Lieu Hanh was subject to investigation from the king. After asking if the king was not, he was angry but also very happy because he knew that this was the daughter of Ngoc Hoang. The king then rewarded her with many objects and advised her not to riot the people.
Architecture in the Temple of Thanh Mau Lieu Hanh Quang Binh
Mau Lieu Hanh Temple is located on an area of 335m2. From the north – south natural street moving in, visitors will go through the temple gate to the screen, the Tam Quan gong and see two skulls right in front of the shrine, to Tien Temple and Hau Temple.
In general, the architecture of the temple will see that this is a temple with a relatively small scale, the building materials are mainly bricks, stones, and lime but bold imprints of Asian style and preservation. are national identities.
This is clearly shown through the structure of the triangular gate which is arranged very symmetrically, harmoniously and balanced. The posting here represents righteousness, integrity, symbolizing the dreams of the people. On the other hand, this architecture will create high aesthetics.
Looking closer, visitors will feel the talent of painting, construction techniques and ceramic talent of the Vietnamese people. The theme of decoration is often associated with conceptions and dreams of good things in feudal society in particular and the wet rice agricultural culture of Eastern countries in general.
The images of the four spirits (long, unicorn, quy, pho), four players (holding, exam, exam, painting), four precious stones (pineapple, chrysanthemum, mai, lotus), and symbols of maize, chrysanthemum, Tung turns long. All are reasonably decorated with the general layout, thereby highlighting the unique architecture of the temple.
If you have the opportunity to visit Quang Binh, take a little time to visit the Holy Mother Lieu Hanh temple to pray for peace and listen to mysterious spiritual stories.
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