The Hung King Temple in Long Binh Ward, HCMC, is the largest and most distinctive architectural work in the South region, attracting many tourists every day, especially on the occasion of the 10th of the Third lunar month.
What’s unique in Hung King Temple
The construction work is located on a hill more than 20 m high, within the National Historical and Cultural Park, which covers over 400 hectares. This is a unique complex of works with high value in terms of landscape, architecture, and social significance, with 4 main parts: square, bamboo road, temple, and yard.
The starting point of the work is a 4,000 m² square; the ground is shaped like the sun with rays of light radiating around, according to the simulation of the Dong Son bronze drum.
On each side, there are 9 stone pillars, 6 m high, representing the 18 Hung Kings, and a row of palm trees from Phu Tho province.
The entrance to the Memorial Temple is made of polished stone, 8 m high, blending modern architecture with tradition.
Leading up to the Hung King temple is a 360 m-long, 10 m-wide bamboo road with 107 stone steps that embrace the hill’s slope. The highlight of the road to the temple is the two rows of luxuriant green bamboo that line both sides, reminiscent of a Vietnamese village.
In the middle of the bamboo road is a memorial stele house; inside is a stone stele engraved with a summary of Vietnam’s history across the periods. At the end of the road is the temple of the Hung Kings, located at the top of the hill.
What’s inside the Hung King Temple in Long Binh Ward?
On the top floor of the temple is a yard arranged like a garden, with 54 stone columns representing Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups. In the middle of the yard is a small house with two layers of roof. In addition, in the communal house, there is a version of the Hoang Ha bronze drum (Hoa Binh), dating from about 2,000-2,500 years.
The main altar of the temple is the place to worship Hung Kings; Lac Long Quan King & Au Co, a mountain goddess – the two main figures in the Vietnamese creation myth with the same name; Land and Water.
On both sides are 8 altars to worship other kings, landlords…who had greatly contributed to the construction and defense of Vietnam.
The two sides of the temple are corridors displaying 33 stone blocks of sovereignty, taken from the Paracel and Spratly Islands. On the temple wall are paintings depicting the lives of the inhabitants in the early days of the country’s founding.
Useful information of the Hung King Temple
- Address: 207/2 Vo Nguyen Giap, Long Binh Ward, HCMC.
- Opening hours: 08:00 – 16:00 (Hung King’s death anniversary may change the opening time)
- These Bus lines stop near Hung King temple in Long Binh: 60-1, 60-2, 60-3, 60-7
Source: collected by An
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