King Dinh Tien Hoang Temple has long been a famous tourist destination in Ninh Binh. Coming here, you will have the opportunity to look back at the heroic historical picture of the nation and admire the majestic ancient beauty.
General information about the temple
The location of the temple is in the center of the Eastern citadel of the ancient capital Hoa Lu. This is the only place in Vietnam that worships King Dinh Tien Hoang, his parents and sons and has tablets to worship the generals of the Dinh dynasty. King Dinh Temple, along with King Le Dai Hanh Temple – located nearby, is ranked in the “Top 100 famous 100-year-old works in Vietnam”. Like other relics of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, King Dinh Temple is located in the Trang An World Heritage Complex, recognized by UNESCO in 2014.
Every year, on the 8th day of the 3rd lunar month, visitors from all over the world flock to visit, pay homage to the temple and participate in the King Dinh Temple Festival. During this time, the weather is also mild, the dry season has light sunshine but is relatively cool, suitable for exploring Ninh Binh.
- Opening hours: from 7:00 to 18:00
- Entrance fee: 20,000 VND/person/turn.
Unique architectural art of King Dinh Tien Hoang Temple
The King Dinh Temple was built in the 17th century and is located in the cluster of historical relics of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu. The place to worship King Dinh Tien Hoang includes 3 main buildings: worship hall, burning incense house and main palace. The temple was built in the style of a pagoda with two long corridors connecting the front house with the back house, forming a rectangular frame surrounding the architectural works in the middle.
In front of the central room of the worship hall right on the dragon yard is a “dragon bed” made from a single block of green stone combined with extremely delicate carvings with unique and valuable patterns. This is considered a valuable gift, at the same time showing talent and artistic talent of Vietnamese during this period.
From the dragon yard, step up to the 5-room worship hall, a unique architecture. Behind the dragon bed is the shrine of King Dinh Tien Hoang. The structure of the shrine has two parts: the worship hall and the main palace. The worship hall is for the communal altar. On the altar is a beautifully carved incense table, belonging to the 17th century.
Next is the incense burner, a tube-shaped architecture, where the four loyal mandarins of the Dinh Dynasty are worshiped, including: Nguyen Bac, Dinh Dien, Trinh Tu, and Luu Co.
The middle room worships the statue of King Dinh Tien Hoang, cast in bronze and placed on a monolithic green stone altar, on both sides of the stone altar are two dragons, carved in the style of a horse saddle.
The right room worships the statues of Crown Prince Hang Lang and Dinh Toan, the king’s two second sons, both facing north. The left room worships the statue of Dinh Lien, facing south, the king’s eldest son.
King Dinh Tien Hoang Temple is a unique architectural work in the art of wood carving by Vietnamese folk artists in the 17th century.
King Dinh Temple is also a unique work of art with many rare and precious artifacts preserved, such as Buddhist pillars engraved with Sanskrit characters, contemporary inscribed palace bricks and steles…
Source: collected by An
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