Bút Tháp Pagoda (Chùa Bút Tháp )

Bút Tháp Pagoda (Chùa Bút Tháp) has the pen name of Ninh Phuc Tu. It is located in But Thap hamlet, Dinh To commune, Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province. This is a quite untouched pagoda and it has a big architecture scale of North Delta. This place now is considered as one of Vietnam Popular Destinations.
 

 

According to the book of Ha Bac monograph, the pagoda was built in Tran Thanh Tong king time.  Huyen Quang monk was a nun in this pagoda. He had the stone tower of 9 storey built with the lotus decorated (this tower is not available until today). Until 17^th century, the pagoda is famous for the nun of superior Buddhist monk named Chuyet Chuyet (citizen of Fujianprovince of China). In 1644, the nun passed away and titled to be a great by the king.
 

 

Differently with other Vietnam Popular Destinations, the architecture of the pagoda is mainly the internal attack with outside support style. All the monuments face the South, traditional architecture of the Vietnamese. The pagoda is balanced in the centre area but very natural in the surrounding area. The centre area includes eight houses which are set in an axis which are three gates entrance, bell tower, forecourt, upper palace, Tich Thien Am palace, middle house, worshiping palace, and back of a mansion.

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From VietnameseFood.com.vn