Yen Tu’s Bronze Pagoda nominated for Asian record

Posted by admin on June 6, 2011 under News | Be the First to Comment

The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietkings) has sent the file of the Bronze Pagoda to the Asian Record Book Center to nominate it as the biggest bronze-made pagoda in Asia.

The pagoda was named in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records as the biggest bronze-made pagoda in Vietnam.

The pagoda was built in Le Dynasty (1428-1527) in Thuong Yen Cong Commune, Uong Bi City, Quảng Ninh Province, has long been an important Buddhist pilgrimage destination. It is situated on the peak of Yen Tu mountain at the height of over 1,086 meters.

With the total area of 20 square meters, the four meter high pagoda was cast in 60 tons of pure bronze, at a cost of VND 21.2 billion (US $1.32 million) by experienced artisans from the northern province of Nam Dịnh.

Located 130 km northwest of Hà Nội, Yen Tu has been an important Buddhist pilgrimage site since the 10th century. It used to be a center of Vietnamese Buddhism where the Truc Lam school of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism originated in the 13th century.

At the end of the 13th century, after defeating the Mongolian invaders, King Tran Nhan Tong abdicated in favour of his son and left for Yen Tu to live as a religious acetic, eventually founding the Zen Buddhist sect.

Source: QN Gov