Monday, March 26, 2007

Tran dynasty temple - Đền Trần

Tran Dynasty (1126 - 1400): Tuc Mac village is situated on the west end of Nam Dinh town, about 3 kms from the town's center. This is the home village of the first King of the Tran dynasty, and the birthplace of General Tran Hung Dao, the most talented general in Viet Nam's history who had defeated the Mongols 3 times. The ruins of the Tran dynasty palaces scatter in an area tens of thousands of square meters, including Thien Truong and Co Trach temples dedicated to the Tran Kings and Tran Hung Dao, and Pho Minh pagoda.
Entrance gate

The Thang Loi Casting Engineering Co Ltd in Nam Dinh Province has cast 14 pure bronze statues of Tran Dynasty kings. The 900-kg statues are to be worshipped at the province’s Trung Hoa Temple. The Tran Dynasty (1225-1400) period is considered the most prosperous era of the ancient Dai Viet civilisation.
Place where people worship 14 Statues of Tran Dynasty kings.

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Lake of water-lily just behind the main entrance gate, three main sections of the temple are far behind.

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3 comments:

hatx said...

The pictures are great like the temple itself. Other than the good views, they remind me of childhood, when my father took me there on Sunday for a really good time. He is long gone, but I feel he's round here with me.

December 15, 2007 at 7:26 AM
Anonymous said...

Finally blog with usable informations.

November 26, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Anonymous said...

Does anyone know if the the Tran dynasty had an imperial crest or coat of arms? I know the Nguyens did, but I haven't been able to find ours. Any ideas?

-L P Tran

December 21, 2010 at 11:13 AM

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