4 biggest Hung King temples in HCMC

Over 300 years of establishment and development, there have been more than 11 Hung Kings temples built by people scattered in many districts in Ho Chi Minh City and can name a few temples such as: Hung Vuong Temple at 261/3, Co Giang Street (Phu Nhuan District), Hung King Temple at 166/3 Doan Van Bo Street (District 4), Quoc To Hung Vuong Temple at 22/93 Tran Binh Trong Street (District 5) , Temple of King Hung in Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden (District 1)…

Features of the Temples of the Hung Kings in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City is built in public parks or tourist areas with large campus, shady trees, with many entertainment services to attract many people to have fun.

Let’s explore the 4 biggest Hung Kings temples in HCMC

Temple of Hung King in the Botanical Garden

Address: – No. 2B Nguyen Binh Khiem Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

Hung Vuong Temple has the same architecture as the temples in Hue, with a roof stacked with matches, adding a front porch, forming three curved roofs. Decorative motifs have dragons and phoenixes according to the royal form.

The stone steps up and down the doors, both sides have two dragons adoring. In the temple, on the surrounding balconies, there are carved figures: cranes, unicorns, quinces, phoenixes, delicately painted and painted red like vermilion.

The surrounding ventilation holes are also carved. The temple is supported by 12 glossy black honey-wood trees, about 50 centimeters in diameter, representing the twelve limbs: ty, ox, gradually, tip… All are in the artistic style of the Nguyen Dynasty, overall. building with the appearance of Minh Lau in Hieu Lang.

In the center of the main hall, there is a throne to worship Hung King. In addition, this place also has ancestral altars, centaurs, salary gods and famous generals.

In front of the altar, there is a set of weapons, including bowls and gongs. Around the temple, there are picture boxes and pictures that introduce an overview of the primitive era and the age of the Hung kings in many aspects, such as farming, hunting, fishing, and occupations such as bronze casting, weaving, and manufacturing. producing ceramics, making weapons…

Every year on the 10th day of the third lunar month, there is a solemn death anniversary ceremony to remember the merits of building the Vietnamese nation of the Hung Kings. The ceremony consists of two parts: the incense offering ceremony and the festival.

The temple is only closed on Mondays, the rest of the week is open.

Temple of King Hung at Tao Dan Park

Address: 55C Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, HCMC

The project, whose full name is the Hung Kings Memorial Temple, was built in Tao Dan Park – a park with more than a century of history in Saigon – in 1992 and restored at the end of 2011.

The temple was built according to traditional architecture combined with some modern elements, located in a space filled with green shade.

The temple gate was built according to the three-way gate of Vietnamese temples and pagodas. The main hall of the temple consists of 3 compartments: the middle is the place to worship Quoc Ancestor Hung Vuong, the left compartment worships Mother Au Co, the right room worships President Ho Chi Minh. In the temple courtyard there is a version of the swear stone column based on the prototype in Hung Phu Tho temple.

Temple of the Hung Kings at the National Cultural History Park

Address: Road 16, Long Binh, District 9, Thu Duc City

National History – Culture Park is located in Long Binh Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City and a part of Di An Town, Binh Duong Province has the temple of Hung Kings with monumental, unique and beautiful architecture. eye. This is also the place where the ceremonies of Ho Chi Minh City take place every year on the anniversary of the National Ancestor’s death anniversary.

The temple is thousands of square meters wide, built on a hill, including the monumental Hung Kings memorial temple, with the symbol “Chim Lac spreads its wings to the North” imbued with national cultural identity.

In the middle of the first floor is the majestically built communal house roof, inside is a version of the Hoang Ha bronze drum (dating from 2,000 to 2,500 years). The altar of the National Ancestor Hung Vuong is placed in the middle, next to it is the altar of the Hung Kings, Lac people, Lac Generals…

Temple of the National Ancestor Hung Vuong at Suoi Tien Park

Address: 120 Hanoi Highway, Tan Phu Ward, City. Thu Duc

The temple has a total area of ​​the temple grounds of 1,678 m2. The temple is 18 m high with a magnificent and majestic appearance bearing the sacred soul of mountains and rivers, further affirming its longevity and solid foundation.

The temple is elaborately carved with ancient Vietnamese sculptural patterns and motifs – the patterns on Dong Son bronze drums date from the time of the Hung Kings. On both sides of the temple gate are two inscriptions recording the merits of building and defending the country of the Hung kings. Entering the temple, go up nine steps, “the statue of King Hung is placed on a 9-pedestal high throne”. The entrance to the temple is arranged with 18 bronze drums representing the 18 Hung kings and two rows of Lac birds facing the temple.

The statue of King Hung is inlaid with gold, 9m4 high with a majestic, fierce, benevolent, resolute and benevolent spirit. The statue is placed on the throne nine steps high, facing the North where the ethnic origin is. Next to the statue is a model of Chung cake, Day cake symbolizing Yin and Yang, the sky is round and the earth is square, symbolizing gratitude to ancestors.

Behind the statue is the main altar, which worships 18kg of soil, 18 liters of water, 3 palm trees, 3 palm trees and a bowl of incense that were brought from Phu Tho’s ancestral land, for the Southern people who have not had the opportunity to make pilgrimages yet. Ancestral land can also admire worship here.