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Which temple is the place where King Le Thanh Tong “meet”… the fairy?

Mrs. Ngo built the temple

At that time, King Le Thanh Tong once stopped to worship at Tien Phuc pagoda in Thang Long citadel. This temple, on the left is a large road, in front is a lake. The pagoda was previously named Ngoc Ho self. In New genealogy legend, There is a poem inscribed with the poem “The Bay of Ngoc Ho Tu, the Immortal Assembly” (ie the Bay of the Elders of Ngoc Ho Pagoda) as follows:

In March, the willow blooms with fresh peach blossoms,

The lorry flew down next to the Old’s place.

Lam Bridge is crowded with visitors.

Fairies right in front of the momentum people know yet?

Which temple is the place where King Le Thanh Tong

Ba Ngo Temple. Documentary photos

Follow Ha Thanh Kim Tich Survey The pagoda was built in the Ly dynasty, “in the reign of King Ly Than Tong, there was a woman of strange beauty, married to a very rich Chinese man, she saw that the temple was damaged, so she made her own money to repair it. Magnificent roof wall. That’s why the people in the village called it Ba Ngo Pagoda, meaning that it was built by a Chinese woman (because she married a Chinese husband). After her death, people in the village thanked her for taking her name and calling her the village’s name, called Ba Ngo village. Ba Ngo Pagoda started from there”.

Look in La citadel of bay fairy According to Dr. Tran Ba ​​Lam (1757 – 1815), it is known that the location of the old pagoda was a gourd-shaped mound containing wine (dead lake), in the year of the Tiger (1218), the eighth king of the Ly dynasty, Ly Hue Tong, built on the mound of Ngoc Ho pagoda (Gourd of jade, beautiful and precious as jade).

Surrounded by legends

The temple is also a place to witness many different legends. As the name of the pagoda is Tien Phuc Tu (ie the temple is blessed by the fairy) because there are many fairies who like beautiful scenery often pass here. Then in New genealogy by female artist Doan Thi Diem, there is a story “Bich Cau is a miracle” which also recounts the meeting between writer Tu Uyen and fairy Giang Kieu on the occasion of Vo Gia festival at Ngoc Ho temple itself. But, the same female artist Doan said that before Tu Uyen’s meeting with Giang Kieu, 15 years earlier, King Thanh Tong had a meeting and painted with a beauty.

Ha Thanh Kim Tich Survey It is recorded that, when King Thanh Tong went to the temple to pay his respects, when he returned from afar, he met a young woman standing in front of the temple, holding a peony flower in her hand, and recited a verse in her voice:

Ms. Ngo’s peaceful landscape,

Guess who ends this sorrowful relationship.

Wish to return to the palace,

Then we will show our hearts.

Regarding the girl’s recitation, there is a difference in “Bich Cau Miracle” when the content of the recitation is recorded as:

Here love the scene, love the teacher,

Although happy, Buddhism has not pleased people.

King Thanh Tong was a poet, famous as Thien Nam, the host of the Tao Dan festival. Now, seeing a young girl with a powdery face and a face with such a rich poetic talent, I am very pleased, and I want to sing poetry with her. The girl asked the king to do it first, the king asked for a title. She immediately took the previous chant as the topic. King Thanh Tong immediately improvised:

Contemplating the ridiculous cleverness,

Although happy, Buddhism has not pleased people.

Sutra for a few moments dissolve the custom,

The soul of a butterfly that hides from life.

Tragedy a thousand times, hoping to slap it all,

The source of endless grace to awaken.

Where is this ecstasy?

The ecstasy is here nine and ten.

After listening to the beauty, she commented on the poem that: The above sentence lacks the meaning of the scene, changed the four words “meaning a few moments” as “spring wind brings the shelf”, changed the word “three canh” to the word “dream fairy”, the word ” carpet” makes “suffering”, the word “river” becomes “source”. The king is the chairman of the Tao Dan association, the ruler of all nations, and the young woman dares to criticize and propose to correct his poetry. But it turns out that the corrections were very satisfactory, the king approved, and immediately sent the carriage back to the palace. When they reached the gate of Dai Hung from the far distance, they suddenly saw a white crane flying next to them, and the girl immediately rode the crane (?) into the air. Only then did the king know that she was a fairy.

Where are the old people?

Loving talent, missing people, King Thanh Tong lingered forever. He then set up Vong Tien Dai on the side of the temple. Going to that station again at night, hoping to meet the old people again. Once, the king waited until the oil ran out of the lamp. At night, he fell asleep and suddenly heard the sound of gold and jade. Suddenly, he saw an old man riding a crane flying over, touching the king’s shoulder and saying:

– I am a fairy in the sky, the last time I came to visit the temple, I had a chance to meet His Majesty for a while, we can’t make a promise together with the fire of three births, that’s all. Now, thanks to His Majesty’s love, I always remember, so I have come to tell His Majesty one thing, that there is a lake in front of the temple, in the lake there is a mountain rock that often does strange things, a few months later there will be fire or disease, must be deducted urgently.

After saying that, a fragrant wind came, and the fairy rode a crane to return to heaven. King Thanh Tong was startled and realized that he had just had a dream. The next morning, the king invited the abbot of Tien Phuc pagoda to ask about work, and it was like a dream about the lake in front of the temple. Immediately ordered the master to make charms, dig a three-meter cave in the pond to cover it, saw the earth red like blood, then broke that mountain rock and threw it into the river, leveling the pond to level ground, the strange things did not appear since then. .

In the next life, people still often visit this temple with many legends. When Dr. Tran Ba ​​Lam came here, he recalled the old stories and stories, and wrote a poem about the temple that:

Didn’t Bong Lai meet a heavenly girl,

Whose hand is wearing a smiley pearl.

The South Gate has just arrived and the fairy has disappeared,

Did you see Dao Nguyen come down to pick you up?

Tien Phuc Pagoda is still present today, called Ba Ngo Pagoda, located in Van Mieu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi with beautiful legends that contribute to adding ancient features to the temple amidst the prosperous rhythm of life. modern.

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