Bat Mau Pagoda

Bat Mau Pagoda is part of a complex of historical and cultural relics that have been granted recognition certificates, including Huu Tiep Communal House, Cat Trieu Temple, and B52 Lake. The pagoda was built around the 18th century on a large, spacious plot of land including a three-entrance gate, the main pagoda, the ancestor house, and the mother house. In addition to worshipping Buddha, the relic site also worships the Patriarch, the Mother, and people who made meritorious contributions to the relic site.

Over time, with many ups and downs, the pagoda has still preserved the distinctive artistic and architectural features of Buddhism and valuable artifacts such as: 58 round statues and relief statues in the artistic style of the 19th and 20th centuries; 3 bells, including a bell with the Canh Thinh era name, year 2 (1794), which is a rare relic from the Tay Son period still extant today; 16 stone steles with the earliest date being Tu Duc year 2 (1849) and the latest being Bao Dai year 16 (1941); 19 large horizontal inscribed boards and 25 couplets whose content praises Buddhist teachings and the beauty of the pagoda. In addition, Bat Mau Pagoda also has many other ritual objects such as bronze censers, incense burners, lamp stands, etc.

During the pre-uprising period, Bat Mau Pagoda was a place where the Tien Phong newspaper of the Hanoi National Salvation Youth Union was printed until August 1945. This place also sheltered and hid revolutionary cadres, including a veteran revolutionary cadre of the locality - Ms. Le Thu - who took up residence at the pagoda to deceive the enemy in order to carry out revolutionary activities.

With its representative historical and artistic architectural values, on April 20, 2009, the Hanoi City People's Committee issued Decision No. 1822/QĐ-UBND ranking Bat Mau Pagoda as a city-level historical and artistic relic. This is the legal basis and the pride of the people of Ngoc Ha Ward.