Co Trai Pagoda

Co Trai Pagoda (Lam Quy Tu), Co Trai Village, Dai Xuyen Commune, Hanoi City, is a city-level architectural and artistic relic, ranked under Decision No. 348/QD-UBND dated January 17, 2018, by the Hanoi City People's Committee. The pagoda is a traditional religious work of the local residential community, a place of Buddhist worship that meets the people's needs for belief and religious activities, and is associated with the formation and development history of Co Trai Village. The pagoda is a place for practicing Buddhist rituals, organizing belief and religious activities, and community cultural activities, and has historical, cultural, architectural, artistic, and spiritual value for the local people.

Amid the peaceful rural space of Dai Xuyen Commune, Hanoi City, Co Trai Pagoda is a spiritual cultural address closely linked to the spiritual life of local people. More than a place of religious activity, the pagoda also helps preserve the historical, cultural, and long-standing traditional imprints of the land of Co Trai in particular and Dai Xuyen in general. The relic is associated with the history of Co Trai Village

Co Trai is a place name with a long history. According to documents about this land, Co Trai once belonged to Duong Xuyen Commune, in the former Duong Xuyen Canton of Phu Xuyen District. Through many administrative boundary changes, the place name Co Trai now belongs to Dai Xuyen Commune, Hanoi City. Among the relic system of Dai Xuyen Commune, Co Trai Pagoda was included by Hanoi City in the list of ranked relics under Decision No. 348/QD-UBND dated January 17, 2018. This is an important basis showing the historical and cultural value of the pagoda in the local heritage space. Along with Co Trai Pagoda, Dai Xuyen Commune also has many other belief and religious works such as Thai Lai Communal House, Thai Lai Pagoda, Kieu Dong Communal House, Kieu Dong Pagoda, and Thuong Xuyen Pagoda. The presence of this relic system creates a rich village cultural space, reflecting the spiritual life cultivated over many generations.

The spiritual space of local people. For generations, the pagoda has been a familiar part of Vietnamese life. It is a place where people seek serenity, entrust their wishes for peace, and practice values oriented toward goodness.

For the people of Co Trai, Co Trai Pagoda is not merely a religious architectural work. The pagoda is also a place connecting the community, where generations together preserve the customs, habits, and cultural lifestyle of their homeland.

In the rural space, the temple bell, old tiled roofs, and tranquil landscape create a very distinctive beauty. Those values not only have significance in terms of belief but also contribute to the cultural identity of the land of Dai Xuyen.