Dau Pagoda

Dau Pagoda has the literary name Phuc Khe Tu, and is a pagoda in Thuong Phuc Village, Dai Thanh Commune, Hanoi City. It is likely called Dau Pagoda because the pagoda was originally a shrine to the god Phap Vu in the Tu Phap system, bearing similarities to the worship model of Dau Pagoda (Bac Ninh Province). The pagoda is located on a large, spacious plot of land, hidden among the shade of cool ancient trees, overlooking the Nhue River.

According to legend, the pagoda was built during the Ly Dynasty. Dau Pagoda faces southeast, toward the Nhue River, on high ground. The overall layout includes the following items: Tam Quan Gate, garden courtyard, main pagoda, and Phap Vu shrine.

The pagoda has a system of horizontal lacquered boards, couplets, stone steles, and very precious Buddha statues dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In addition, Dau Pagoda also preserves 14 woodblocks with printed images, a white-glazed crackle ceramic incense burner, and a white-glazed ceramic incense burner with blue decoration dating from the 18th-19th centuries. These are precious relics that contribute to the historical, cultural, and artistic value of the pagoda.

It can be seen that Dau Pagoda is one of the ancient pagodas, combining the folk beliefs of wet-rice farmers with Buddhism, recording the very early appearance of Buddhism.

Dau Pagoda was ranked by the Ministry of Culture-Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) Architectural and Artistic Relic at national level in 2004