Ich Vinh Pagoda (Phuc Long Pagoda)

Ich Vinh Pagoda has the literary name Phuc Long Tu and is popularly called Dong Pagoda. It is located in Ich Vinh Village, Dai Thanh Commune, Hanoi City. Legend has it that in the past, on this plot of land, the ground naturally rose gradually. The villagers of Ich Vinh saw this as a place where dragons coil and tigers sit, with auspicious feng shui, so they chose it to build the village pagoda.

This is an ancient pagoda. Through years of war, it was severely damaged, and it has been restored and repaired many times. Its architectural items include the Quan Am Pavilion, Tam Quan Gate, Tam Bao Hall, Patriarch's House, Mother's House, and a system of courtyards, gardens, and stupas.

Ich Vinh Pagoda still preserves many statues in 19th-century artistic style and many valuable worship objects such as horizontal plaques, couplets, and a bronze bell made in 1858. Legend also says the pagoda was where King Quang Trung stood to command the historic battle that led to the Ngoc Hoi victory in 1789.

Ich Vinh Pagoda was ranked by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) as Architectural and Artistic Relic a National-level relic in 1990.