Linh Quy Pagoda

Linh Quy Pagoda is currently located in Linh Quy village, Thuan An commune, Hanoi city, and the pagoda also has the Sino-Vietnamese name “Hoa Nghiem Tu”.

Linh Quy Pagoda was founded early, underwent one relocation, and during the resistance war against the French the pagoda was burned, including the three-entrance gate and bell tower; through periods of restoration and embellishment, it has the architectural form it has today. Based on the architecture and artifacts, it can be inferred that the pagoda was built during the Le dynasty.

The relic's architecture includes a three-entrance gate, a front hall, and the main pagoda (the front hall consists of five bays with two side wings; the main pagoda is a longitudinal building with two horizontal roof tiers that are false roofs made in the “upper hollow, lower solid” style; the roof is adorned with four softly curved corner spurs.

Besides its architectural value, Linh Quy Pagoda is also notable for the artistic value of creating round statues; although not numerous, the statues preserved at the pagoda all have certain aesthetic values, such as the multi-armed Guanyin statue, the nine-dragon throne, and the newborn Shakyamuni statue...

Linh Quy Pagoda was built to worship Buddha, a religion introduced to our country long ago and widely developed, through Buddhism's system of doctrines and thoughts on reincarnation and its encouragement of good and elimination of evil. Linh Quy Pagoda has brought spiritual peace and contributed to creating a fine cultural tradition for the village community.

Linh Quy Pagoda was ranked as an artistic relic by a decision issued by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in 1996.