One-Roof Pagoda - Hoang Kim Tu

One-Roof Pagoda (Hoang Kim Tu) worships Buddha according to Mahayana Buddhism. The pagoda was founded to meet the people's religious and spiritual needs. It was built to disseminate Buddhist teachings, encourage good and deter evil, educate people in humanity and righteousness, to live a good life and a beautiful religion, and to bring blessings for the future.

One-Roof Pagoda is located in spacious grounds behind the slope of Hoang Xa Mountain. From Hoang Xa Cave, there are two large rock openings leading to the fields of Du Nghe Village, one connecting to One-Roof Pagoda. Local people call these two openings Hang Treo and Hang Bo.

Overall, One-Roof Pagoda includes the Front Hall, Upper Hall, Mother House, and Ancestor House. The main architectural layout of One-Roof Pagoda is in the shape of the character Dinh, consisting of the Front Hall and the Upper Hall. The Front Hall has three bays and two lean-tos. The central bay's roof truss is built in the 'gia chien ke bay' style over three rows of columns. Connecting to the Front Hall are the three bays of the Upper Hall (also called Tam Bao). The Upper Hall's roof truss is built in the 'gia chien ke bay' style over two rows of columns. The Upper Hall is mainly where worship statues are arranged.

The pagoda's Mother House is built against the foot of Hoang Xa Mountain; the protruding rock ledge of the mountain serves as the roof vault of the pagoda. Therefore, the Mother House only needed an additional front roof, so local people also call it One-Roof Pagoda.In the pagoda grounds, besides the main structure, the pagoda, there is also Vo Shrine, whose literary name is Vo Thinh Shrine.

Currently, the artifacts kept at the pagoda are mainly worship objects of a religious and spiritual nature. Besides the statue system, One-Roof Pagoda also preserves several other artifacts such as:  a stone statue of a Zen master, stone steles from the Le - Nguyen periods, a bronze bell... 

There are many routes to the relic site, but the two most convenient and easiest directions are: from the center of Hanoi City, follow Thang Long Avenue for about 20 km to the intersection toward Chua Thay - Hoang Xa Cave, turn left onto the cross road and continue about 1 km; after passing Hoang Xa Cave for about 500 m, turn right into Du Nghe Village and continue 200 m; or from Ha Dong, go over the Thanh Quang dike to the area of the former Quoc Oai Town, turn right to the area of Du Nghe Village and go about 500 m to reach the relic site.