Ngọc Tảo Pagoda, Hát Môn Commune

NGỌC TẢO PAGODA - NATIONAL MONUMENT

Ngọc Tảo Pagoda, whose literary name is Mã Vàng Tự, is located in Hát Môn Commune, Hà Nội City, about 20m from Ngọc Tảo Communal House. The pagoda stands in a spacious, beautiful setting and includes main structures: the three-entrance gate, the Three Jewels Hall, the Ancestor Hall, the Mother Goddess Hall, a guest house, the Quan Âm Pavilion, and a stupa garden. The Three Jewels Hall has a Dinh-shaped architectural layout, bearing the characteristics of traditional Vietnamese pagoda architecture.

The pagoda was founded around the Lê dynasty to worship Buddha, ancestors, and Mother Goddesses. After many renovations, its original traces have changed considerably. It currently preserves four lotus-carved stone plinths in the artistic style of the 17th century, which are early traces of value for research into the monument's history.

Every year, the pagoda hosts religious and belief activities, meeting the spiritual needs of local people and Buddhists. Together with Ngọc Tảo Communal House, the pagoda helps preserve the historical, cultural, architectural, artistic, and traditional belief values of the Đoài region.

With its outstanding historical, cultural, and architectural-artistic values, Ngọc Tảo Pagoda was designated a National Monument in 1990. It is one of the locality's typically valuable monuments, contributing to traditional education and the preservation of national cultural identity.