QUANG HUC PAGODA (LONG AN TU)

Quang Huc Pagoda (Long An Tu) follows the Northern School - a Buddhist sect introduced to Vietnam through the missionary route of ancient Indian monks into Luy Lau.

For Vietnamese people past and present, coming to the pagoda is a destination driven by spiritual needs. Therefore, Quang Huc Pagoda, like many other village pagodas, was built with the purpose of using Buddhist teachings to promote the encouragement of good and the punishment of evil, to educate people in compassion, and to make them know to turn toward good and virtuous things. In the Front Hall are placed the statues of Encouraging Good and Punishing Evil, the Duc Ong altar, and the Holy Monk altar. In the Buddha Hall are arranged the statues of Tam The, A Di Da Tam Ton, Quan Am Nam Hai, Thich Ca, Quan Am Toa Son… Therefore, Quang Huc Pagoda is not only a place of Buddha worship but also a center of religious activities and a symbol of community cohesion in both tradition and the present.

Not only is it a place of Buddha worship, the pagoda also jointly worships people who contributed to the village and commune. Besides the worship of posthumous benefactors, the pagoda also worships the Patriarchs and the Mother Goddesses, a form of folk belief of ancient Vietnamese people that has been transmitted and survives to this day. The different forms of worship at this relic site first aim to meet the spiritual and religious life of local people, but at the same time also serve to strengthen community cohesion, encourage good and punish evil, educate the tradition of remembering the source when drinking water, and guide people toward good and humane values, which are very worthy of respect and promotion.