Sung An Pagoda, also known as Sung Khang Pagoda (Dong Ba Pagoda)
Introduction
Sung An Pagoda is also called Dong Ba Pagoda. The name "Sung An Tu" suggests an ancient construction date for the pagoda. Based on some artifacts still kept at the pagoda, it can be determined that Dong Ba Pagoda was built during the Later Le dynasty.
The pagoda currently has a main pagoda, a Mother Goddess hall, an ancestor hall, and a guest house. The pagoda is located directly behind the village communal house. The Three Jewels hall has a Cong-shaped structure consisting of the front hall, the incense hall, and the upper sanctuary. The front hall has five bays and is built with gable walls, closed gables, and ngai-style handrails; the roof is covered with local tiles of a thick type with upturned tips resembling shoe toes. The front hall is built on a foundation 40 cm higher than the courtyard. On the steps leading up, several bricks decorated with dragons in circles are attached. This type of brick is very commonly found in architectural building materials of Mac dynasty worship (16th century). The incense hall lies lengthwise and is connected to the central bay of the front hall; the upper sanctuary is at the rear. The Mother Goddess hall backs onto the upper sanctuary. In front of the Mother Goddess hall is a garden courtyard with an entrance and exit. The guest house is built close to the right side of the Mother Goddess hall. The interior frames of the main pagoda, Mother Goddess hall, ancestor hall, and guest house are all decorated with carved panels of the four sacred creatures and four precious plants, rich in artistic quality.
Sung An Pagoda still preserves a number of precious artifacts with strong artistic features: a meticulously carved incense table, 14 stone steles from the Le Trung Hung and Nguyen dynasties, 25 Buddha statues, 8 Mother Goddess statues from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, 2 horizontal lacquered boards, and 7 couplets. Notably, the Buddha statues, especially those from the 17th and 18th centuries, are all works of high artistic value.
Together with Dong Ba Communal House, Sung An Pagoda was ranked as a historical-cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1992.

