Thanh Thien Pagoda

Thanh Thien Pagoda, also known as Dinh To Pagoda, is named after the administrative place name of Dinh To Village in Quoc Oai Commune, Hanoi City.

To reach Dinh To Pagoda relic, we can take various routes, but the two most convenient and easiest directions are as follows:

- From Hanoi city center, follow streets such as Hang Bong, Cua Nam, Le Duan, Son Tay, Kim Ma, Nguyen Chi Thanh, Tran Duy Hung to Thang Long Boulevard, go about 20 km via Hoang Xa overpass to the North–South main road, at the intersection with the district road turn left about 1 km to the Song Tich River dike, and you will reach the relic; the relic is located right at the foot of the dike in Dinh To Village.

- From Hanoi city center, follow streets such as Hang Bong, Cua Nam, Le Duan, Kham Thien, Tay Son Nguyen Trai, Ha Dong, pass Thanh Quang dike, then turn left and go straight along Quoc Oai district road to Dinh To Village and reach the relic. The relic is located right at the foot of the dike.

The route is convenient for all types of road transport.

Dinh To Pagoda (Thanh Thien Tu) worships Buddha according to Mahayana Buddhism. The pagoda was built to meet the religious and belief needs of local people. It was established to spread Buddhist teachings, encourage good and deter evil, educate people in humanity and righteousness, to live a good life and beautiful faith, and to bring blessings for the future.  

Originally, Dinh To Pagoda was located outside the fields; its architecture was small with 2 compartments and had seriously deteriorated because it was far from the residential area. In 1947, local people moved the pagoda to its current location with a 3-compartment building for Buddha worship, a small Mother Goddess house, and a small 3-compartment bell tower. In 2004, the authorities and local people jointly rebuilt all architectural structures of the pagoda in concrete; in 2007, the Mother Goddess house item was renovated.

Dinh To Pagoda is a place of Buddha worship, where the smoke and mist of the village soul linger. The pagoda Dinh To (Thanh Thien Tu) faces southeast. In front of the pagoda is Dinh To dike, within the Song Tich River dike system. The pagoda is structured in the shape of the character “Dinh” with items such as: Tam Quan gate, front hall, upper sanctuary, Patriarch house, Mother Goddess house, and other auxiliary structures.

Artifacts Dinh To Pagoda has quite many, mainly concentrated in the main items such as: front hall, upper sanctuary, Patriarch house, Mother Goddess house. VRegarding types and materials, there are wooden objects, bronze objects, and ceramic, wooden objects… Among the artifacts here most are worship objects from the 19th and 20th centuries.