Tram Pagoda (Nghiem Quang Tu)

Tram Pagoda has the Sino-Vietnamese name "Nghiem Quang Tu" and is a place for Buddha worship and Mother Goddess worship. There is no basis to confirm exactly when the pagoda was built. According to the elders, Tram Pagoda was previously built in the Lang road area; in a year of heavy flooding it drifted to the area of the current Dinh. Based on antiquities preserved at the pagoda and recorded on the stone stele, the pagoda was rebuilt in the third year of Canh Hung (1769) by the nun Dam Thi Tinh, who spent money to acquire land and rebuild the pagoda. Antiquities such as a bronze bell bearing the Vinh Thinh 14th year (1718), worship spirit tablets, and Buddha statues at the pagoda bear the late Le style of the 18th and 20th centuries. The Tam Bao hall is structured in the Dinh character, including 5 bays of the front hall and 3 bays of the upper sanctuary; it was most recently repaired by local people in 1987 with xoan wood, which has deteriorated and needs repair. Behind it is the Ancestor worship house with 5 bays of the front hall and 3 bays of the upper sanctuary; behind on the left is the Mother Goddess worship house with 5 bays of the front hall and 3 bays of the upper sanctuary, repaired and embellished by local people in 1998.

With the historical, cultural, architectural, and artistic values of Dinh – Tram Pagoda associated with the development of the people of Tram Village in particular and the people of Long Bien in general, these values need to be preserved and promoted. In 2005, officials and residents of the Tram neighborhood groups submitted a petition to the People's Committee of the ward, the People's Committee of the district, the Long Bien District Culture and Information Office, the Hanoi Relics and Scenic Spots Management Board, and the Hanoi Department of Culture and Information to prepare a ranking dossier for submission to the Hanoi City People's Committee for approval; Decision No. 385/QD-UBND dated January 18, 2006 was issued recognizing the Dinh – Tram Pagoda relic complex as a historical-architectural and artistic relic.