UNG LINH PAGODA (VINH TRUNG VILLAGE)

Ung Linh Pagoda, whose literary name is Linh Ung Tu, is located in Vinh Trung village, Ngoc Hoi commune, about 22 km south of the center of Hanoi, and was ranked as an architectural and artistic relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1993.
Ung Linh Pagoda was built next to the Vinh Trung communal house and shrine. The pagoda has a Front Hall, Upper Sanctuary, Patriarch's House, and Guest House. It still preserves many ritual vessels, stone steles, and Buddha statues, with beautiful and unusual carving art.
Before the August Revolution in 1945, Ung Linh Pagoda was a place where many activities to spread revolutionary awareness took place, preparing for the General Uprising of the Viet Minh front. During the resistance war against the French (1946 - 1954), the pagoda was a secret base for many cadres operating in enemy-held areas. Today, beneath the pedestal of the Duc Ong statue, a secret bunker used by the abbots of that time to shelter cadres is still preserved.