Cống Yên Temple Relic
Introduction
Cống Yên Temple, also known as Đức Thánh Quảng Hồng Temple, is located in the Cống Yên area, now part of Ngọc Hà Ward, Hanoi. According to legends and folk documents passed down locally, Đức Thánh Quảng Hồng was born and raised in Cống Yên Village, Quảng Đức District, Phụng Thiên Prefecture, in the ancient capital of Thăng Long.
During the resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol army in the late 13th century, especially in 1285 and 1288, when the Yuan army commanded by Ô Mã Nhi invaded our country, Đức Thánh Quảng Hồng rendered great service in helping King Trần Nhân Tông drive out the invaders, contributing to defending the nation and its borders.
After his death, to remember his merits and virtues, the local people built a temple to worship him, honored him as the Thành hoàng and conferred on him the title “Bản Cảnh Thành hoàng Quảng Hồng Linh ứng Thượng đẳng Thần Đại Vương”. Through many generations, the worship of Đức Thánh Quảng Hồng has become a traditional religious practice, expressing the moral principle of “remembering the source when drinking water” and the people's gratitude to the deity who rendered service to the homeland and country.
