Thanh Sam Temple

Thanh Sam Mother Lieu Temple has long been renowned for its sacredness. The temple worships two brothers of the Tran family from the Ly dynasty. The elder, Tran Quang Uy, was a general who made great contributions to defeating invaders, defending the country, and bringing peace to the people. According to the spirit tablet, Quang Uy was conferred the title Vi liet hoang te linh thong linh phu duc bao trung hung dai vuong thuong dang than.

Thanh Sam Temple faces east-northeast; in front of the gate is a semicircular pond whose water stays blue-green all year round. The main temple building consists of a front hall (great worship hall) and a rear sanctuary built in the chuoi vo style, with a T-shaped layout; two side halls, ta vu and huu vu, stand outside in the courtyard, followed by a three-entrance gate. The temple still preserves artifacts such as: 1 genealogy of the deity, 1 eight-carried palanquin, 1 spirit tablet and throne, 2 statues, 5 au gian, 4 wooden lamp stands, an iron washing vessel, swords, horizontal plaques, couplets, scrolls, eight treasures, the Duc Ong horse, 1 bronze bell, steles...

The temple altar has a statue of the Holy Mother; it also preserves a jade genealogy written by Dong Cac Grand Scholar Nguyen Binh during the Later Le dynasty and many royal edicts from dynasties in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, kept in the edict box of Duc Dai Vuong Tran Quang Uy and Duc Quoc Mau. In particular, there is a narrative poem of more than one hundred lines praising the merits of Mother Lieu. The Mother is one of the four immortal saints in mythological perception. Folk belief holds that the Mother was a daughter of the Jade Emperor who descended to earth and was named Giang Tien. From earthly life with a husband and children, she understood all earthly suffering. The Mother appears at all times, in all places, and in every human life to always struggle for fairness and equality, so she is honored as the highest among the Holy Mothers.

The temple was ranked as a National Relic by the Ministry of Culture in 1997.