Thap Thuong Temple

Legend has it that previously in Song Phuong Commune, Dan Phuong District (now Dan Phuong Commune - Hanoi City), there was a piece of land shaped like a swallow; local people built a temple and pagoda on that land. Since then the village was named Thap Thuong Village, the temple was named Thap Thuong Temple, and the pagoda was named Nhan Thap Pagoda (collectively Nhan Thap Temple and Pagoda). Currently, in front of this relic complex, two wells remain, traditionally said to be the eyes of the swallow.
The Thap Thuong Temple and Nhan Thap Pagoda relic complex was originally an ancient land. Through research of bibliographies and historical documents, along the Day River in Dan Phuong District before administrative rearrangement, it may have been one of the defense lines of the Hai Ba Trung uprising.
To record for future generations the glorious pages of the nation's history, and to remember the heroes who contributed many victories to the country, the villagers together contributed labor and money to build the Thap Thuong Temple-Pagoda relic complex to worship General Loi Chan, who was born here and fought with the Hai Ba Trung insurgent army against the Eastern Han invaders. At the same time, this is also where local people perform all village rituals.
According to folk documentary sources, Nhan Thap Temple and Pagoda was built quite early, though the exact period is unknown. Through many historical upheavals, as well as rain and sun over time, the temple and pagoda were badly damaged, and the ancient structures are no longer intact. To preserve and pass on the precious heritage left by the ancestors, the villagers of Thap Thuong, Song Phuong contributed labor and money to rebuild the temple as it is today.
Currently the temple still preserves many precious relics, such as 20 imperial edicts, of which the earliest is from the Le dynasty (1787). The stone stele system, including the earliest stele, a stele for the endowment of the tutelary deity made on a good day in the third month of the Giap Ngo year, the 35th Canh Hung era of the Le dynasty (1774), has suggested that the Nhan Thap Temple and Pagoda relic may have been built earlier.
Nhan Thap Pagoda and Thap Thuong Temple both face west, slightly toward the south, overlooking the Day River (also called the Hat River and, according to Chinese documents, the Chu Dien River).
The Thap Thuong Temple and Nhan Thap Pagoda relic complex was ranked by the Ministry of Culture as a national-level historical-cultural relic under Decision No. 2003/QD-BVH dated November 15, 1991. Over time, the relic has seriously deteriorated: roof tiles are displaced and broken, there are widespread leaks, columns and wooden structural components are termite-damaged and no longer ensure load-bearing capacity, so restoration and embellishment need to be implemented to preserve the relic. Visit.