Thuy Trung Tien Temple
Introduction
Thuy Trung Tien Temple, whose literary name is Thuy Trung Tien Tu, located on a small island in the middle of Truc Bach Lake, Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi. The temple dates back to the Ly Dynasty (11th century), was once demolished in 1982 and was restored and reinaugurated in 2017. The relic was ranked as a City-level Landscape Relic in 2017.
The temple is associated with the worship of Mother Thoai, reflecting the long-standing layers of folk belief culture of the lake-area residents.
The temple space is small in scale, with traditional architecture harmonizing with the water landscape. Notably, many bronze worship statues and ritual objects at the temple were crafted by artisans from Ngu Xa bronze-casting village crafted, creating a connection between the beliefs, the Truc Bach Lake landscape, and traditional craft village values.
Today, Thuy Trung Tien Temple is a distinctive cultural–spiritual highlight of the Truc Bach Lake area, contributing to preserving and promoting the historical values, folk beliefs, and cultural landscape of Ba Dinh Ward
