King Le Temple

King Le Temple is located in Ap Bac Hamlet, Doai Phuong Commune, Hanoi City, on Doi Vua Hill, facing southwest. The relic site is surrounded by traces such as Ben Ren, Dong Troi, and Lo Loi; according to tradition, Ben Ren is where King Le had soldiers forge weapons when stopping here.

Legend has it that during the Later Le dynasty, King Le Chieu Tong and his generals, while marching through the Doai region, chose Son Dong – Doi Vua as a temporary encampment. Recognizing the strategic terrain, surrounded by many hills and rivers, the king organized troop training and weapon forging to strengthen his forces. Later, local people, remembering the king's merits and virtue, built a temple to worship him and honored King Le Chieu Tong as the village's tutelary god.

Over time, King Le Temple has become a cultural and religious center for local people. Every year, the temple festival is held on the 9th day of the first lunar month to commemorate the king and pray for national peace and prosperity and for a warm and happy life. The temple currently preserves a number of artifacts of historical and scientific value, notably an 18th-century Tho Ha ceramic incense bowl. In 2025, the relic was restored and embellished spaciously, with main items including the front hall, rear shrine, and auxiliary works.

With its outstanding historical and cultural values, King Le Temple was ranked as a city-level historical and cultural relic in 2017, a destination attracting a large number of local people and tourists to visit and learn about the history of the Doai region.