Yen Thanh Temple

Yen Thanh Temple, also known as Temple to Queen Ly Chieu Hoang, located at 28 Phan Huy Ich Street, Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi. This relic originates from the ancient Yen Thanh village – one of the old villages of Thang Long, belonging to Yen Thanh canton, Vinh Thuan district. The relic was ranked as a city-level historical-cultural and architectural-art relic in 2005.

The temple is a place of worship for Ly Chieu Hoang (Empress Chieu Thanh), the ninth and last monarch of the Ly dynasty. She ascended the throne in 1224 at the age of 8, then abdicated in favor of Tran Canh, beginning the transition from the Ly dynasty to the Tran dynasty. By tradition, she is remembered by the people for a life tied to important changes in the nation's history.

The temple has architecture in the style of the Nguyen era, with a layout of the Dinh character, comprising the Front Hall and Rear Palace. The relic also preserves many valuable artifacts such as Han-character deity biographies, imperial edicts, stone steles, bronze bells, horizontal plaques, couplets and a system of worship statues, among which the most notable are the statue of Ly Chieu Hoang and statues of Ly dynasty monarchs.

With values in history, culture, architecture and beliefs, Yen Thanh Temple is an address that contributes to preserving the traces of the Ly dynasty and the cultural space of the ancient Thang Long village in the heart of the modern city