Thach Sang
Introduction
Thach Sang is a religious relic dedicated to the monk Khau Da La; according to the book “Bac Ninh Phong Tho Dia Chi”. In 187, the monk Khau Da La came from India to our country to spread the religion; when passing through the land of present-day Ninh Hiep, he stopped to rest. By day he went to preach, and at night he rested on a stone slab under the banyan tree at the head of the village, and he also built a Buddhist shrine at the location of the ancient Phap Van Pagoda (now Nanh Pagoda). Later, the people of Ninh Hiep erected the stone slab on which he lay as an altar to worship him—the man who had the merit of bringing Buddhism to Vietnam.
Based on documentary sources at the relic, Thach Sang dates back to the Le dynasty (17th century) and was repaired several times during the Nguyen dynasty (19th century) up to the present.
