One Pillar Pagoda - One Pillar Pagoda

Legend has it that, when Emperor Ly Thai Tong was sad because he had no children to carry on the lineage, he dreamed that Quan Am Bodhisattva sat on a lotus flower and offered him a son. After that, he actually had a son after marrying a girl from a farming background. To show his gratitude, he built the One Pillar Pagoda with the design of a lotus growing from a pond with a height of 1.25 m. The temple is made of wood and worships Quan Am statue inside to worship.

Therefore, the name of the temple also comes from the actual design of the structure: All are built on a single stone pillar representing the branch of a lotus in the middle of the pond. In Eastern culture, the lotus flower symbolizes purity. Although the temple was ravaged by the French at the end of 1954, it was later rebuilt according to the original architecture by the successor government.

Nowadays, childless couples from all over the country often visit the temple in the hope that it will bring them good luck to conceive a baby. Many people also believe that the temple has miraculous healing powers, so the sick and elderly often come here every year to pray for good health. One Pillar Pagoda is located at the rear of the Ho Chi Minh Museum. The temple is especially attractive to visitors during the summer when the lotus flowers here are in full bloom, creating a picturesque landscape. In addition, visitors can come here to visit in the early morning or sunset, when the light reflected through the pond gives the temple a beautiful mysterious character.