Temple Tower

Thap Pagoda was first built in the Ly Dynasty. By the middle of the 13th century, the pagoda was repaired and expanded under the Tran dynasty, used as a place of practice for the nobility and royal family in the court. Visiting Thap Pagoda, you will admire an extremely unique and impressive Buddhist architecture. From afar, Thap Pagoda stands majestically like a vertical pen reaching out to write the best things in the vast blue sky. Closer to the tower area, you will easily be attracted and immersed in an ancient space covered with mossy layers of time. Inside the temple courtyard, where the sacred stupa resides, visitors will easily encounter 2 stone steles recording all the information about this ancient temple.

Stepping inside the temple, you will feel a pure space enveloping, with the statue of King Tran Nhan Tong entering Nirvana and a number of other Buddha statues, all of which turn on an ethereal and ethereal feature of the Buddha. merciful. Thap Pagoda includes 9 front halls and 3 incense burning booths. All doors in the temple grounds are made of ironwood with extremely sophisticated carvings of dragon and phoenix. A pair of stone crocodiles on the three-door steps - typical Buddhist architecture of the feudal period, highly appreciated for its sculptural technique. Behind the upper hall is a simple architectural complex that is likened to a complete circle surrounding Thap pagoda, including 5 ancestral houses, 3 monk rooms, and 3 shrine rooms.

The most prominent feature of Thap Pagoda is Pho Minh tower with a height of 19.5 meters including 14 floors. The tower is designed extremely nicely, the higher it goes, the narrower it gets, each floor of the tower is stylized carved like pure, simple lotus petals. Around Pho Minh tower are luxuriant and lush old trees, contributing to creating a quiet majesty for this place. The elegant beauty of Pho Minh tower makes visitors linger, the closer we get to the tower, the more easily we are attracted by the peace and escapism of the space here. Regardless of whether you are a Buddhist or simply a person who likes to see unique cultural architectures, Thap Pagoda is always one of the places to visit in your journey to discover the ancient capital of Ninh Binh. .