Bac Giang is located about 50 km from Hanoi, convenient for travel thanks to the CT01 expressway from Bac Giang to Lang Son.
Normally, tourists visit Bac Giang in a day. However, to have time to visit the pagodas and rest, tourists should take a 2-day trip, passing through 3 famous pagodas including Yen Tu, Bo Da and Vinh Nghiem.
If departing from Hanoi, it will take visitors about 1.5 hours to reach Tay Yen Tu spiritual tourist area, Son Dong district. The distance is 62 km, via CT01 highway and then National Highway 17.
Tay Yen Tu is located on the western slope of Yen Tu mountain range (Quang Ninh province), built to recreate the path of spreading Buddhism of the founders of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect. Here, visitors will be immersed in the scenery of the mountains and forests with a rich flora and fauna system.
The pagoda has four areas, including Trinh Pagoda, Ha Pagoda (Phat Quang Pagoda), Trung Pagoda and Thuong Pagoda (Kim Quy Pagoda). The pagodas are located at an altitude of 145 m to nearly 1,000 m, connecting to Dong Pagoda on the top of Yen Tu. Visitors can take the cable car from Ha Pagoda to Thuong Pagoda and walk along the mountain road to Dong Pagoda.
Total visit time here is about 3 - 4 hours, depending on individual needs.
Near the parking lot at the foot of Yen Tu mountain, there is a restaurant serving lunch. In addition, at the intersection of Tay Yen Tu - Tay Yen Tu town, about 2 km from the pagoda, there is also a restaurant with many dishes made from Son Dong hill chicken, forest products and popular hot pot rice, accepting pre-orders for large groups.
From Yen Tu, visitors travel along DT293 to Vinh Nghiem Pagoda. The distance is about 60 km.
The pagoda has 4 houses located in a large campus, surrounded by bamboo forests. Not only is it a place to worship Buddha, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda also worships Truc Lam Tam To in the Tran Dynasty.
The pagoda still preserves a collection of ancient scriptures covering 10 rooms. These scriptures are 700 years old and are a valuable collection of books that the ancients called the wooden library.
Bac Giang has many accommodation areas for different needs. 4-star hotels include Muong Thanh, Kinh Bac Palace, Mandala Hotel and Suites, Ravatel Luxury Hotel, Sojo Hotel Bac Giang, Linn Hotel with prices for a double room ranging from 700,000 - 1 million VND per night. Other hotels cost from 200,000 VND/night.
In the evening, visitors can dine at restaurants in the city. If you come around the 10th lunar month, don't miss the local specialty of soft-shell crab.
On the second day, visitors can visit the ancient citadel of Xuong Giang in the center of Bac Giang city. This is a historical construction, associated with the commander Le Loi and the military advisor Nguyen Trai and the generals who directly commanded the battle of Xuong Giang in 1427.
Bo Da Pagoda is about 20 km from Bac Giang City on the way back to Hanoi. Visitors can stop to visit the pagoda and rest for about 1 hour.
The pagoda still retains the traditional ancient Vietnamese architecture. Nearly 100 interconnected rooms were built with folk materials such as baked bricks, tiles, ceramic urns, and the surrounding walls were made of earth. The walls, gates, and some structures were built with rammed earth in the style of rammed earth. The pagoda has an 8,000 m2 garden with 110 towers, which is the resting place of more than 1,214 Buddhist monks and nuns of the Lam Te Zen sect.
On the way back, visitors can have a late lunch in Bac Ninh City. Delicious dishes in Bac Ninh City include steamed beef wrapped in rice paper, wild birds, Tich Nghi fish porridge, and burnt rice with goat meat. Bac Ninh City has many specialties to buy as gifts such as Phu The cake, Bui spring rolls, and Cho village rice cake.
Tourists can combine a visit to Do Temple in Bac Ninh City on the afternoon of the second day. Note, if tourists come to Bac Giang at the end of March, they should stop by the over 100-year-old cotton tree at Ba Co Yen Dung Temple (Lang Son cotton tree) in Lang Son Commune, Yen Dung District. This is the time when the cotton tree blooms bright red flowers.
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