In 1931, monk Thich Nhan Thu established Linh Quang Tu, initially just a small hermitage with thatched roof and wooden walls. In 1933, the new pagoda was built to be more spacious.
Sketch by Architect Tran Xuan Hong
Sketch by Architect Nguyen Dinh Viet
In 1938, the pagoda was granted a royal plaque by King Bao Dai and Queen Mother Doan Huy Hoang (a recognition and reward from the king for meaningful works), on which was written: Royal plaque of Linh Quang Tu ancestral temple (this plaque was burned during the general offensive and uprising of Tet Mau Than in 1968).
Sketch by Architect Nguyen Khanh Vu
The building has a combined Chinese-Vietnamese architectural style. The pagoda has a double roof, curved at the four corners, and is elaborately carved. On the four corners of the roof are the four sacred animals: dragon, unicorn, turtle, and phoenix, embossed, covered with multi-colored porcelain.
The lobby is designed in the style of three rooms, two wings, with overlapping roofs (two layers of roofs overlapping each other), between the two roof layers are panels decorated with dragons and the Chinese characters "Linh Quang Tu". On the roof are two dragons (in the style of two dragons competing for a pearl), in the middle is a tiger face and a rotating wheel.
The pagoda - sketch by architect Linh Hoang
Sketch by Architect Phung The Huy
The main hall has an area of 15 m x 20 m, including three connected rooms, and has a U Minh bell weighing up to 135 kg.
To the right of the main hall are three stupas of the founding monk and his successors (restored in 2010). The front hall of the temple has a dragon pillar and a wall panel embossed with the Deer Park garden.
Sketch by Architect Bui Hoang Bao
Since 2000, the pagoda has also built Lumbini Garden where Buddha was born, a 100-meter-long statue of Avalokiteshvara riding on a dragon, a 3-meter-high six-tusked white elephant statue...
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