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Linh Phuoc Pagoda is a beautiful Buddhist shrine
in Da Lat, every surface of which is covered in
stunning mosaics
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The outstanding feature of the pagoda is the
method of carefully carving and decorating the
dragon statue with pieces of pottery, porcelain
and glass in the style of the ancient people at
Khai Dinh Tomb in Hue
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Right next to the pagoda is the unique Long Hoa
Vien (Dragon Flower Park), with a meandering
dragon-shaped three-door gate
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The front of the pagoda is lined with meticulous
sculptured pillars in the shape of flying dragons
which were made from glass debris
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Linh Phuoc Pagoda, or known as Ve Chai Pagoda,
was built in 1949 and completed in 1953. In 1990,
it was renovated on a larger scale with thousands
of porcelain bottles 
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The pagoda is also known as Bottle pagoda,
thanks to its mosaic design with millions of
pieces of bottles, broken dishes, and colorful
crockery From 1990 to present, Linh Phuoc Pagoda
has been continuously added new constructions
with a unique design
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The "junk" pagoda, a cute nickname for the Linh
Phuoc Pagoda, because it is decorated with
thousands of broken crockery, porcelain, ceramic
pieces. In front of the temple grounds is a 37 m
high seven-storeyed tower, which is considered
the highest temple bell tower in Vietnam
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Two tall guardian statues in the bell tower
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In the heart of the Dai Hong Chung tower is a 4.3
m high bell that is considered one of the
heaviest bell in Vietnam it weighs 8,500 kg, and
was cast in 1999. However, at present, the chime
in Bai Dinh Pagoda (Ninh Binh Province) is on the
first ranking
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Visitors are invited to write their wishes and
prayers on a small piece of paper, turn the bell
to the current season, and stick the paper on the
bell. After ringing the bell three times, the
prayers are then sent to Buddha
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Tall guardian statues on either side
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The statue of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara It
has a height of 17m in concrete and inlaid with
gold
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The shrine has 3 floors, made of porcelain, each
floor has 108 statues worship Quan The
Bodhisattva size smaller
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In 1990, a major reconstruction was undertaken.
At that time, the spacious main hall of 33m long
and 22m wide was built. Inside the hall lies a
big statue of Buddha Shakyamuni meditating on a
lotus
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Above the two rows of columns decorated with
dragons are 12 embossments inlaid with crockery
describing the history of Shakyamuni Buddha from
his birth to nirvana. There are also sculptural
paintings of classic reference of Amitabha and
The Lotus Sutra
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The sitting jade Buddha figure in a side temple
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The temple is famous also for its statue of
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara made of 700,000
immortal flowers. The statue is 17m high, and was
certified as a world record by the World Record
Union in 2017
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Next to the Lady Buddha statue made by immortal
flowers are the 324 external statues of
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (3 stories)
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Splendid mosaics cover the whole stunning temple
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All the pagoda is inlaid with debris of glass,
pottery bowls and porcelain forming colorful
patterns harmonizing and balancing each other
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The temple grounds (Hoa Long Vien) have a dragon
of length 49 m, the dragon enclosure is made of
12,000 beer bottles, and the dragon mouth covers
the Maitreya Buddha
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The 18 levels of Hell symbolizes 18 gates, which
recount different scenes of how Maudgalyayana
passed through to find her mother and explain the
profound meanings
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The zone of wax sculptures that look like real
ancient humans
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There is also a gem display, antique chinaware
and fine art furniture The root of the brooch
tree containing the sutras
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Sculpture of the king of wood (the peacock)
largest in Vietnam
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Ve Chai Pagoda Gallery
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Text and pictures Internet All copyrights belong
to their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2021
Sound Namo Buddha Amitabha (Vietnamese
language)
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Vietnam (sometimes written as Viet Nam),
officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is
located at the eastern edge of the Indochinese
Peninsula, and is divided into 58 provinces and
five municipalities, covering 331,699 square
kilometres, with a population of over 96 million
inhabitants, making it the world's sixteenth-most
populous country. Vietnam is a unitary Marxist-Len
inist one-party socialist republic, one of the
two communist states (the other being Laos)
in Southeast Asia
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