Coming to Yen Tu, visitors will feel like they are lost in a fairyland with myths and legends about the king who became a Buddha.
Yen Tu has long been considered the spiritual source of many generations of Vietnamese people. Our people still circulate the folk song: "A hundred years of accumulating virtue and practicing, but not being at Yen Tu, the practice has not been successful".
Yen Tu Mountain is associated with the name and extraordinary career of Emperor Tran Nhan Tong. After leading the army and people of Dai Viet to victory in the resistance war against the Yuan-Mongol invaders twice (in 1285 and 1288), he passed the throne to his son, abandoned the red palace and jade palace to return to this deserted place to practice and attain Buddhahood.
He founded and became the founder of Truc Lam Zen - a Zen sect with strong Vietnamese identity, with the desire to build a happy and benevolent nation. Since then, Yen Tu has become the birthplace of Truc Lam Zen and is considered the sacred land of Vietnamese Buddhism since the Dai Viet period.
Yen Tu has a special attraction for domestic and foreign tourists, especially Buddhists around the world .
Yen Tu is considered the “capital” of Buddhism in Vietnam. Millions of tourists make pilgrimages to Yen Tu every year.
In 10 years (2005-2015), Yen Tu has invested heavily in connecting infrastructure as well as each highlight project. In 2006, Dong Pagoda was officially restored with materials entirely made of copper, replacing the previous temporary copper-reinforced concrete pagoda...
In 2011, Yen Tu National Forest was established and implemented projects to protect and develop the forest. In 2012, Yen Tu was recognized by the Prime Minister as a special national relic. In 2013, a large statue of King Tran Nhan Tong was erected on the top of An Ky Sinh... These are important milestones for the relic area, scenic spots and Yen Tu National Forest to be cleared, standing out in the system of major national heritages.
Through many historical events and ups and downs, today the remaining relics in Yen Tu are 11 pagodas and hundreds of hermitages, towers, steles, and statues that fully converge many architectural and sculptural styles of the eras, expressing the long-standing material and spiritual values of the Vietnamese people. Perhaps this is a unique attraction that not every tourist destination has.
Coming to Yen Tu, visitors will have the feeling of being lost in a fairyland with myths and legends about the king who became a Buddha, about the sacred land of Yen Tu with valuable constructions such as Dong Pagoda, the statue of Buddha King Tran Nhan Tong... The cultural values of Truc Lam Buddhism from here have also been inherited by many successive generations, increasingly developed, spreading to many regions and areas in the country and many other countries in the world until today.
Located right at the foot of Yen Tu mountain, Truc Lam Cultural Center includes architectural works inspired by the architecture of the Tran Dynasty and the ideology of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect, creating a tourist destination imbued with Vietnamese history and culture.
The inauguration of the Bronze Pagoda after 360 days of construction on the mountain has created a new image for Yen Tu, where there is a real bronze pagoda, from which the belief in a sacred land that our ancestors chose, built and preserved more than 700 years ago is further affirmed. The Bronze Pagoda project in Yen Tu has also created many records: It is the largest bronze pagoda in Vietnam, the pagoda is located at the highest altitude in Vietnam...
In addition to its reputation as the “cradle of Vietnamese Buddhism”, Yen Tu also attracts tourists with its beauty like a paradise. The wild and majestic natural landscape of Yen Tu National Forest further enhances the sacredness of the Buddhist land, creating great potential for the development of spiritual and ecological tourism in Quang Ninh province.
Yoga performance on Yen Tu mountain
With an altitude of 1,068m above sea level, visitors can admire the scene of clouds covering the white sky when coming to Yen Tu. Throughout the journey to worship Buddha, visitors will be immersed in the scenery of clouds, sky, nature, and plants like a watercolor painting. That is Giai Oan stream with water flowing all year round at the foot of the mountain, the ancient and silent pine path under the sacred forest, the mossy steps stained with time, the temple roofs hidden among the thousand-year-old white clouds, the majesty of the mountains....
The ancient Tung Road is hundreds of years old.
In 2006, the Dong Pagoda was officially restored using entirely copper materials, replacing the previous temporary copper-reinforced concrete pagoda...
Dong Pagoda at night is beautiful and sparkling
The number of tourists coming to Yen Tu is always in the 7 digits, with an average of about 1.5 million people per year, a hundred times higher than in 1992 and dozens of times higher than in 2000.
(According to 24h, October 11, 2023)
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