Chùa Bút Tháp is one of the most famous pagodas in Viet Nam. It is located near the dyke of the Đuống River, in Bắc Ninh Province. The temple houses the largest Avalokiteśvara statue with one thousand eyes and a thousand arms. Inside, there are various valuable ancient objects and statues, which are considered to be Vietnamese masterpieces of 17th-century wood carving. The pagoda has 10 buildings spreading for 100 meters back the three-entrance gate to the bell-tower and back house. Inside the temple are more than 50 statues of different sizes including the Triad Buddha, Manjusri (Van Thu) on a blue lion and Samantabhadra (Pho Hien) on a white elephant. The most remarkable is the thousand-handed and thousand-eyed Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát (Avalokiteswara), which is described as a sculptural masterpiece of Vietnam. The architecture, sculpture and decoration of the temple were exclusively confined to the 17th century, so it has the best intact and typical example of Vietnam’s classical Buddhist art.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 02:40:32 +0000
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