Ngoc Son Temple
(Vietnamese: Ðền Ngọc Sơn)
Tran Quoc pagoda sits on an island in the West Lake. It was supposedly founded
1,400 years ago by King Ly Nam De with the name Khai Quoc (National Founder).
The pagoda originally sat on the bank of the Red River but was moved to the
present site during the reign of King Le Kinh Tong (1600-1618) and renamed Tran
Quoc (National Defense). One of the present statues inside the pagoda was
fashioned in 1639.
Bibliography:
Cohen, Barbara. The Vietnam Guidebook
Harper and Row Publications, Inc. New York. 1990
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