When visiting Da Nang, Da Nang temple and pagoda is one of the places that you can have a try for sightseeing and cultural and spiritual discovery. There are some temples with beautiful landscapes that you should try, let's discover!
Da Nang is a large seaport city famous for its beautiful sandy beaches and modern buildings. Besides, there are many temples and pagodas that not only contribute to the beauty of the city but also places of worship to learn about historical and cultural. Let's go over some of the largest and most important temples in Da Nang that the visitor can visit.
So far, temples and pagodas play an important role in Vietnamese culture. These places are worship places that mix history, culture, and spiritual values. When coming here, you can see the Buddhist style with its moral and ethical principles. Temples are places for congregational religious celebrations. In addition, temples and pagodas bring about the value of traditional art, architectural works that relate the different dynastic periods in which they are situated.
For visitors, temples and pagodas are places for relaxation and sightseeing. When coming here, visitors can have time to purify the mind and contemplate life. Most temples and pagodas have unique architecture and colorful gardens with a lot of flowers and ornamental plants. Besides, many Vietnamese people want to visit these place to pray for peace and happiness.
Linh Ung Pagoda situated at Son Tra Peninsula, is one of the famous temples, which the visitor must go to in Da Nang. It must be said that this pagoda is one of the most important Buddhist temples of the city and this is famous for the huge statue of Quan Am – the Lady Buddha. The pagoda was built in the Nguyen dynasty but it has been refurbished and expanded severally. The statue of Quan Am has a height of 67-meter, becoming the tallest one in Southeast Asia’s countries.
To Da Nang people, the statue was worshiped as the protector of the city to bring peace and help the city overcome disaster. The statue looks out over the East Sea with the left hand grasping a water container representing benevolence. The right hand of Quan Am is in the gesture indicating the granting of wishes. Linh Ung pagoda has a beautiful location on the Son Tra Peninsula with a view on the Marble Mountains and the vast territory of the city itself, that is why a great number of tourists usually visit this place.
There is another spiritual landmark in Da Nang that the visitor who loves spiritual places should visit is the Marble Mountains. In this place, there is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills that are named after the five elements in Eastern philosophy. There are a number of temples and pagodas with different Gods. People often visit Tam Thai Pagoda, this is an ancient temple that is three hundred years old. It was built in the Nguyen Dynasty so the architectural structure is unique and ancient.
When coming here, you can feel the peace due to the beautiful nature. Surrounded by oldest pine trees, the pagoda brings about the sound of wind blowing and the far-off hum of the sea could be heard. At Thuy Son mountain, there are quite a number of shrines within the caves leading. The Huyen Khong Cave is one of the temples that deserves special attention. It features natural light coming in from some openings. When standing in the cave, it looks as if you are in a magical kingdom, the sculpture and the altars inside the cave included. Specifically, the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War used this cave as a fighting arena and a hiding place as well as a hospital. Therefore, Huyen Khong Cave is not only religious, but also a historical site.
Phap Lam Pagoda is located at the city center of Da Nang city and is 90 years old. The Buddhists no need to go to remote pagoda such as Linh Ung or the Marble mountain temple to pray for happiness, they can access the pagoda easily. Phap Lam Pagoda is unique for its big yard with the view of the beautiful bonsai trees and flowers and Buddhas in different postures. The visitor can see the 1. 1-meter-tall statue of the Buddha at the central exhibition area.
Phap Lam Pagoda is not only a place of worship and religious practice but also an education center and cultural activities. Everyday, the pagoda often organizes meditation sessions, dhamma talks or festivals. Especially on special occasions such as the first day of the lunar month and full moon day, people throng to attend to. Some festivals like Vesak (Buddha’s Birthday) and Lunar New Year celebrations, the pagoda will be alive and decorated with colors, festoons, lanterns, and illumination. Buddhism is not a dying culture in contemporary Vietnam
The Quan Cong Temple worships the hero general Quan Cong. He is considered as a saint who possessed very core human values such as loyalty, integrity and justice. The temple is located near the Han River and was built in 1910. The temple is featured with a special structure with an advanced roof, has many colors and dragons. At the center chamber is the principal shrine devoted to Quan Cong. His two sides are two servants statues with stern just images.
The attendants who go to the temple are Vietnamese and Chinese so this was an important cultural interchange point. Every year, the Quan Cong Festival is celebrated and attracts many people. The temple is used to perform special ceremonial dances, dragon dances and special cultural troupes to remind Vietnamese of their close links to China.
Nowadays, the society has developed and religious practices has changed but temples and pagodas still have a large influence on the spiritual life of the city. These areas are still vital to communities’ existence, carrying on native customs and transferring them from one generation to the other. Although modernization through urbanization and globalization is gradually setting in at a fast pace, these places are peaceful destinations for people.
Religion is another aspect that the temples fulfill for people as recreational structures or sites that act as tourist destinations whereby people from across the globe visit Da Nang city to see, pray in and have a glimpse of what religion practiced in Vietnam looks like. This has prompted replacement towards conserving these sites and much has been done to preserve the temples, restore them to as they are still functional so that they may represent culture of the city.
Thus, Da Nang temples are much more than impressive creations for worship: They are absolute testimonies of the interactions between the city and its history, culture, and spirituality. Built atop the mountains, the Linh Ung Pagoda at the Sea overlooking the East Sea, and the complex shrines in the Marble Mountains - all these temples are a way to look into the heart of Da Nang. They tell the residents that despite the fact that the world is constantly evolving for decades, the spiritual connection of the city is already unshakable.
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