Tran Dynasty Thai Temple
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Tran Dynasty Thai Temple The Tran Dynasty Thai Temple is one of the important relics located in the complex of Tran Dynasty Special National Historic Sites in Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh province. According to historical records and through research by scientists, this is the place to worship the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty and the Tran kings.        The old Thai temple belongs to Doc Trai village, Yen Sinh commune, Me Son canton, Dong Trieu district, Kinh Mon government, Hai Duong province. Today belongs to Trai Loc village, An Sinh commune, Dong Trieu town, Quang Ninh province.        Thai temple (known as Thai temple in folklore) is located on a low mountain called Doi Dinh. The mountain terrain has the shape of the sacred fish "lingu", lying in the north-south direction, the main facing south, the left and right sides are surrounded by high mountains like thrones, behind the towering fin dragon mountain - where Ngoa Van am as the occipital, the stream covered Am Tra flows from Ngoa Van in front from East to West, far in front is Tu Phuc mountain as a criminal record, in front of the road there are 02 wells of dragon eyes, ... View more

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Tran Dynasty Thai Temple
The Tran Dynasty Thai Temple is one of the important relics located in the complex of Tran Dynasty Special National Historic Sites in Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh province. According to historical records and through research by scientists, this is the place to worship the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty and the Tran kings.
       The old Thai temple belongs to Doc Trai village, Yen Sinh commune, Me Son canton, Dong Trieu district, Kinh Mon government, Hai Duong province. Today belongs to Trai Loc village, An Sinh commune, Dong Trieu town, Quang Ninh province.
       Thai temple (known as Thai temple in folklore) is located on a low mountain called Doi Dinh. The mountain terrain has the shape of the sacred fish "lingu", lying in the north-south direction, the main facing south, the left and right sides are surrounded by high mountains like thrones, behind the towering fin dragon mountain - where Ngoa Van am as the occipital, the stream covered Am Tra flows from Ngoa Van in front from East to West, far in front is Tu Phuc mountain as a criminal record, in front of the road there are 02 wells of dragon eyes, surrounding water. Surrounded by many small mountains. With topographical features "Ta Thanh Long, right of Bach Ho; The posterior occipital has high mountains, the clear road has a water collection, and the previous convictions have a blocking mountain.
       After ascending the throne, in 1237 Tran Canh ie King Tran Thai Tong gave Tran Lieu (his brother) the land of Ngu Yen (Yen Sinh, Yen Phu, Yen Duong, Yen Bang and Yen Hung) to make land for ladders. carpentry and anointed Tran Lieu as An Sinh Vuong, living life in this land to worship ancestors. An Sinh King Tran Lieu built many buildings and Tien Mieu to worship his ancestors and his father, Thai To Tran Thua.

After the death of An Sinh King Tran Lieu, the Tran Dynasty continued to use and expand the Tien Mieu to become the Royal Thai Temple. That is, if before, Tien Mieu/To Mieu was only a place to worship ancestors of the Tran and Thai To Tran Thua, then when it became a royal Thai temple, the scale of the Thai temple was expanded, and the Tran kings died after they died. are worshiped here.
       The Thai temple was built in the Tran Dynasty, is a special work with the architectural plan of Vuong (王) and has a large scale. Over time and the fluctuations of history, the Thai temple was destroyed and gradually disappeared.
At the end of the Tran Dynasty, the Thai Temple as well as other relics in Dong Trieu such as Quynh Lam Pagoda... were severely damaged by the Ming invaders. During Le Trung Hung's reign, the Thai temple was cared for by local mandarins and local people to maintain sacrifices, worship, restore and embellish. Over time, many ups and downs of history, the entire architecture of Thai Mieu has been completely destroyed.
       By the Nguyen Dynasty, according to the inscriptions at the Thai temple in the second year of Bao Dai (1929) and in the version of the Divine Spirit recorded by the village chief Ly Doc Trai in 1938, it was said: The Thai temple was inhabited by the villagers. Doc Trai (present-day Trai Loc) contributed efforts and money, rebuilding the work on the old electric foundation, following the most rectangular (一) architecture, with an area of 78m2, with an architectural structure of three compartments and two stages. On both sides, there are pillars, brick walls, roof tiles with lotus hats, roof banks embossed with seeds. The architectural style of a village communal house (the people often call it Doc Trai communal house), the villagers set up a stele to mark the donation of money for the construction of the communal house and honoring the Tran kings as Thanh Hoang of the communal house. village. Before the revolution of August 1945, Doc Trai communal house still existed, being the place of spiritual activities of the local community.

Experiencing two wars of resistance against the French and against the US, the communal house of Doc Trai village was completely destroyed, only the architectural foundation remains, cultural and spiritual activities and festivals are no longer maintained regularly. To meet the religious needs, the place of cultural and spiritual activities of the community. In 1993, Trai Loc villagers contributed their human and financial resources to build a small temple of about 15m2, with the architecture of the word nail (丁), the pavilion was roofed with tiled roofs, the harem was built in the style of rolling arches, and the walls were plastered with plaster. The stucco is in the style of the Nguyen Dynasty, inside the two sides of the street are the mountain gods, the land, the harem, the long throne, the tablet is the place to worship the ancestors of the Tran dynasty and the Tran kings, the temple is called "Dai Dai". Vuong word" means Dai Vuong temple. Up to now, all levels of government and people of Dong Trieu town in general and Trai Loc village in particular still maintain worship and sacrifice here for future generations to follow.
Since 2008, in order to preserve and promote the value of the cultural heritages of the Tran Dynasty, Dong Trieu town has coordinated with the Management Board of Quang Ninh Key Monuments and the Vietnam Institute of Archeology to organize the implementation of 02 sessions. scientific research, archaeological excavations of the Thai Mieu relic to clarify the architectural scale, assess the position and role of the Thai Mieu in the Tran Dynasty cultural heritage system in general and Tran Dynasty relics in Dong Trieu in particular.
       Through archaeological excavations, scientists have clearly revealed the entire architectural foundation of the Thai Mieu through the Tran, Le, and Nguyen dynasties, especially the Tran dynasties. With an excavated area of over 3,000m2, archaeologists have clarified the overall architectural scale of the Thai Mieu under the Tran dynasty, undergoing 3 stages of restoration and embellishment with 38 consecutive architectural works. closed in the style of "foreign kings" (国), bearing the architecture of temples and shrines of the Tran dynasty.
The first phase: The Thai temple was built around the first half of the 13th century, that is, after 1237, An Sinh Vuong Tran Lieu was granted a wooden ladder by King Tran Thai Tong in the "five Yen" land, where the "father's land" was. ancestral temple" to preserve the ancestral tombs, returning to his original hometown, Tran Lieu built the palace and the Tran family temple to worship his ancestors and his father, Thuong Hoang Tran Thua. At this stage, the Thai Mieu architecture is very massive and magnificent, with the architecture of the letter tam (三), including 03 buildings: the front hall, the middle street and the harem, interspersed with courtyards, with wooden architecture. Characterized by the Tran Dynasty, the foundation was embanked with pebbles and gravel, built with bricks, the floor was tiled with large bowls of the Tran Dynasty, the roof was roofed with leaf-shaped roof tiles, and the nose of the comedy was very large. motifs, patterns, and architectural decorations.
Phase 2: At the end of the 13th century, after the death of King An Sinh, Tran Lieu (1251), the temple was restored, embellished, built and expanded on both sides of the East-West corridor and other architectural works. forming a multi-layered, closed shrine architecture. The ancestral temple not only worshiped the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty, but the court also maintained common worship for the royal family in An Sinh's hometown, at this time the Tombstone was not only the ancestral temple of King An Sinh but also became the Thai temple of the whole emperor. Tran family.
Phase 3: The restoration and embellishment in this period took place in the second half of the 14th century. This is the period when the Thai temple was completed, restored and expanded to be spacious and superficial, and still maintained the worship and sacrifice of ancestors and Tran kings.

Experiencing two wars of resistance against the French and against the US, the communal house of Doc Trai village was completely destroyed, only the architectural foundation remains, cultural and spiritual activities and festivals are no longer maintained regularly. To meet the religious needs, the place of cultural and spiritual activities of the community. In 1993, Trai Loc villagers contributed their human and financial resources to build a small temple of about 15m2, with the architecture of the word nail (丁), the pavilion was roofed with tiled roofs, the harem was built in the style of rolling arches, and the walls were plastered with plaster. The stucco is in the style of the Nguyen Dynasty, inside the two sides of the street are the mountain gods, the land, the harem, the long throne, the tablet is the place to worship the ancestors of the Tran dynasty and the Tran kings, the temple is called "Dai Dai". Vuong word" means Dai Vuong temple. Up to now, all levels of government and people of Dong Trieu town in general and Trai Loc village in particular still maintain worship and sacrifice here for future generations to follow.
Since 2008, in order to preserve and promote the value of the cultural heritages of the Tran Dynasty, Dong Trieu town has coordinated with the Management Board of Quang Ninh Key Monuments and the Vietnam Institute of Archeology to organize the implementation of 02 sessions. scientific research, archaeological excavations of the Thai Mieu relic to clarify the architectural scale, assess the position and role of the Thai Mieu in the Tran Dynasty cultural heritage system in general and Tran Dynasty relics in Dong Trieu in particular.
       Through archaeological excavations, scientists have clearly revealed the entire architectural foundation of the Thai Mieu through the Tran, Le, and Nguyen dynasties, especially the Tran dynasties. With an excavated area of over 3,000m2, archaeologists have clarified the overall architectural scale of the Thai Mieu under the Tran dynasty, undergoing 3 stages of restoration and embellishment with 38 consecutive architectural works. closed in the style of "foreign kings" (国), bearing the architecture of temples and shrines of the Tran dynasty.
The first phase: The Thai temple was built around the first half of the 13th century, that is, after 1237, An Sinh Vuong Tran Lieu was granted a wooden ladder by King Tran Thai Tong in the "five Yen" land, where the "father's land" was. ancestral temple" to preserve the ancestral tombs, returning to his original hometown, Tran Lieu built the palace and the Tran family temple to worship his ancestors and his father, Thuong Hoang Tran Thua. At this stage, the Thai Mieu architecture is very massive and magnificent, with the architecture of the letter tam (三), including 03 buildings: the front hall, the middle street and the harem, interspersed with courtyards, with wooden architecture. Characterized by the Tran Dynasty, the foundation was embanked with pebbles and gravel, built with bricks, the floor was tiled with large bowls of the Tran Dynasty, the roof was roofed with leaf-shaped roof tiles, and the nose of the comedy was very large. motifs, patterns, and architectural decorations.
Phase 2: At the end of the 13th century, after the death of King An Sinh, Tran Lieu (1251), the temple was restored, embellished, built and expanded on both sides of the East-West corridor and other architectural works. forming a multi-layered, closed shrine architecture. The ancestral temple not only worshiped the ancestors of the Tran Dynasty, but the court also maintained common worship for the royal family in An Sinh's hometown, at this time the Tombstone was not only the ancestral temple of King An Sinh but also became the Thai temple of the whole emperor. Tran family.
Phase 3: The restoration and embellishment in this period took place in the second half of the 14th century. This is the period when the Thai temple was completed, restored and expanded to be spacious and superficial, and still maintained the worship and sacrifice of ancestors and Tran kings.

The Thai Mieu are embellished in 3 areas: Nghi Mon area, Thai temple conservation area from the Tran dynasty and new Thai temple area.
       The ritual gate was built with a new stone, on the front of the two main pillars there is a couplet sentence:
Transliteration: Nhi Bach loads the map, Van Tri dancer Quang Viet history
                           The eternal memory of the palace and the temple, the autumn of ivy from eternal Tran Tong.
Translation: Two hundred years of fortune, the history of Vietnamese martial arts shines through
                        Thousands of years of palaces and temples, four seasons of eternal sacrifice to the Tran family
The sentence facing the two outer pillars of the Nghi Mon has the content praising the beauty of the place where the Thai temple is built:
Transliteration: Giai qi tuong Thong, painting with Giang Trieu Long institutionalized
                          Willow textured walls, bamboo walls are covered with scale
       Translation: The air is so beautiful, the mountains and rivers come back, the world is majestic
                           The clouds are healthy, the bamboo is lush, and the scale is magnificent.
The main architecture of the Thai Mieu has a Cong-shaped floor plan: Bai Duong, Tuong Mong and Hau Cung.
Bai Duong: has a structure of 5 compartments and 2 wings, the structure of the bed is stacked with gong racks, the textures simulate the patterns of the Tran Dynasty. Hoanh Phi, the couplets are painted with gilded lipstick. The hammock door, the letter book, and the pattern are painted with silver lacquer. In the middle is a big picture consisting of 4 characters: Tran Trieu Thai Mieu (Thai temple of Tran dynasty).
Worshiping arrangement: In the middle is the altar to worship Cong Dong, on the left is the place to worship Tran dynasty, to worship the god of the gods (the king and to be the god of the Tran dynasty), to the right is the place to worship Tran dynasty, the martial arts god (Van). martial arts god of the Tran dynasty), the two left compartments are places to worship Son Than and Tho Dia.
The form of worship by tablets placed on the throne has incense, incense bowls. In addition: The entrance hall also displays ceremonial items: cranes, bowls, bells, drums, wooden horses, flags, parasols...
  The space of the morning glory: is the place to place the top and the incense bowl to worship the harem, the place to worship the gods of the Tran kings. It has a 1 compartment and 2 wings architecture.

In the middle is a big picture: Thanh Mieu Tuc Ung (Temple of purity, solemnity, and honor). On the Left - Tuc General: Seriously sacrificial. Right - Khai Huu: The Dao is radiant, the great inheritance (Historical).
  The harem is the place where the gods of the 4 ancestors of the Tran Dynasty and 14 kings of the Tran Dynasty are located, with the architecture of 3 compartments and 2 wings.
According to the ancient ceremony, only kings with shrines (To, Tong) were worshiped in Thai Mieu. However, in order to show the affection of modern people to their ancestors, the Tran Dynasty's Thai Temple in Dong Trieu worshiped all 14 Tran kings. And to show the accumulated long-term blessings to build the empire's inheritance. Tran Thai Tong honored his father as Thai To Emperor Tran Thua. Therefore, Thai To is worshiped in the middle, on the first row throne.
Later, Tran Anh Tong re-established the title of emperor for 3 more generations, namely Emperor Muc To, Emperor Tran Kinh, Emperor Ninh To Tran Hop, and Emperor Tran Ly Nguyen. These people follow the ancient rituals to worship in their own shrines to repay the long-term blessings. Now, it is also worshiped in the back row, the dragon is displayed higher but not placed on the throne. The upper row of the middle compartment consists of 03 ancestors: Section To Tran Kinh in the middle; Ninh Ancestor Tran Steam is on the right; Former Patriarch Tran Ly is on the left.
In the bottom row is the Thai patriarch Tran Thua in the middle, on both sides are 14 kings arranged according to the ritual "Ta guo, right moat" and the long position is placed on the altar.
The Tran Thai Temple in Dong Trieu is one of the most important relics in the overall Tran Dynasty relic in Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh. Experiencing the ups and downs of history, fire and explosion, traces are left only in the ground. Now, the newly built Thai temple is worthy of the historical and cultural value of the relic, reflecting the merit and common cause of the Tran dynasty, an orthodox royal dynasty of Dai Viet nation, a profound source of happiness and leading passed on to the generations to come.
The Thai Temple Festival is held from the 18th to the 20th day of the first lunar month every year. It is a tribute to history, to the Tran dynasty, so that not only today, but forever later, local people and domestic and foreign tourists can come and offer incense to commemorate the Tran dynasty's ancestors at the Thai temple. - the place of origin of the Tran dynasty.

 

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