Cable cars to connect with Quang Ninh’s pagodas
It is a part of the master plan to reserve and develop the Tran
dynasty historical relic complex, which covers 2,206 hectares.
Listed as a national cultural and historical vestige since 1962, the
Tran dynasty relic site houses the Kings’ graves, temples, shrines,
pagodas and towers, representing the special architectural style of the
dynasty (1225-1400).
Ngoa Van Pagoda is located on
Bao Dai Mountain in a height of 500 meters where King-Monk Tran Nhan
Tong, the third king of the Tran dynasty and the founder of Truc Lam Zen
Monastery, attained Nirvana. The King abdicated the throne when he was
35 and spent the rest of his life on Yen Tu Mountain practising and
propagating Buddhism.
Meanwhile, Ho Thien Pagoda is
situated on Tru Phong Mountain where Phap Loa Dong Kien Cuong, the
second progenitor of Truc Lam Zen Buddhism, led his religious life.-VNA