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Nine-story lotus tower in Giam pagoda

Cuu Pham Lien Hoa (nine-story lotus tower) is a centuries-old wooden tower at Giam Pagoda in Hai Duong province. It is a valuable Buddhist work of art showing Vietnam’s art of ancient wood carving.
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  • The nine-story lotus tower is in the Pham house (Photo: VNA)

  • The tower is 4.44 meters high (Photo: VNA)

  • The 90m2 Pham house has a statue of Buddha and a nine-story lotus tower (Photo: VNA)

  • One of six sides of the Cuu Pham Lien Hoa tower (Photo: VNA)

  • The base of a dragon-shaped carved column of the tower (Photo: VNA)

  • The golden bamboo carved column of the tower (Photo: VNA)

  • There are 18 Buddhist statues placed on each story of the tower (Photo: VNA)

  • The lotus petals of the tower are carved with sophisticated patterns (Photo: VNA)

  • The wooden tower has six symmetrical sides (Photo: VNA)

  • With an estimated weight of about four tons, the tower can still spin with a light touch of a hand (Photo: VNA)

  • The people from Cam Son commune make offerings in front of the tower during full moon day (Photo: VNA)

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