At the national relic of Tram Gian pagoda, An Phu commune (Hai Phong city), the Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of An Phu commune held a ceremony to announce the Prime Minister's Decision to recognize the original of Tram Gian pagoda as a National Treasure.
The original trees of Tram Gian Pagoda have special value in terms of history, culture, aesthetics, calligraphy, ideology and religion. This is a valuable source of documents to help research Buddhist culture, Lam Te Zen, the history of woodblock printing and traditional Vietnamese wood carving art.
Tram Gian Pagoda (literally Vinh Khanh Tu) was built during the Ly Dynasty, a famous ancient scenic spot of the ancient settlement of Chu Dong, once a major center for Buddhist training. According to Chairman of An Phu Commune People's Committee Nguyen Dinh Dung, Tram Gian Pagoda's book of autumn is the only collection recording many sets of kinh, books, and rules of Lam Te Zen sect painted in Bo Da - Yen Ninh, unique and not available anywhere else.
Currently, the pagoda still preserves 864 woodblocks including kinh, sach, luat, luan, so, cham, cham... belonging to about 26 main books, mainly engraved during the Nguyen Dynasty, partly during the Le Dynasty (17th - 18th centuries).
The village carpentry is made from plantain wood, elaborately and elaborately handcrafted by Thanh Lieu and Lieu Trang villagers (now in Tan Hung ward, Hai Phong). The engravings on the original woodblock are Han, Nom, Phan or trien, carved back to print the gilded version; many versions are also decorated with lotus flowers, dragons, phoenixes, Buddhist motifs, expressing high artistic and aesthetic standards.
Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee Nguyen Minh Hung said that in 1990, Tram Gian Pagoda was ranked as a national monument. The recognition as a National Treasure continues to affirm the great value of the relic.
He requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to coordinate with the People's Committee of An Phu commune to guide, protect and promote the value of Rural Development, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and in accordance with local actual conditions.
The Central Committee of the City Buddhist Sangha and the monkess of Tram Gian Pagoda will increase propaganda to monks, Buddhists and visitors about the value of National Treasures, closely coordinate with competent authorities in the work of preserving and promoting the value of this precious heritage.
