On March 7, speaking with Lao Dong reporter, the National Political Publishing House Truth said that this agency has just published the book Phat Tich - The oldest Buddhist Center in Vietnam co-edited by Venerable, Dr. Thich Duc Thien and MSc. Nguyen Thai Binh.
The book collects research by scientists and researchers on the historical and cultural values of Phat Tich Pagoda; important contributions to religion, history, culture, art... of Phat Tich Pagoda throughout the history of the nation.
According to the Truth National Political Publishing House, Phat Tich Pagoda (Phat Tich Tu) also known as Van Phuc Pagoda (Van Phuc Tu), is a pagoda located on the southern slope of Phat Tich Mountain (also known as Lan Kha Mountain, Non Tien), Phat Tich Commune, Tien Du District, Bac Ninh Province. According to ancient documents, Phat Tich Pagoda was built during the Ly Dynasty, in the 4th year of Long Thuy Thai Binh (1057) with many buildings in vertical rows.
During the Ly Dynasty, Buddha Thich belonged to the ancient French colonial period, the homeland of the Buddhist era and was the period when Buddhism flourished most in the history of Vietnamese Buddhism. The BuddhaTC Buddhist Center is a large and influential Buddhist center among the people with the attention to building pagodas, towers, casting bells, and erecting Buddha statues of kings, officials and kings of the Ly Dynasty, from Ly Thanh Tong, Ly Nhan Tong, Nguyen Phi Y Lan...
From there, Phat Tich became a famous "grandfather of ancient times" whose architectural traces and many other works of art to this day are clear evidence.
During the Tran Dynasty, Phat Tich continued to be a "grand scenic spot", not only a center of Buddhism, but also a center of Confucianism. The Tran kings organized a Thai student contest (Doctor's poem) at Phat Tich Pagoda, built a large library in 1384 for Phat Tich and often visited here for sightseeing, Buddha's festivals, festivals, poems...
During the Le Trung Hung Dynasty, Phat Tich Pagoda was renamed Van Phuc Thu, and was restored by the royal nobility on a large scale on the foundation of an ancient pagoda that was destroyed during the invasion war of the Ming Dynasty.
The pagoda was restored and built according to the "internal and foreign" architecture, the buildings are arranged along the route, including buildings such as: front hall, incense burner, upper hall, back hall, corridor, ancestral house, maternal house. Van Phuc Pagoda continued to be a major Buddhist center during the Le Dynasty and later periods.
Not only a center of Buddhism, Phat Tich Pagoda also preserves a treasure trove of legends and folk cultural and artistic activities, typically the legend of Cao Bien building a tower, of the man who was the reindeer of the festival to watch the fairy playing chess on the mountain, of Tu Thuc meeting fairy Giang Huong, ... and famous for the model flower festival at Phat Tich Pagoda held on the 4th day of the first lunar month every year...
All of these intangible cultural heritages once again affirm the long history of Phat Tich Pagoda, and at the same time show that this place is also a major religious and cultural center of the Vietnamese people.
According to the author of the book, the in-depth articles affirm the precious historical and artistic values, important contributions to the history and culture of Phat Tich Pagoda in the flow of national history.
In addition, many research articles have shown interest and proposed the preservation, restoration and restoration of the system of pagodas and tourism to build Phat Chi into a center for spiritual and ecological culture and tourism, meeting the needs of Buddhist activities of monks and Buddhists, the needs of worship and sightseeing of a large number of people at home and abroad.
