Let's learn more about 5 famous Dalat spiritual tourism destinations with Migo in the article below.
1. Truc Lam Monastery
- Address: Tran Thanh Tong Street (located on Phoenix Hill), Ward 3, Da Lat City
Truc Lam Monastery is 1 of the 3 largest monasteries in Vietnam, belonging to the Truc Lam Yen Tu lineage with an area of up to 30ha. The monastery is about 5 km from the city center. The two sides of the road to the Zen Monastery are surrounded by vast pine forests.
If you travel at Tuyen Lam Lake, you can walk up the slope with 140 stone steps and go through three gates to visit the main hall of the Zen Monastery. This place is typical of worshipping the 2m tall Buddha Master Shakyamuni with his right hand holding a lotus branch based on the Buddhist "Nien Hoa Vi Tieu" characteristic. Therefore, it attracts many visitors to visit and admire.
2. Linh Phuoc Pagoda (Ve chai Pagoda)
- Address: 20 Tu Phuoc, Trai Mat, Da Lat City.
Linh Phuoc Pagoda is a building with bold Asian style architecture. The pagoda impresses with its color patches painted with mosaics, carved with thousands of pieces of bottles, ceramics, and crockery. The grounds of the temple are extremely prominent with a 49m long dragon body, the fins are inlaid from 12,000 pieces of majestic winding bottles.
The main hall of the pagoda has an intricately carved Tien Dan Stupa with two vertical colonnades carved with dragon shapes to create a magnificent majesty. In particular, Linh Phuoc Pagoda has a statue of Avalokite-Yin Buddha with a height of 15.5m; weighing about 3 tons, made from 650,000 immortal flowers.
3. Tau Pagoda – Ancient Heavenly King
- Address: 385 Khe Sanh, Ward 10, Da Lat City
Also with Asian style, but Ancient Heavenly King Pagoda has special features with Teochew-Chinese architecture. Prominent in the main hall is the sign in Chinese characters meaning "Compassion Bao Dien", so the pagoda is also called "Chinese Pagoda".
Entering from the main gate of the pagoda, you will be impressed with the ancient trees, feel the tranquility and contemplation of this place. When you go inside, you will encounter the compassion hall appearing majestic. This is the place to worship the Four Great Heavenly Kings (Da Wen Heavenly King, Heavenly King, Guangmu Heavenly King, Heavenly King Growth), which is also why this place is called Gu Slaughter Heavenly King Pagoda.
4. Linggui Dharma India
- Address: Hill 45, Loc Thanh Commune, Bao Loc City
Linh Quy Dharma India is hidden behind a vast green pine hill, more than 120km from the center of Da Lat city. To reach this spiritual tourist destination, in addition to sitting by car for about 3 hours, you also have to climb the mountain road leading to the pagoda.
The temple has the main hall dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha, and is also where the monks start their prayers early in the morning. The layout of Linh Quy Fa India Pagoda is quite simple, with deep brown tones of wood and faint frankincense, making people's souls become more relaxed and peaceful when coming to this place.
5. Linh An Pagoda - Linh An Temple
- Address: Nam Ban TT, Lam Ha District, Da Lat
Although located on the outskirts of the city, Linh An Temple has always been a spiritual place that attracts many tourists to visit every full moon or big Buddha holidays. The pagoda is located on a hill, behind which is a green pine forest, facing the Elephant Waterfall. According to feng shui practitioners, this is the terrain of "Crouching Shui" to help Linh An Temple more majestic and majestic.
Every destination is a story. When you come to sacred places of worship, you will always feel light, peaceful and somewhat separated from the outside world. Migo hopes with the above suggestions of spiritual tourist destinations in Dalat will help you have moments of peace and comfort for the upcoming trip.