Thien Vien Van Hanh Temple: Main Hall
Thien Vien Van Hanh Temple
VIETNAM, Ho Chi Minh City
Thien Vien Van Hanh means Ten Thousand Practice Chan Monastery. The temple was established in 1976 by monk Thich Minh Chau as a place for Buddhist religious practice and research. The main hall was rebuilt a number of times and was finally completed in 2004. Originally part of Van Hanh Buddhist University, the temple houses the Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute, the Vietnamese Tripitaka Translating and Publishing Council, and the Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies.
The principal buildings include the main gate and the main hall. The main gate is three bays wide and has a hip roof with green cylindrical tiles. A Dharma wheel as well as dragons and other auspicious symbols decorate the main ridge. The five-bay wide main hall is surrounded by a veranda. It has a double-eave hip-and-gable roof with carvings of a Dharma wheel and flying dragons on the main ridge. The Three Buddhas are enshrined within the hall.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z, page 1113.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z},
pages = 1113,
title = {{Thien Vien Van Hanh Temple}},
volume = 4,
year = {2016}}