Giac Vien Temple
Giac Vien Temple
Giac Vien Temple: Sutra Woodblocks
Giac Vien Temple: Stupa Area
Giac Vien Temple
VIETNAM, Ho Chi Minh City
Giac Vien stands for Perfectly Enlightened. It was built in 1798 and is the city’s oldest temple. It was originally a small hermitage called Avalokitesvara Pavilion. It was converted to a temple in 1850 by the monk Hai Tinh and given its current name. It has been restored twice, in 1899 and 1908. It is listed as a National Cultural Heritage Site.
The principal buildings include the main hall and a stupa area. The main hall has a hip-and-gable roof with a comparatively short main ridge and elongated hips. It is seven bays wide and is surrounded by a veranda. The temple used to serve as a publishing center for Buddhist texts and still has the sutra woodblocks in its collection.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 377.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L},
pages = 377,
title = {{Giac Vien Temple}},
volume = 2,
year = {2016}}