Dich Long Pagoda and Cave Chùa và động Địch Lộng
Cave pagoda where the wind flutes
Climb 105 stone steps to a cave pagoda 15 km north of the city, where wind at the mouth sounds like a flute. It stands in xã Gia Thanh, about 600 m west of the Đoan Vĩ bridge and about 80 km south of Hanoi. The national ranking is 1990. The festival falls on the 6th and 7th of lunar month 3.
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The yellow pagoda against the cliff at Dich Long
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
The name means the sound of a flute. At the cave mouth the wind comes through like that. The pagoda stands on the north side of xã Gia Thanh, about 600 m west of the Đoan Vĩ bridge, about 15 km north of the city, and about 80 km south of Hanoi. Other names are chùa Hang, Cổ Am Tự, and Nham Sơn. Minh Mạng granted the title Nam thiên đệ tam động.
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
A pagoda and a communal hall share a court of more than 7,000 square metres. The outer stone hall, đình Đá, is dated Bảo Đại 11 (1936), with 12 stone columns carved with dragons. From the court you pass a side shrine, then more than ten steps to the shrine of Đức Ông, then 105 stone steps to the cave. The cave door carries six characters: Nham Sơn động and Cổ Am tự. A large bell is dated Minh Mệnh 8 (1827). The Ministry of Culture and Information ranked it a national historic and cultural relic in 1990.
The festival is the 6th and 7th of lunar month 3. The communal hall is for Nguyễn Minh Không.
Getting there and around
Ride north from the city, about 15 km, then about 600 m west of the Đoan Vĩ bridge on the north side of xã Gia Thanh. From Hanoi the distance is about 80 km south.
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From the city
About 15 km north, then about 600 m west of the Đoan Vĩ bridge.
From Hanoi
About 80 km south.
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