Nhat Tru Pagoda Chùa Nhất Trụ
The pagoda with the 995 pillar
Walk 300 m north of the Le temple to the pagoda that keeps the pillar dated 995. The hall is a chữ Đinh plan, five front bays and three rear bays, in thôn Yên Thành, xã Trường Yên. The national ranking is 1998. The pillar became a national treasure on 25 December 2015.
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The gate of Nhat Tru Pagoda
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
The pagoda stands in thôn Yên Thành, xã Trường Yên, about 300 m north of the temple of Lê Đại Hành, in the old capital. The pillar in the court is dated 995, under Lê Đại Hành, carved with a sutra and verses. The three characters on the gate are Nhất Trụ tự, which is why the folk name is chùa Một Cột. The hall is a chữ Đinh plan: five bays in front, three bays in the upper hall, tiled in northern tiles. The upper hall's carpentry is Lê, and the front hall's woodwork is Nguyễn. The Ministry of Culture and Information ranked the pagoda a national historic and cultural relic in 1998.
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
Decision 2382/QĐ-TTg of 25 December 2015 named the stone scripture pillar a national treasure. The pillar has six fitted parts: a square base, a round plinth, an eight-sided shaft, an eight-sided capital, and a gourd finial, standing west of the hall. The court is over 3,000 square metres. A peace ceremony falls on the 15th of the first lunar month. Walk the gate, the court, and the pillar.
Getting there and around
Walk from the Le temple, about 300 m north, in thôn Yên Thành, xã Trường Yên. From Ga Ninh Bình, ride to the old capital first.
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From the Le temple
About 300 m north.
From Ga Ninh Bình
Ride to xã Trường Yên, then walk from the temples.
Hours and fees
- Hours
Check on arrival
- Closed
No weekly closing day is published.
- Admission
The Hoa Lu adult ticket is 20,000 đồng at the Dinh and Le temples. That line does not name this pagoda.
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