Tag: Pagoda
January 25, 2010 . Filed under News
Burning joss paper at Huong Pagoda in Hanoi.
Experts and Buddhist monks say a Chinese custom of burning joss paper to venerate ancestors should be stopped because it is wasteful and superstitious.
Luxury villas, horses, fancy clothes, expensive imported cars and cell phones.There is nothing too good when it comes... Read more
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A boat full of pineapples is unloaded onto a house in a floating village near Chau Doc, An Giang Province.
An Giang Provinceâs bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one.
From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau... Read more
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LookAtVietnam - An Giang Province’s bustling border town showcases the diversity of the Mekong Delta: Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham cultures all in one. From the top of Sam Mountain, you can see the whole of Chau Doc Town and Tinh Bien District, and even all the way to the That Son (Seven Mountains) range in the distance.At the summit, marked... Read more
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SGGP reporters recently left bustling Ho Chi Minh City for Bao Loc – a town in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong – for a visit to Bat Nha monastery.
Bat Nha monastery located near Bao Loc town in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong (Photo: SGGP)We were enjoying the peaceful and poetic landscape of the windy highland town when our... Read more
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The huge jade statue of Goddess of Mercy arrived in Vietnam on January 20.
This statue was bought by the Goddess of Mercy Pagoda in the central province of Da Nang. The statue is 1.1m high and it was made from a jade block in Canada, which was also used to sculpt the world peace jade Buddha statue. This statue came to Vietnam in early 2009. The statue... Read more
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Though many know Vietnamâs past only through a half-century of scattered war relics, two millennia of artifacts are hidden throughout the country.
A group of personal seals found in a Mekong Delta river. The stone and jade stampsrepresent Oc Eo culture, which flourished in the delta in the 1st-6th centuries.Vietnamâs thousands of years of... Read more
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Two hundred high-quality boats will begin operations January 31 from 3am to 6pm daily to serve visitors coming to the Huong Pagoda Festival in Hanoi.
Tourists travel by boats along the Yen Stream leading to Huong Pagoda in My Duc District, Hanoi.LookAtVietnam - Two hundred high-quality boats will begin operations January 31 from 3am to 6pm daily to serve... Read more
Bonze Vu Khac Minh (R) who has been preserved in this sitting posture since his death in the 17th century and a replica at Dau Pagoda
A Vietnamese expert strips the mystery surrounding a unique process used to preserve Buddhist monksâ bodies in China and Vietnam.
When Nguyen Lan Cuong was called in to restore... Read more
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Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Lan Cuong has been a paleoanthropologist for 44 years. Cuong talks about his passion for his job, which seems to grow as time goes on.
LookAtVietnam - Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Lan Cuong has been a paleoanthropologist for 44 years. Although retired, he still stays busy by taking trips to look for new archaeological discoveries.... Read more
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Those visiting Tay Ninh Town for the first time cannot restrict their curiosity and craving for a famous cultural and historical site of the South, Ba Den Mountain.
Tourists take a cable car trip at Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh Mountain.About ten kilometers northeast of Tay Ninh Town and straddling three communes, Ninh Son, Tan Binh and Thanh Tan, the Nui... Read more
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