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Ngoc Ha Temple
was named after an old village, Ngoc Ha camp, one of 13 camp in
the West of Thang Long (the old capital of Vietnam) formed in Ly
Dynasty "Huyen Thien Hac De" deity is worshipped in this temple.
Ngoc ha Temple was built to satisfy the customary religious need
of worshipping a village deity and also a place for community
meeting.
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now no documents concerning the temple's establishment have been
found. However, people in the village know that the temple was built
a long time ago and as the original structure was destroyed, the
present is a replacement.
The date written on the temple shows that it was restored in the
10th Thanh Thai Year (1899). By investigating relics and records kept in the temple, it is
estimated that the temple was built at the end of Le Dynasty and be
repaired many times in Nguyen Dynasty.
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Today, we still can see its general architectural structure with
ancient features such as gables, roof edges which were in the form
of flying dragons and clouds. Many items of altar decoration of
great artistic value are kept carefully in the temple. Besides being
an architectural heritage, Ngoc Ha temple is also a historical site
of anti-French activities in the late 19th century, even the August
1945 revolution and resistance war against the French from 1946 to
1954.
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