Cuu Pham Lien Hoa (nine-story lotus tower) is a centuries-old wooden tower at Giam Pagoda in Hai Duong province. It is a valuable Buddhist work of art showing Vietnam’s art of ancient wood carving.


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The nine-story lotus tower is in the Pham house





The tower is 4.44 meters high





The 90m2 Pham house has a statue of Buddha and a nine-story lotus tower





One of six sides of the Cuu Pham Lien Hoa tower





The base of a dragon-shaped carved column of the tower





The golden bamboo carved column of the tower








The lotus petals of the tower are carved with sophisticated patterns





The wooden tower has six symmetrical sides 





With an estimated weight of about four tons, the tower can still spin with a light touch of a hand





The people from Cam Son commune make offerings in front of the tower during full moon day


There are 18 Buddhist statues placed on each story of the tower


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