VietNamNet Bridge – The One Roof Temple, Duoc Temple and Hue Quang Tower Garden, important works of the special national-level monument of Yen Tu in Quang Ninh Province, are being demolished for reconstruction.



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For nearly a month, the One Roof Pagoda, where many praying books of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Sect were compiled, was re-built on a concrete floor, extending it from 41sq.m to 124sq.m. 

 

 

 

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The door frame and the entire frame of the old pagoda were dismantled.

 

 

 

 

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They will be replaced by completely new doors and frames. Mr. Nguyen Trung Hai, Head of the Yen Tu monument management board, said this is part of a project to restore the One Roof Pagoda approved by the authorities of Quang Ninh province in 2011.

 

 

 

 

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The total investment in this project is nearly VND20 billion ($1 million).  

 

 

 

 

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On December 25, 2014, officials of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh province checked the project and suspended the construction. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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However, on December 31, 2014, workers continued to complete the work.

 

 

 

 

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Under the approved plan, the Duoc Temple will be restored, with the old ground and stone walls to remain. However, the construction unit demolished the old foundation to be replaced by the concrete foundation.

 

 

 

 

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Hai, Head of the Yen Tu monument management board, explained that when workers cut grass to reinforce the foundation of the old temple, they saw the rock foundation had been dug up by thieves to find antiquities. As the foundation subsided, they had to build a new concrete foundation. The two remaining rock walls were bound together by roots and vines. When workers cut the roots and wires to prepare for the restoration, the walls collapsed. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The rock pieces of the old foundation of Duoc Temple were not used again, as they were not well preserved as required by the Law on Cultural Heritage.

 

 

 

 

 

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Some towers inside the Hue Quang Tower Garden, which contain the bones of Zen Buddhists, were also restored.

Nguyen Van Nam, 30, a tourist from Nam Dinh, said: "When I came here, I was surprised seeing a series of works being rebuilt. They are so different! I still prefer the old works!"

 

 

 

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 This garden is now a big construction site, with noise and dust from stone-cutting machines.

 

 

 

 

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Construction materials are transported to the tower gardens Hue Quang.

 


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