The Kim Liên Pagoda ( vi, Chùa Kim Liên, Kim Liên tự),

Chữ Hán Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese ...

: 金蓮寺) is a Buddhist pagoda in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

. The pagoda is built on a strip of silt land by

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, then in Nghi Tàm village, today in Quảng An village, Tây Hồ district. According to tradition, the pagoda was built on the foundation of the

Lý dynasty The Lý dynasty ( vi, Nhà Lý, , chữ Nôm: 茹李, chữ Hán: 李朝, Hán Việt: ''Lý triều'') was a Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew the Early Lê dynasty an ...

Từ Hoa Palace, named after princess Từ Hoa, daughter of

Lý Thần Tông Lý Thần Tông (1116–1138), Vietnamese name, personal name Lý Dương Hoán, was the List of emperors of the Lý dynasty, fifth monarch of the Lý dynasty, reigning over Đại Việt from 1127 to his death in 1138. Becoming the ruler of � ...

(1128-1138), in an area used as a royal silk farm. The current pagoda was reconstructed 1771–1792.Bích Ngọc Phạm ''Architecture of Thăng Long-Hà Nội'' 2006 p95 "In 1771,

Trịnh lord Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name, which is also common in some countries such as Korea (Jung, Jeong). A considerable portion of families that bear the surname Trinh are ethnically Vietnamese. Notable people *Trịnh Như Khuê, First Cardina ...

ordered the reconstruction of the pagoda and renamed it Kim Liên Pagoda. However , the appearance of the present - day Kim Liên Pagoda resulted from the restoration conducted in 1792. "

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