Láng Temple ( vi, Chùa Láng,

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 ...

: 昭禪寺) is a Buddhist temple in Láng village, Đống Đa District, Hanoi, Vietnam. It is known in French as Pagode des Dames (''Temple of the Ladies''). It worships Buddhist monk

Từ Đạo Hạnh Từ Đạo Hạnh (, 1072-1116) also thánh Láng, was a Vietnamese monk who lived at the Thầy Temple near modern Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It c ...

and was built by emperor

Lý Anh Tông Emperor Lý Anh Tông (1136 – 14 August 1175) of Đại Việt (literally Great Viet), was the List of emperors of the Lý dynasty, sixth ruler of the later Lý dynasty, from 1138 until his death in 1175. Since Lý Anh Tông, Vietnamese name, ...

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File: Lang Pagoda gate 1.jpg, The

Tam quan A Tam quan (Chữ Hán: 三關) or Tam môn (Chữ Hán: 三門) is a style of traditional gateway symbolic of Vietnamese Buddhism, it has three aisles (traditionally, the middle aisle is the largest and the two side aisles are smaller) not only ...

gateway File: Láng Pagoda gate 2.jpg, The second gate File: Láng Pagoda entrance path.jpg, The entrance path and the third gate File: Main hall Láng Pagoda.jpg, The main hall

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