The Three Gates
Ladies and gentlemen, the first stop on your visit is the The three gates. An indispensable presentation point in the temples in Vietnam. The three-door threshold also has a special meaning than the place where the boundary between the mundane and the sacred realms is demarcated. When you cross the threshold of the three gates, it also means that you have entered the land of Buddha, a land that directs people to live truthfully and patiently, into a different world, a world with a lot of holiness, to find the balance of life and find myself again. When stepping over this threshold according to inertia, you will bow and bend your knees to step over, bowing to avoid tripping and bowing also means bowing, showing your respect when stepping on the ground. Buddha. Today, please leave behind your back, leave the chaos of thinking outside the door. Let's arrange your body and mind to be dignified so that your pilgrimage will be more peaceful and relax.
Architecturally, you will see that 'Three Gates' is built entirely of wood, to build 'Three Gates', the pagoda used about 550 tons of logs. 'Three Gates' has a bed-stack architecture, 16.5m high, 13m wide, 32m long. Typically you see in the middle of 'Three Gates' there are 4 pillars, each tree is about 14m high and weighs 10 tons.
Entering 'Three Gates', in the direction of your view from the outside to the inside, there is a Dharma protector on the right. Encourage good, holding a pearl, a symbol of the Dharma, with the meaning of encouraging people to do good. On the left side, there is a place to worship the Dharma protector, Chasing evil, holding a sword, with the meaning of admonishing people not to do bad things. Both of them sit on the lion mascot, meaning: take the foundation of wisdom to practice the path, directing people to truth - goodness - beauty. Two dharma protectors worship at 'Three gates' with the meaning: guarding the pagoda and controlling the souls of pilgrims. Each statue has a height of 5.5m and weighs 30 tons, made of bronze, crafted by artisans in Y Yen Nam Dinh craft village in Vietnam.
Above the three gates, there is an image of the wheel of reincarnation, carved in the wind, symbolizing the ceaseless rhyme of Buddha Dharma, of heaven and earth. In the middle is the swastika, symbolizing the wisdom and compassion and generosity of the Buddha.