Description

An Lac Temple is located at address 19, Phan Dinh Giot Street, Phuong Sai Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.

An Lac Temple was formed a long time ago, the date is unknown, at first it was just a small flag to worship De Bat Tien Nuong. According to folklore: She was originally a Cham in Binh Thuan, from the time she was born until the age of 7 she could not speak, walk, or stand. When she was 8 years old, she suddenly disappeared, then appeared at the location of An Lac temple today. De Bat Tien Nuong saved the disease around the Cui Ward - Nha Trang and Vinh Xuong and Dien Khanh districts.

Through the ordination documents left, it is possible that the temple was built in the 19th century. At present, the temple still preserves 03 titles bestowed by the Nguyen kings:
- Sac Thanh Thai in the 13th year (1901) given to De Bat Tien Nuong;
- Sac Duy Tan 3rd year (1909) bestowed on Thien Y A Na;
- Sac Khai Dinh 9th year (1924) given to Thien Y An Na.

Over time, the temple has been restored and embellished many times as follows:
- In 1934, embellished and rebuilt the temple;
- In 2002, building a guest house;
- In 2010, building a tru house;
- In 2012, the main hall was repaired and painted.

An Lac Temple worships De Bat Tien Nuong, Former sage, Hau sage...

The temple includes the following architectural items: Nghi Mon, flag pole, plan of style, main hall, Tien Hien temple, guest house, tru house (kitchen).

An Lac Temple rotates in the Southeast direction, located on a flat land, with a total area of 195.7m2. The temple is located in the middle of a residential area, in front of the temple there is an old tree that makes the temple more ancient.

The sacrifice is the shelf, connected to the main hall; The front side of the roof system is decorated with scroll pattern embossed with the words in Chinese Nom characters: (廟  安 樂 -  An Lac Temple), on the left side: (造 春 仲 年 戌 - Nam Giap Tuat year of the year), on the left side: On the right: (四 十 三 - Nhat Thien Cuu Bach Thirty Four), the top is decorated with embossed pictures of two carp, on both sides of the corner is a picture of a Nghe, on the columns decorated with decorative patterns. dragon and has a pair of couplets in Han Nom script combining the first two letters into the name of the temple:

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An earth-vascular recovery half-moon,
Lac Thien Diep leads to natural autumn.

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The land of an angiosperm flows through a semicircular lake,
The sky is lost, leading to the root of the autumn.

The main hall is built on the foundation of split stone, the walls are built of bricks and cement, has an ancient-style roof system, including two floors, roofed with yin and yang tiles; on the roof of the roof decorated with embossed pattern "Two dragons adoring the day".

Inside the main hall there are six altars: in the middle is the altar of the Council, on both sides are the altars of Dong Hien and Tay Hien; Next is the altar to worship De Bat Tien Nuong, the two sides are altars to worship Ta ban and Huu ban.

Every year, An Lac Temple holds a festival on the 7th and 8th day of the 8th lunar month.

The temple dates to about the 19th century, the highlight is that the wooden frame structure system is still preserved relatively intact, the architectural decoration is fine art, painting, sculpture, rich natural scenery. folk, lively. Therefore, the sculptures and decorative patterns are also valuable in the study of the material and spiritual life of the local people.

In 2011, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee ranked An Lac Temple as a provincial historical - cultural relic, in Decision No. 2370/QD-UBND.