Bach Ma Temple
Thousand-year-old shrine to a legendary white horse said to have traced a city's ancient walls.
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This guide to Bach Ma Temple in Hanoi traces back to the year 1010, when King Ly Thai To tried to build a citadel here and found his walls collapsing again and again. Turning to a shrine dedicated to a spirit called Long Do, he prayed for help, and, as the story told at this doorway goes, a white horse walked out into the night and circled the building site once. Inside the temple waits a red lacquered funeral palanquin and a statue of the horse itself, worth a slow look before you move on.
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