Place of worship
Quan Thanh Temple
190 P. Quán Thánh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội 118810
Eleventh-century Taoist temple with a towering seventeenth-century black bronze deity guarding the shore of West Lake.
This guide to Quan Thanh Temple on West Lake in Hanoi centers on Trum Trong, the head of the Ngu Xa bronze-casting guild, and the 1677 commission that led him to cast a towering black bronze figure of Huyen Thien Tran Vu, guardian of the north. It follows the legend of the god's battle against a nine-tailed fox demon, and the tribute Trum Trong's own students paid him after he died. Look for the raised hand and gripped sword on the figure standing before you, and the smaller statue set nearby.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.