Place of worship
Thiên Mụ Pagoda
Riverside Buddhist temple crowned by a seven-story tower and a giant centuries-old bronze bell.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Thiên Mụ Pagoda in Huế follows a pale blue Austin car ordered from England by a Buddhist layman named Trần Quang Thuận, and the June nineteen sixty-three morning it carried an elderly monk into a religious crackdown in Saigon. It follows the car through police custody, and the choice Thuận made with a rare possession once he got it back. Listen too for the giant bronze bell, cast three centuries ago and still audible for miles.
This audio guide was created using AI.