One Pillar Pagoda

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The One Pillar Pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its unique lotus-shaped design supported by a single stone pillar.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Ngọc Sơn Temple 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple
historic monument
architecturalStyle traditional Vietnamese architecture
builtBy Emperor Ly Thai Tong
city Hanoi
continent Asia
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
dedicatedTo Guanyin
surface form: Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

Quan Am
destroyedBy French Far East Expeditionary Corps
surface form: French Union forces
destroyedIn 1954
dynasty Ly dynasty
hasAlternativeName Chua Mot Cot
Dien Huu Pagoda
hasCulturalDesignation symbol of Vietnamese Buddhism
hasImageOn Vietnamese tourism materials
hasRitual offerings to Quan Am
prayers for fertility
hasRoofType curved tiled roof
hasStaircaseType wooden staircase
hasTouristAttractionType cultural heritage site
religious site
heritageStatus special national relic of Vietnam
locatedIn Ba Đình District
surface form: Ba Dinh District

Hanoi
material stone
wood
near Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Presidential Palace of Vietnam
notableFeature lotus-shaped structure
single stone pillar
originalConstructionCentury 11th century
originalConstructionYear 1049
originalFunction Buddhist temple
pondName Linh Chieu Lake
reconstructedBy Government of North Vietnam
reconstructedIn 1955
region Tonkin
surface form: Northern Vietnam
religion Buddhism
shape lotus
significance iconic symbol of Hanoi
important pilgrimage site
supportedBy single pillar
surroundedBy square pond
symbolism lotus rising from a pond
purity in Buddhism
visitorType domestic tourists
international tourists

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Ba Đình Square adjacentTo One Pillar Pagoda
Ba Đình District contains One Pillar Pagoda
Hanoi contains One Pillar Pagoda
Hanoi contains One Pillar Pagoda
this entity surface form: Ngọc Sơn Temple
Ba Đình District hasLandmark One Pillar Pagoda
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum nearbyFeature One Pillar Pagoda