Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long
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The Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long are a group of ancient guardian temples in Hanoi that were established to protect the historic capital from evil spirits and natural disasters in all four cardinal directions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9011105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long Context triple: [Quan Thanh Temple, partOf, Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long]
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A.
Tien Huong Temple
Tien Huong Temple is a prominent historic and religious temple within Vietnam’s Phu Day Relic Complex, known for its traditional architecture and significance in local spiritual and cultural life.
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B.
Tam Chuc Pagoda
Tam Chuc Pagoda is a vast modern Buddhist temple complex and popular pilgrimage destination set amid lakes and limestone mountains in northern Vietnam.
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C.
Ngoc Son Temple
Ngoc Son Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
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D.
Tran Quoc Pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its picturesque setting on a small islet in West Lake.
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E.
Long Vân Pagoda
Long Vân Pagoda is a Buddhist temple that forms part of the larger Hương (Perfume) Pagoda complex, a famous religious and pilgrimage site in northern Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long Target entity description: The Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long are a group of ancient guardian temples in Hanoi that were established to protect the historic capital from evil spirits and natural disasters in all four cardinal directions.
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A.
Tien Huong Temple
Tien Huong Temple is a prominent historic and religious temple within Vietnam’s Phu Day Relic Complex, known for its traditional architecture and significance in local spiritual and cultural life.
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B.
Tam Chuc Pagoda
Tam Chuc Pagoda is a vast modern Buddhist temple complex and popular pilgrimage destination set amid lakes and limestone mountains in northern Vietnam.
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C.
Ngoc Son Temple
Ngoc Son Temple is a historic and picturesque Vietnamese temple situated on a small island in Hanoi’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake, dedicated to national heroes and Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist deities.
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D.
Tran Quoc Pagoda
Tran Quoc Pagoda is an ancient and historically significant Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, renowned for its picturesque setting on a small islet in West Lake.
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E.
Long Vân Pagoda
Long Vân Pagoda is a Buddhist temple that forms part of the larger Hương (Perfume) Pagoda complex, a famous religious and pilgrimage site in northern Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
group of religious buildings ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Four Guardian Temples of Thang Long
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thang Long Tu Tran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cardinal directions
ⓘ
guardian deities ⓘ |
| city | Hanoi ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| culturalSignificance | spiritual protection of Hanoi ⓘ |
| era | imperial period of Vietnam ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
east
ⓘ
north ⓘ south ⓘ west ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bach Ma Temple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kim Lien Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Quan Thanh Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Voi Phuc Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important historical and cultural relic of Hanoi ⓘ |
| historicalRole | guardian complex of the imperial citadel of Thang Long ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hanoi
ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| namedAfter | Thang Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects |
Thang Long
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic capital of Vietnam ⓘ |
| purpose |
protection from evil spirits
ⓘ
protection from natural disasters ⓘ |
| religion | Vietnamese folk religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spatialLayout | surrounds the old Thang Long citadel in four directions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long Description of subject: The Four Sacred Temples of Thang Long are a group of ancient guardian temples in Hanoi that were established to protect the historic capital from evil spirits and natural disasters in all four cardinal directions.
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