Place:Ha Tay, Vietnam

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NameHa Tay
Alt namesHa Taysource: Wikipedia
Hà Tâysource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Located inVietnam
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Hà Đông
Sơn Tây


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Hà Tây is a former province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta, now part of Hanoi. On May 29, 2008 the decision was made to subsume the province into the city of Hanoi. The merger took place on August 1, 2008. The name of the province was a name blending of two former provinces, Hà Đông and Sơn Tây.

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Culture, history and religion

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Hà Tây province is a very old land, having long history, which leads to the appearance of 2,388 cultural, historical, and religious relics of which 12 relics are famous and being classified by Ministry of Culture and Information as especially important. These are:

  • Thầy Pagoda being closely linked to a famous monk Từ Đạo Hạnh
  • Bối Khê Pagoda, Trạm Gian (100 room) Pagoda being belonging to a hero called Nguyễn Bình An
  • Tây Phương Pagoda – cultural essence of Tây Sơn regime time
  • Mia Pagoda, which has the most Buddhist statues in Vietnam (287)
  • Dâu Pagoda is unique in the sense that it has two real (corpse) statues of two monks; several renowned communal houses such as Tay Dang, Chu Quyen, Dai Phu, Hoa Xa.
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