The
Temple of Trần Hưng Ðạo is seated on an ancient silt bank in Yên
Giang Commune, Yên Hưng District, next to the Bạch Ðằng River. It is
situated on the site where he won the great victory of Bạch Ðằng in
1288, the witnesses of which were the wooden stakes submerged in the
water.
The temple is built
according to the Chinese character "đinh" (J). Its Front
Ceremonial Hall has three compartments, and its Back Ceremonies Hall
comprises two compartments, and a Back Sanctuary. The remaining
artefacts in the temple are a few parallel sentence boards praising
the hero, eight finely engraved gongs and four royal decrees from
Nguyễn Emperors delivered to the wardens of the temple. The ritual festivities of
Trần Hưng Ðạo Temple take place yearly on the eighth day of the
third lunar month.
