24 Mar Nuong Yen Tu Village: Where Legend Meets Tradition
Yen Tu has long been chosen by many generations of Zen masters and monks as a place for meditation. Notably, in the 13th century, King Tran Nhan Tong—an enlightened ruler—abandoned the throne to come to Yen Tu for meditation, founding the Truc Lam Zen sect. Since then, the sacred mountain of Yen Tu has been regarded as the capital of Vietnamese Buddhism, a place that every Vietnamese and Buddhist practitioner aspires to return to.
Along the pristine Giải Oan stream, like a fairy-tale land, Nương Village Resort evokes memories of the village of the same name that once existed in Lam Tuyen (a forest stream) at the foot of Yen Tu Mountain since the 13th century. It is a legendary site steeped in epic stories about the royal concubines of the Tran Dynasty. These concubines followed their king when he came to the Yen Tu meditation complex in the autumn of 1299, bidding him farewell and staying behind in Nương Village, unable to accompany him up the mountain on his spiritual journey. Today, Nương Village resembles a traditional Northern Vietnamese village, offering accommodations, local cuisine, and community cultural experiences such as the “Village Festival Night,” along with products and experiences related to traditional craft villages. See more picture as bellow:
