From the main entrance, tourists will start with the tour of pagoda’s records:

The pagoda’s magnificent three-door gate is the biggest of its kind in Vietnam, built with 550 tonnes of iron wood. The gate is flanked by two 5.5m-high solid bronze guard statues, weighing 12 tonnes each and four pillars tower over the entrance is 13.85m in height and 0.5m in diameter each. Around the gate are eight smaller bronze statues of Kim Cuong angels, each weighing 8 tonnes.

After walking along the corridor of about 1 kilometer where 500 white-stone Arhat statues will be placed two sides, tourists will meet the bell tower with the largest bronze 36-ton bell is hang here.

Each Arhat statue, 2-2.5m in high, 2-2.5 tonnes in weight, is carved from monolithic stone, need one month for completion and different from each other.

Up above is the 800sq.m Kwan Yin Sanctum - a wooden one-layer-roof building with five main chambers and two side chambers. In the centre of the sanctum is the stunning 10m-high bronze statue of Kwan Yin with a thousand eyes and hands. This 40-tonne statue is considered as the biggest Kwan Yin statue in Vietnam.

Continue the tour to Phap Chu Sanctum - an imposing imitation wooden two-layer-curve-roof building - where a 10m-high bronze statue of Lord Buddha sits on his lotus throne situated. This 100-tonne statue has been recognized as the tallest and heaviest bronze depiction of Lord Buddha in the country in 2006 by the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records (Vietbook).

The Tam The Sanctum is located on a high hill at 76m above sea level. This is a majestic, grandiose building with three-layer-curve-roof style and an area of 3000 square meter where three bronze statues representing the past, present and future weighing 50 tonnes each placed.

The tour of the pagoda of records is not stopping here. Far from the large site about 2km is the place where the old Bai Dinh Pagoda located. Almost of all pilgrims and tourists want to reach there. Even this is not short way for walking, it is really a good time for people refresh while strolling. After a long way walk and contemplate around beautiful view, travelers will see a modest three-door gate locates next the roadside. Through the three-door gate, turn to the small path rather slope, go up about more than 200 steps to the top of mountain, an old pagoda appears in ancient and tranquil.

Even though it is under construction, with expected date of completion in 2010 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, Bai Dinh Pagoda has been attracted a large number of pilgrims, domestic and international tourists.

This impressive complex is waiting for your discovery.

Covering a large area of 700ha, it is the largest pagoda complex in Vietnam

The pagoda’s magnificent three-door gate is the biggest of its kind in Vietnam

The bell tower with the largest bronze 36-ton bell is hang here

The 10m-high bronze statue of Lord Buddha sits on his lotus throne

The Tam The Sanctum

Three bronze statues representing the past, present and future

The old pagoda appears in ancient and tranquil