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Late medieval · Buddhist · Vietnam
Bút Tháp Temple
Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh · 21.0608°, 106.0222°
Thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Quan Âm (Avalokiteshvara)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
17th c. fabric (founded 13th c.)
Undetermined
History & significance
A Buddhist temple beside the Đuống River dyke in Bắc Ninh province, founded in the 13th century but whose surviving architecture, sculpture and decoration all belong to the 17th century, when the Zen master Chuyet Chuyet made it famous. Its ten buildings run for about 100 metres and hold a celebrated thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Quan Âm alongside the Buddha triad, Manjushri and Samantabhadra.