Vinh Long: Ky Son Pagoda

The pagoda was built 200 years ago with single-leaf bamboo, in a wild forest, a swamp with many lotus growing. Then the pagoda caught fire. In 1884, the villagers contributed money to rebuild the pagoda with wood. The pagoda has Khmer architectural style, the roofs are built in a staggered style, in the middle of three sloping roofs and one horizontal roof is a 2m high tower, the top of the tower has 5 floors, around the statue of goddess Kayno supports the tower. The pagoda has many fan-shaped snake heads covering the meditating Buddha. The main hall has two floors, the ground floor worships the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. The pagoda has 11 large and small statues of Shakyamuni in different meditation postures and three statues of Buddha saving sentient beings. All the statues on the outside pillars are carved with the statue of the divine bird Mahaknot and the statue of the god of bat wings. The pagoda is the place where the annual traditional festivals of the Khmer people here are held.

With an area of 20,000m2, it is a provincial historical and cultural relic, the pagoda has a strong Khmer architectural style, the pagoda gate is built in the style of a three-door gate made of reinforced concrete, 7m high. The lower part of the gate is in the shape of a rectangular box with eight square columns with flat roofs, the top of the columns has a statue of the god Käyno with roof patterns. The name of the lord is written in Khmer in gold letters on a blue background: Salavemothien, a dragon with two heads facing two directions, on the body is a relief of the god Reahu swallowing the moon.

The main structure of the pagoda - the most sacred is the main hall, located in the East - West direction. The main hall is built of reinforced concrete with two floors, each floor has a main room, the roof is covered with fish scale tiles, the walls are built with bricks, the floor is paved with tiles. The columns are round, the base and the top of the column are embossed with lotus pedestals. On the top of the column are statues of Kayno and Maha Kruot supporting the roof. The edges, column heads, edges... are all decorated with motifs: rolled leaves (Ang ko hiel), lotus petals - leaves arranged in a straight line (pec flower), four-petaled flowers (lemon shoot flower), lotus petals (tro bot chuk), images of gods....

It is a place to preserve national cultural values, showing cultural exchanges between ethnic groups such as: altars, wardrobes, semi-circular tables, scriptures and stories written on the floor. Every year, many traditional festivals of the Khmer people take place here such as Chol Chnam Thmay (from April 13-15), Sen Dolta (from August 29-30), Ooc-0m-Boc (held on the full moon day of October 15).

Sports activities close to major holidays such as: cultural exchange, Lam-thol dance, pentatonic music... this place becomes the cultural center of Khmer people in Loan My commune.