The pagoda was built by a Buddhist monk in 1932.
It is located quite remotely and even hidden a little in the depths of the area, away from tourist routes, so there are not many tourists in the pagoda - we were the only foreigners at 9 am on Wednesday, the rest were all locals.
Moreover, we were very surprised by the number of people praying in the temple at 9 am on a random Wednesday 😯 Once again we were convinced that the government statistics about 80% of the population of Vietnam being non-believers are greatly exaggerated figures and clearly do not correspond to the real situation.
The pagoda is famous for its stone sculptures, especially the tiger sculpture.
Also here is the only reclining Buddha statue on Phu Quoc Island . I couldn't find its length anywhere online, but it feels like it's about 15-18 meters. It looks very impressive against the golden wall.
Well, and the staircase with jade turquoise dragons, which you need to climb up to the reclining Buddha, just adds some atmosphere and solemnity to the ascent to the Buddha ☺️
There are several more statues of Buddha and other deities on the temple grounds, and we were particularly impressed by the multi-armed, three-dimensional statue, whose arms we were unable to count 😃
Either 48 or 50.
Visiting the temple is free; the temple is open from 7 am to 6 pm.
It took us about 30-35 minutes to visit ☺️
I liked the pagoda, it's worth a visit, especially since there is a pepper plantation and a factory of the famous fish sauce within a couple of kilometers from the pagoda, so it's very convenient to combine all these 3 locations, so as not to run twice, as they say 😃
All in all, it will be a very eventful and interesting half day.
