Tourists often visit the pagoda every time they have the opportunity to come to Binh Dinh and to burn incense to worship Budda at the Main Hall of Long Phuoc Pagoda, the first martial arts pagoda in Vietnam in Phuoc Thuan commune, Tuy Phuoc district, Binh Dinh province.
The pagoda is famous for martial arts according to the Long Phuoc martial arts sect, where it is preserving and developing the Thap Bat Ban Weapons ( 18 types of Weapons used in training and fighting), most especially the Tay Son traditional martial arts, created by the three Tay Son brothers and the martial generals of the Tay Son period.
Long Phuoc Pagoda is often compared to the Shaolin Temple of Vietnam.
If you start from Quy Nhon, you will follow country 19 for about 10 km, then go right to Tuy Phuoc district, about 1 km away you will see the top of the tower of the Long Phuoc kingdom appear in the middle of the field. Fragrant rice, Long Phuoc Pagoda hides peacefully in the green season of rice fields
Coming here, you will visit the ancient temple in the Central region and learn about its origin. Long Phuoc Tu – originated from the ancestral pagoda called “Thap Thap” pagoda founded by Zen Master Nguyen Thieu in 1677. Zen Master Nguyen Thieu and his successors spread Buddhism throughout the region and established many new pagodas, including Long Phuoc Pagoda.
It can be said that the martial arts sect of Long Phuoc Pagoda originated from ancient Shaolin martial arts, a Zen sect founded by Bodhidharma. Through many lifetimes. By the 6th generation, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng divided into 5 sects, including the Lam Te Zen sect, which was introduced to Vietnam through the practice of Zen masters, typically Zen master Nguyen Thieu who came and stopped in Binh Dinh. , spreading and expanding Buddhism to neighboring provinces.
To this day, Long Phuoc Pagoda is still a famous martial arts temple throughout Vietnam and the world. Every time the International Festival of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts takes place in Binh Dinh, martial arts masters from all over the world gather at Long Phuoc ancient pagoda as their martial arts house.
In 1986, the abbot – Venerable Thich Hanh Hoa established the Martial Arts Club of Long Phuoc Pagoda to preserve and develop the Thap Bat Military Weapons Division to preserve Binh Dinh traditional martial arts, culminating in Western martial arts.
Long Phuoc Pagoda is a place of worship, and has always been a Martial Arts training center. This place has trained many famous martial arts masters for Binh Dinh, famous in the martial arts world of Vietnam, and around the world, bringing Glory for Binh Dinh such as: Van Thanh, Van Tinh, Kim Hue, Tran Di Linh, Nguyen Van Canh, ….
Venerable Thich Hanh Hoa is an international martial arts master who always propagates, preserves and develops traditional martial arts in Binh Dinh, Vietnam. The pagoda is always a Martial Arts center, open to local children and to everyone who wants to learn Traditional martial arts of Binh Dinh and Vietnam.
Coming to Long Phuoc Pagoda, you will see martial arts performances and individual, team, and sparring martial arts competitions.
Visitors can easily visit and eat in Tuy Phuoc district, buy local specialty gifts such as spring rolls at the district market, and live seafood caught during the day. You can also have a vegetarian meal at the temple. Especially, if you are still in Tuy Phuoc in the afternoon after school, around 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., children in the village go to the temple to learn martial arts. Summer classes start earlier around 4:00 p.m.
The attractive thing is that you can experience learning martial arts at the temple
Lessons for beginners can be a few self-defense martial arts, movements to improve health, flexibility, endurance, and courage. The martial arts masters and students in the temple will teach you. This is an exciting experience that you may only encounter once in your life.