Vietnam’s bronze-made pagoda nominated for Asian record

Published: 01/06/2011 05:00

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VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam
Record Book
Center (Vietkings) has sent the file
of the Bronze Pagoda in Quang Ninh province to the Asian
Record Book
Center to nominate it as the largest
bronze-made pagoda in Asia.

The mountain-top
Chua Dong (Bronze Pagoda) is a famous relic in Quang Ninh province. Situated on
the 1,068m Yen Tu Mountain, Bronze Pagoda is set amid ancient pagodas and
temples and centuries-old trees, 40km from the World Heritage site of Ha Long
Bay.

The four meter high
pagoda was cast in 60 tons of pure bronze, at a cost of VND 21.2 billion (US
$1.32 million) by experienced artisans from the northern province of Nam Dinh.
It is a key attraction at the 800-year-old Yen Tu Buddhist site.

A cable car carries
travelers halfway up the mountain amid splendid scenery, including two giant,
700-year-old trees, and old pagodas. From there they will have to climb up to
Bronze Pagoda.

Vietkings
recognized the pagoda as the largest bronze-made pagoda of Vietnam.

Apart from Bronze
Pagoda, Vietkings also nominate 19 other records, as follow:

No.

Suggested title

Record holders

1

Pagoda with the
most special architect

Hanoi’s One Pillar pagoda

2

The largest
gold-inlaid bronze Goddess of Mercy statue

Bai Dinh Pagoda,
Ninh Binh province

3

The largest
gold-inlaid bronze Tam The (Buddha in the past, present and future) statue

Bai Dinh Pagoda,
Ninh Binh province

4

The largest
bronze-made pagoda

Yen Tu Pagoda,
Quang Ninh province

5

Pagoda with the largest
archive of timber-made Buddhist prayer-books

Duc La – Vinh
Nghiem pagoda

6

The collector of
largest collection of butterflies

Mr. Nguyen Viet
Vui

7

The painter who
draw the largest number of portraits of world famous people

Painter Le Vu

8

Photographer who
takes the highest number of photos of animals

Photographer Le
Hoai Phuong

9

The man who can
spray milk and water by eyes to the longest distance

Mr. Nguyen Van
Dieu

10

The one who makes
the smallest sculptural works

Mr. Tran Giang Nam

11

The one who can
ape the highest number of sounds

Mr. Quach Ho Ninh

12

The one with the
most unique performance style of harmonica

Artist Tong Son

13

The one with the
highest number of unique self-made musical instruments

Artist Mai Dinh
Toi

14

The one who creates
the largest number of egg-shell-made artworks

Mr. Nguyen Thanh
Tam

15

The one who makes
the highest number of long kites

Artisan Nguyen
Thanh Van

16

The largest banh
khoai (Vietnamese plain rice flan)

Hue city Tourism Promotion
Center and Hue Ancient Capital Club

17

The largest banh
xeo (Hue’s
pancake)

Saigon
Professional Cooks’ Association and Muoi Xiem Banh Xeo Restaurant

18

The largest banh
day (Vietnamese rice cake)

TST Investment
and Development JS Company

19

The largest banh
nam (Hue’s
rice cake)

Huong Giang
Tourism JS Company

20

The largest banh
trang nuoc dua (girdle cake with coconut juice)

Hai Au Hotel, Quy Nhon
City, Binh Dinh
province

On May 4, Vietkings
and the Asian Record
Book Center
signed an agreement on information exchange in India. Since then, Vietkings has
been the representative of the Asian Record Book Center in Vietnam for nominating and
providing information of Vietnamese records.

After the first 20
nominees, Vietkings will send the list of Vietnamese records to the Asian Record
Book Center
for consideration of adding to the Asia Book of Records on a monthly basis.

Vietkings director
Le Tran Truong An, said that this activity is a way to advertise Vietnam’s
images to the region and the world.

PV

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