Phat Tich Truc Lam Temple in Ban Gioc waterfall is located in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, Cao Bang Province. Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc Pagoda is the first pagoda ever built in the northern province of Vietnam. One of the most attractive places in Ban Gioc Waterfall, when travelers are planed to book Ban Gioc Waterfall Tours, do not miss this chance to visit this pagoda.
Inaugurated on 15th December 2014, the pagoda was constructed on total area of 3ha, leaning against Phia Nham Mountain, 500m from Ban Gioc Waterfall. From the pagoda, visitors could overlook the whole Ban Gioc Waterfall wrapped in paddy fields and mountain range.
The pagoda was designed in traditional Vietnamese architecture style, made by iron-wood, traditional teracotta tiles and old-fashioned gables or Vietnamese character paralled sentences. The pagoda has three-door gate, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Statue, three realms hall, ancestral temple, Holy Mother temple dedicated to Lady Trieu and Hung Kings, Saint Tran Hung Dao, the Eden, Alahat Statue Garden, temple worship Hero Nung Tri Cao who had great merit in defending the northern border of Viet Nam. The highlight of the temple is the Thien Bao bell tower with the bronze bell weighted 1.5 ton.