According to the researchers, the name of temple, name of Bo Da Mount derived from the word Bu Da - Buddha that people call á Buddha. If the analysis is correct then Buddhism comes here quite early and the name of the mountain is attached to the name of the temple.

According to the transmission from the natural sites in the territory of Tien Lat there are three large mountains, each with its own name. The highest is Phoenix, there are many rock pines, the second is the Yen Son and the third is Kim Quy Son. All three have the common name is Bo Da Mountain, the mountains undulating, green trees lush green: The wind chill chimes so later monks have relied on the natural scenery to write the lines describing the place of Bo Da as follows:

Four scenic scenery

The other is the same

According to the transmission on the mountain there is a flat land wider than the projection, the transmission is where the Bodhisattva output. In the past do not remember any time, in the village there is a woodcutter daily in the forest to raise firewood but no son. One day, carrying a hammer on the mountain to find firewood meet an old pine tree, "Sound of Buddha". Then 32 coins at the base of the tree, strangers themselves to the monk asked the higher, said: "Mandarin Buddha has 32 respondents." The woodcutter prayed that: "If the Buddha bless me to give birth to son, I would build a temple."

Naturally, the woodcutter had a real son, and then saved a little money to build a temple roof and paint a statue of Tong Tu Tong to smoke worship worship. After gradually many people go through worship, every request is transformed, became a place of beauty, so called the name of the temple.

The legend is that, while the traces of material and bibliography remaining in the temple said that the temple was built from the Le dynasty. In the year of the Motto Bao Thai Le (1720 - 1729), the abbot named Pham Kim Hung carried out the restoration of the front court, incense, money, stone columns, wooden columns to do some more time, but The stone inscriptions are nothing but ancient traces.

In the reign of Canh Hung Le (1740 - 1786), there was a monk from Ngo village in Binh Vong village, Thuong Phuc district, Ha Noi province (now Thuong Tin district, Hanoi). He abandoned the honor of wealth, the monasticism, ordained as Superior Monk, self Tinh Anh, so here to see the geological landscape calm, can form a place of lecture school, but Together with the people building Tu An and Tam Duc pagodas. Restoration of Guan Yin Pagoda, using wood and limestone tiles to build a room, the Sangha temple in charge of the presidency. From then on became a busy forest.

The temple consists of Tu An Pagoda, so it is called Tu An Tu, the fourth generation of the monk Chieu No, restored a two-room stone built in Giap Ngo, Minh Mang (1820) - 1840). In the year of the reign of Thieu Tri (1841 - 1847), the statue of Quan The Am, the construction of Tu An the most. Tu Duc (1847 - 1883), a disciple of Pha Thuan, built a five-storey house as a place of worship.

Next to the monks As Chieu, Pha Tien and the Venerable has repeatedly restored and built more pagodas into a large scale forest, That is:

"The landscape is ready

Open bring there human hand "

Bo Da Temple is a major Buddhist center of Bac Giang province belonging to the Truc Lam Zen or Truc Lam Tam. Truc Lam is the fourth Zen Buddhist monastery in Vietnam. It was founded by Zen Master Tran Nhan Tong (1279 - 1293) in Yen Tu province, but belongs to the founder of Lin Chi. the first. The second is the Diamond Loa and the third is the Huyen Quan. All three of the nuns have a statue in the temple.

Chua Bo Da is also the place where the successors of the monks and nuns spread the teachings to train monks and nuns. Every year, we have the monks and nuns who take part in meditation. The tutors also engraved many legends as: The main law, Nam Hai signed regulations ... to serve the training of spreading Buddhist scriptures, making the legal treasure of Buddhism in Vietnam more abundant.

Experiencing the variation of history, although there are times when the pagoda was the place of production of our armies during the resistance war against France (1946 - 1954), but Boa Temple still reserves quite raw. Integral architectural works. The entire temple has an area of ​​about 51.784m ² is divided into three distinct areas. Garden: 31.000m ² , the internal temple 13.000m ² and the tower garden wide: 7,784m ² .

- Tower garden: built stone wall embankment. There are 87 towers (not including 18 unbuilt ones) built at different times.

- Garden of the Pagoda: The traditional fruit trees and seasonal crops are grown. The surrounding area is dug (2m wide, 1.5m deep), both for drainage and for protection.

- Indoor Pagoda Pagoda: The entire area of ​​the pagoda consists of 16 large and small buildings with a total of 92 compartments arranged as follows:

From the gate to the temple is 45m long, the width of 3.2m salt paving stone has small size. The gate has two layers, the first layer is 27m from the second layer. The gate was built in the Nguyen dynasty style, with the appearance of a bell.

Next to the kitchen is 11m long, 5m wide including 4 brick roofing tile.

From the kitchen to the house, tools, mortar, leave 4m apart. The house is 16m long, 5m wide including 7 tile roofs, simple pliers.

The creator is 17m wide and 5m wide with 7 compartments. Brick wall tile floor tiles. Structural structure of pre-leveraged money. In front of the brick yard, size 18m x 8.5m.

The founder is behind the composer. The house is 18m long and 6.5m wide, the floor is 0.8m high with 7 compartments. Brick wall tile tile floor.

The house is 20m long, 6.5m high, 0.90m high, has 7 compartments, brick wall, roof tile, tile floor.

The house is 20m long and 8m wide with 5 rooms. Wooden architectural framed bed style bed, brick wall tile roof. The front yard is brick yard, size 12.6m x 9.30m.

Printing House: The two-story matchmaking stalls are 8m high and 6m x 5.5m in size, brick-tile walls and square tiles.

Boys house is 9.5m x 6.5m long with 3 compartments, brick wall, roof tile.

7m long, 7 meter long corridor connecting from the family to the Frenchman is 2.50m.

The French house is 14m long and 6m wide including 7 rooms, brick wall, tile roof, tile floor.

The corridor is 14m long and 4.5m long including 6 brick wall, roof tile. Next to the water tank, built near the back wall of three security.

Three-nail architecture architecture in nail style. The harem of 12m x 7,7m consists of 5 compartments. 21m x 11m long street with 7 rooms, brick wall, roof tile, tile floor, floor 0.90m high with 3 steps. The steps are paved with blue stones of different sizes. Above are five sets of doors.

Next to the trio is a tank of the same size as the tank.

The corridor is 14m long and 4.5m wide with 6 compartments.

Guest house, where monk Thich Quang Luan in, 15m long house 8m wide 7 time. The first two are upstairs, the house matched husband.

The guest house is 15m long and 5.5m wide including 6 compartments, brick wall, roof tile. The frame of bamboo is soaked.

The station is 17m wide and has 6 compartments. The frame of bamboo is covered with tile roofs. The house is used for the body and procedures for the deceased monks. In front of the station is a large brick yard measuring 15m x 12.5m.

Buffalo 8m long x 4m including 3 compartments, pigsty 5m long, 3m wide, including 2 compartments, all covered with tile.

All the architectural works in the pagoda have been built through the generations of the abbot. The remaining architectural traces show the buildings built during the Le - Nguyen period. Since its inception, it has remained in its original place. The space for this pagoda is spacious, surrounded by hills and villages surrounding villages. The entire pagoda was built on the northern foot of Phuong Hoang Mountain in Thuong Lat hamlet, Tien Son commune, Viet Yen district today. Along with the architectural works, Thu Da Temple now preserves many precious and rare materials that are significant for traditional scientific research and education for generations. Besides the system of Buddhist statues in the Truc Lam lineage, the pagoda also preserved many epitaphs and inscriptions such as: parallel sentences, great books, buddhist books, incense sets, worship values ​​of cultural history Le - Nguyen. Also through the exhibits, the remaining monks in the pagoda not only help us understand the development of the temple, the Truc Lam Zen but also the cultural history of a region rich in tradition. The sentence sentence hanging on the money in part to say that sense.

In the pagoda also preserved the system of Le Buddha statue wooden is quite full. Bo Da Temple is not only a historical value of the development of Buddhism in the Truc Lam Zen, it is also a rich sculpture of art. Including the Cuu Long. Here the lamp Le wooden. Each tree is 0.60 m high; 1 cm high, 1 vase, 1 copper bell, 1 m high, 0.60 m diameter with the name of Tu Duc.

Two court papers in the tam family said fine gold ink carved fine. Great paintings, lacquer, sentences are painted gold lipstick gorgeous. The temple also has a length of 0.60m.

The temple also preserves many books of Buddhist scriptures. Economic boards are of three types: Nam Hai signed rules, the rules of the mausoleum, tomb of the main circuit. Some of these Han scripts have been translated and printed in Vietnamese script. The relics of the Buddha statue must come to the garden, not only valuable in terms of architectural art but also in the history of Buddhism. In addition to the material value of the monument, from the ancient garden of the temple was a center of religious activities of the people.

Every year, Bai Da pagoda is held solemnly from 15 to 19 February. That is the anniversary of the founder of the Temple of Da Da, young men and women visitors to the east to attend the festival is very crowded. In addition, on April 8, Buddha's birthday was offered at the pagoda, on July 15th.

Bo Da Temple is the center of Buddhism has succeeded the patriotic monk, revolutionary. During the feudal colonial rule there were many monks who accompanied the people to participate in the revolt or revolutionary base. Master Duc Chinh is a model for the painting of the disciples, he has a patriotic record, was awarded the Third Order of resistance resistance, the deputy head of the Unified Buddhist Association of Vietnam so far the monks nuns of the nunnery still promote this fine tradition, expressing the spirit of the great master of Buddhism that has permeated Vietnamese Buddhists.