In the stela built in the 7th year of Hoang Dinh (1606) still preserved in the temple, wrote: "Vinh Nghiem pagoda is not only a pagoda but also a construction site, a beautiful natural landscape of Kinh Bac. The place is solemnly brilliant, thousands of miles above, the same message surrounding the hot formation, pagoda in the river water waves immense, winding winding about like the stripe of silk. This place is top of whole nation.

Situated on a low hill, surrounded by mountains, rivers, ancient Vinh Nghiem pagoda and tranquility attracted to the eyes of travelers is a charming landscape. The pagoda overlooks the confluence of three rivers, Luc Dau Giang - Kiep Bac, Cam Ly gateway to Yen Tu mountain. Surrounding the pagoda is the mountain in which there is Co Tien Mount. Across the river is the house of Tran Hung Dao, Kiep Bac Temple.

Built from the Ly dynasty, to the Tran dynasty, Vinh Nghiem Pagoda has a special place in the history of Buddhist culture as a place of spiritual practice. The highest point is three Tam to of Truc Lam as Thuong Hoang Dieu Ngu Tran Nhan Tong, Phap Loa and Huyen Quang are also in Vinh Nghiem pagoda, taking this place as the center of Tran's Buddhism to increase training the monks and increase the position, direct the temple in the country.

Because of the special role that Vinh Nghiem pagoda was built on a very large scale. The area of ​​the temple is about 10,000 m ² , opening is Tam Quan gate, more than 100m as Ho Pagoda (also known as Tien Duong). The road to Ho Pagoda, ancient pine trees were planted into the charming forest, there are still some trees standing on the temple grounds as evidence of time. Right on the temple grounds is a large 6-sided stele that is a plaque in Hoang Dinh. This is the oldest trace of the temple is still. Opposite to the ancient stele is the grave garden of the eight monks, all built later.

From the back of the pagoda, architectural blocks are connected to each other on the main axis in a south east direction and are separated by a narrow courtyard. There are 4 blocks in the temple: Phat temple (the front house, pagoda), "the house" is the "Cong" shape - two-storeyed eight-storey bell tower - two-storey house and Trai Street maul. The two sides also have Ta Vu and Huu Vu, each row of 18 spacious rooms where the annual average of the residents down.

The four blocks are based on the traditional wooden frame, but from the block to the rear of the building, there are some reinforced brick and brick support. Even wooden architectural elements, with the exception of the four main columns of the great Shang dynasty, are the shade of time of the Le dynasty, the remaining columns of Nguyen Dynasty. The pagoda architecture expresses the aesthetic qualities of the ancient people with the whole scene of the pagoda having low height, different spacing, creating a rich rhythm. Song in general it absolutely no sudden rise but tend to spread, stretching in depth, to always surprise visitors.

According to the Venerable Thich Thanh Vinh, the oldest building in the pagoda is two rows of Ta Vu and Huu Vu, also belonging to the Nguyen Dynasty. Most of the architecture and materials of the Ly, Tran. Right at the temple grounds, the flowers are fragrant flowers also strange to have a life expectancy of up to 500 years.

Another value of Vinh Nghiem pagoda is still known as the letter box is also dating to 700 years. Exquisite prints are evidence that Vinh Nghiem pagoda once dominated 72 forest plantations.

According to Venerable Thich Thanh Vinh: "The store still maintains 34 books with nearly 3000 engravings, each with 2 sides, each side of 2 pages negative book contains about 2,000 Chinese characters and Nom. Among them there are special special engravings such as Khoa Hu Luc, Kinh Hoa Nghiem... ".

"Moc Thu Kho" is stored in 8 bookshelves in the main hall of the temple. This is a bookstore with a total of more than 3,000 copies, most of which are business, drug book, Buddhist law. The remainder is the work of Tam the to and some of the monks of Truc Lam Yen Tu (poems, diaries, diary ...) are inscribed on 200 years ago.

According to the lineage carved in the title and the last line of business books, the carpentry letter Vinh Nghiem pagoda is much carved under the emperor Tu Duc, Thanh Thai Nguyen (second half of nineteenth century), a few carved under the reign of King Canh Hung, the Le (half of the 18th century). Based on the "mind of the sultan" of the wood block that: Wood carvings are more than three dozen business, books of the type, in which more than half is woodblock engraving sets Hoa Nghiem business, the remaining is business, Quan Kinh Yen Kinh, Buddhist monk business, the holy business. .. and books, Buddhist law.

These wooden blocks are made of wood, varying in size from books to books. The "Yen Tu Nhat Trinh" dating back to the late 16th century, is the oldest print of the Vinh Nghiem pagoda, the largest of which is 1.8x3.3 m. 0.25x0.17m is the smallest book.

From those engravings, the ancient people covered the ink on top and then printed and bound books in the pattern with enough "bien lan", "ban tam", "ngu vi", "thien dau, dia cuoc". "Bien lan" is the border of the book page is a large line and a small line. "The mind" indicates the title, page order. Thuong ha ban tam has "fish" (tail of fish) in the style of "fish". At the top of the mountain, "Bien Lan" has "Thien dau- Dia cuoc". "Bien Lan" has a rectangular border, including a large road and a small road (ancient called as Van Vu Bien lan). At the right, the upper "Bien Lan" has "Thien dau - Dia cuoc" about 2.5 cm wide. Many pages are engraved with artwork, fine lines, flowing text, escape, layout is closely harmonious, worthy of the graphic work of all time.

Vinh Nghiem pagoda and Bac Giang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism are collaborating to print booklets on wind paper, numbered wood and translations.

Experiencing the ups and downs of the events of history, now the warehouse "Moc Thu Kho" is considered a national treasure. In particular, during the afternoon session of 16 May 2012 in Bangkok (Thailand), the woodblock of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda was officially recognized as the World Heritage Documentary, Asia-Pacific.

Vinh Nghiem Temple has long been recognized by the people in the province as well as the whole country and many international visitors are not just a tourist destination, because of the beauty of architecture and rare scenery but also by their identity. Especially the Buddhist culture of Vietnam here ...

Who passes through Yen Tu - Quynh Lam

Not reading Vinh Nghiem, meditation mind is not stable.