Bảng Môn Temple – A symbol of honoring learning tradition in Hoằng Hóa district, Thanh Hóa province
Thứ Hai, 27/07/2026
Bảng Môn Temple (Bảng
Môn Đình) locates in the center of Hoằng Lộc Commune, Hoằng Hóa
District, Thanh Hóa Province, which is 6km from the Thanh Hóa City to the northeast.
Legend
has it that
was built in the later Lê Dynasty. In over 21 competition-examinations from the
3rd year of Đại Bảo date (1442) to the fifth year of Thống Nguyên date (1527), there
were 46 graduates of the pre-court competition-examinations in Thanh Hóa, eight
of whom were from Hoằng Hóa.
Bảng
has been regarded as a symbol of honoring learning tradition of the village.
Whenever there was a graduate who passed the first rank of doctorate, the
welcome became a festival of honoring Confucianism. Thus,
soon had a stamp of an ancient village school of Việt . It played
a similar role as that of the
of (Quốc Tử Giám) in the and of the
Examination Compound in the province.
At
present,
is the greatest work of Hoằng Lộc Commune. It has 5 apartments and a harem, which
were structured according to the I shape and create convenience for the
organization of community’s cultural activities.
Since its establishment, has made great contribution to
the promotion of the villagers’ learning and the talented in the community, which
has encouraged generations in the village to form a good tradition of learning
of Hoằng Lộc land.
Hoàng Thị Chiến