Temple Building under Lý Cao Tông

Name: Temple Building under Lý Cao Tông
Start: 1195
End: 1199

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1195–1199

In the 1190s, under Lý Cao Tông of the Lý dynasty, major construction and restoration of Buddhist temples took place in Thăng Long and elsewhere, com…

Timeline

1192–1196Thăng Long · VietnamThe court planned and expanded several royal and officially sponsored Buddhist temples in Thăng Long, embodying the religious spatial layout and timber architectural techniques of the Lý-dynasty capital.
1195–1199Red River Delta · VietnamLocal powerful clans and monastic communities, in coordination with court policy, restored village temples, forming a Buddhist faith and relief network across the rice-growing region and strengthening the Lý dynasty's cultural integration of grassroots society.

Sources

Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư（大越史记全书）
Ngô Thì Sĩ 等编，越史相关建筑史研究综述