The 400-year-old temple worships the Tokugawa Shogun located in the middle of the towering pine trees in Nikko City (2 hours from Tokyo), Tochigi Prefecture, hiding the mystery of the bakufu period.
Speaking of Nikko, people who understand Japanese history immediately think of Nikko Toshogu, the most magnificent temple of Phu Tang origin, recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage in 1999.
The entrance to Nikko Toshogu temple crosses the Daiya River, with the curved wooden bridge (Shin kyo) beautifully painted, like the The Huc bridge in Ho Guom, Hanoi.This is one of the 3 most beautiful bridges in Japan.
Nikko is like a gem, because of its natural beauty and Japanese architectural beauty.The temple architecture is extremely sharp.Historians estimate that to complete the architecture of the Toshogu shrine it costs about 40 billion yen today (VND 8,547 billion).
Nikko temple temple is the common name of the famous ancient temple and temple complex in Nikko city , Tochigi province. Local people often call this complex "two temples of a temple", because the complex consists of two Nikko Tosho-gu shrines (Futarasan temple) and a Buddhist temple is Rinno temple .The Nikko Toshogu temple's 5 architectures have been classified by the Japanese as a national treasure, and the other three are important cultural properties.
The temple mausoleum of Tokugawa General was designed to create a very solemn space.The entrance to the main gate is wide, the road is covered with small gray stones, and the high ridges create a majestic and pure space.
The boulevards of cedar trees are lined up neatly on both sides of the road, called Sugi.
After General Tokugawa Ieyasu died in 1616, Masatsuna Matsudaira built the Nikko Toshogu temple, and he started planting Japanese cedar trees along the main road leading to Nikko.It is estimated that there are about 200,000 cedar trees planted on this occasion.The number of trees is greatly reduced and now only 13,000 trees remain.
East Chieu Cung - Toshogu - is the name of the temple of Shogun Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu - Duc Xuyen Gia Khang.He died in 1616 and his son chose Nikko as a temple.
More than 4 million workers worked in one and a half years to complete this shrine cluster of extremely sharp architecture.
The architectural complex is an excellent point among Japanese architectural marvels that embodies luxurious and sophisticated decoration.
The architecture of Toshogu temple leaves the latter with a treasure of human philosophy.Monkey images have been personified to describe human life.
One of them has the most special picture engraved with 3 monkeys, named after each monkey, Kikazaru (ear muffs), Mizaru (blindfolded) and Iwazaru (gagged).The three monkeys with funny faces are the Japanese people expressing the Buddhist philosophy that they don't listen to the wrong things, don't look at the wrong things, and don't say bad things.This carving of Hidari Jingoro artisan is famous from the 17th century.
The temple is also the place where noble families hold a wedding ceremony.
Every year the temple of Tokugawa General - which is dubbed "Di Hoa Vien" of Japan, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists.
