With 6 pagodas from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain and a large spiritual complex on the top, Ba Den Mountain offers countless unique cultural and spiritual experiences. Below is a detailed itinerary if you only have 1 day to explore the "roof of the South". 5am - 6am: Hunting for cloud hats This is an experience loved by many people, especially young people, because Ba Den Mountain often has very rare cloud phenomena in the world such as lens clouds (cloud hats, flying saucer clouds), nacreous clouds, sea of clouds...
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Clouds on top of Ba Den mountain. (Photo: Nguyen Minh Tu) |
In particular, Ba Den Mountain is currently in the most beautiful cloud hunting season of the year when Tay Ninh enters the rainy season. The heavier the rain the previous afternoon, the more beautiful the cloud disk is in the early morning. From afar, the highest mountain peak in the South looks like it is wearing a giant, floating cloud hat, extremely magical and beautiful.
6:00 - 7:00 Morning: Take the cable car to Ba Den Pagoda area. From the cable car station, there will be two routes to Ba Den Mountain - one route to Ba Den Pagoda area, one route to the top of the mountain. If you have never been to Ba Den Pagoda, you should take the cable car to the Pagoda. After the pilgrimage, there will be a cable car route from the Pagoda to the top of the mountain. In Ba Pagoda area, there are 5 places to worship Linh Son Thanh Mau Bodhisattva - a spiritual symbol in the South, a solid spiritual support for Southern people to send their wishes for health, wealth, and luck. The pagoda system includes: Long Chau Phuoc Trung Pagoda, Linh Son Tien Thach Tu with Ba Temple next to it, Hoa Dong Pagoda, Hang Pagoda and Quan Am Pagoda.
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Ba Den Pagoda system on the mountainside. (Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain) |
Here, the important place of worship that you need to visit is Linh Son Tien Thach Tu - the oldest pagoda on Ba Den mountain with an age of 300 years. In front of the pagoda is a statue of Bodhisattva Quan Am wearing a white robe, holding a bottle of nectar. Right next to the pagoda is the Ba temple built from a stone cave roof, the main temple worships Linh Son Thanh Mau with a black face. Also right in front of the pagoda grounds is the great bell, where many people choose to sit under the bell to meditate, listen to the bell and pray in the peaceful space of the pagoda.
10:00 am: Take the cable car to the top of the mountain and worship the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son From the Ba temple area, it only takes 5 minutes to take the cable car to the top of the mountain. In the vast space of the cloud-covered mountain top, the tallest bronze statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son in Asia appears majestically with a gentle face, the left hand holding a bottle of nectar symbolizing the bestowal of blessings, the right hand raised in the Giao Hoa Mudra, symbolizing the protection and support for all living beings.
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Statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son on the top of the mountain. (Photo: Nguyen Minh Tu) |
Right from the large square, visitors can look out over the rich plain hidden in the sea of clouds. From here, visitors will be lost in the peaceful land of Buddha with a meditative scene and paths full of flowers blooming all four seasons.
12 o'clock: Experience diverse cuisine On the top of Ba Den mountain, there are many attractive culinary options. Try fast food such as pho, bread, sausage, pizza, chicken rice... right in the cloud-covered yard and watch the flower paradise is an extremely interesting experience. In particular, Ba Den ice cream is a must-try dish here with extremely unique shapes of Ba mountain such as the cable car station, the 986m milestone, the cable car or lotus, with many flavors of green rice, passion fruit, chocolate, strawberry... cool.
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Buffet is an attractive culinary option on top of Ba Den Mountain. (Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain) |
Another popular culinary experience is the buffet at Nam Chau restaurant, with hundreds of European-Asian dishes that combine traditional and modern cuisine. If you choose to eat buffet, you should buy a combo cable car buffet ticket at the cable car station to enjoy a preferential price.
14:00: Explore the Buddhist exhibition Right at the foot of the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son is a large 4-storey Buddhist exhibition center. On the 1st floor, an experience not to be missed is watching a 3D mapping film about the formation of the universe under the Buddhist lens on a 20m diameter dome screen using the world's leading modern technology. On the 2nd floor, there are 16 modern 3D hologram projection devices, where visitors can admire models of 16 famous pagodas in
Vietnam . Also here, visitors can visit the special room of the Kinh Luan pillars (prayer wheels).
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Paying homage to the Prajnaparamita Sutra pillar at the underground Dharma teaching area. (Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain) |
The third floor is a space for displaying replicas of classic Buddhist artworks, including many Buddha statues adapted from the famous originals of India, Tibet, China, Thailand, Japan, etc. The fourth floor is where the Sakyamuni Buddha relics are kept, which were presented to Vietnam by the World Buddhist Federation in Bodh Gaya, India, in 2014. For Buddhists, being able to worship the Buddha's relics is a rare blessing. In the underground Dharma lecture area, visitors will admire a cluster of 5 black granite pillars, carved with the Heart Sutra in gold letters, of which the largest pillar is 2m in diameter and 19.8m high, rising straight up in the middle of the largest water dish in the large square at the foot of the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son.
17:00: Participate in the lantern offering ceremony. Lantern offering is a typical spiritual cultural ritual at the top of Ba Den Mountain, held every Saturday evening. From around 4-5 pm, thousands of tourists gathered at the large square at the foot of the statue of Buddha Tay Bo Da Son, receiving completely free lanterns from the staff of
Sun World Ba Den Mountain tourist area. Pens and writing desks are prepared for tourists to assemble lanterns and write their wishes.
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Offering lanterns on top of Ba Den Mountain. (Photo: Nguyen Minh Tu) |
The lantern offering ceremony will take place when it gets dark, where thousands of people line up solemnly in the square, their minds calmed by the shimmering light of the lanterns, praying for peace and luck, creating an extremely magical space on the sacred peak. If you come to Ba Den Mountain during this Vu Lan season, don't miss the lantern offering ceremony, which is held on a very large and sacred scale to express gratitude and pray for peace for parents, taking place on the evening of Saturday, August 24. This is also an opportunity for visitors to talk with monks about filial piety and watch a meaningful Buddhist art program for the Vu Lan season of filial piety.
8:00 p.m.: Watch the water music show at the area of the statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya. After the lantern offering ceremony, visitors will move down to the area of the statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya, watching the water music show using the most modern technology equipment in Vietnam and a system of 1,450 extremely magical lighting lights.
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Water music show next to the statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva. (Photo: Sun World Ba Den Mountain) |
The show offers unique scenes centered on the world's largest sandstone statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva. The show, filled with meditative colors, will end a day of exploring Ba Den Mountain with a feeling of peace and relaxation.
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