I went to the headquarters of Khao Dai in Vietnam made by mixing various religions in the world

Emerging religion that the teachings of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Muslim, etc were mixed in VietnamKao DaiSo I went to the headquarters in a hurry.

Hello everyone.World newspaperIt is Matsuzaki Atsushi of. I am in the whole world around the world, now I am in Hoi An, Vietnam. I left the place where I will leave a month. After traveling around Vietnam, after traveling around Laos, I will head to the final destination Bangkok.

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Since there are a lot of tours from Ho Chi Minh to Tai Nin with the principal mountain of Kaodaiism, this time, I participated in one of them.

Tinin is around here. It is about 100 km from Ho Chi Minh.

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Kao Dai is an emerging religion in Vietnam based on the teachings of Goddess (Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam), founded in 1919 by Go Minh Chen (Wu Ming). The number of believers is said to be about 1 million to 3 million, and it is said that 70% or 2/3 of the population of Tin Ninh Province is a believer of Khao Dai. In doctrine, aspects of Catholicism such as being said to adopt Christian elements, in particular the class system of clergy, are seen, while elements of spiritual worship from ancient times are also seen. See Confucius, Laoza, Buddha, Kannon Bodhisattva, Christ, Muhammad, as well as Li Bai, Taijo Old Mr. Socrates, Tolstoy, Victor Hugo etc appearing in the West Journey as saints and apostles. (Quoted from Wikipedia)

About three hours by bus from Ho Chi Minh to arrive at the headquarters of Khao Dai


There is also a kanji inscription on the gate


When you enter the premises it is the first time to see it,


It is the Central Chapel. Here, mass worship services are held four times a day.


It has a strange presence with flashy decorations and unique coloring


You can see the appearance of various gods and great men who see Kao Daiism as saints and apostles on the exterior



The centerpiece of this eyeball is the Honenable "heavenly eyes"


Also for window decoration


Front entrance


Believers are relaxing


The inside of the site is rather large. There are a lot of followers living here.


Tower rising in front of the central chapel


Basically believers,


I am wearing a white aozai.


A monk is wearing colored clothes. Red represents Confucianism, Blue Taoism, Yellow represents Buddhist monk.


Take off your shoes before entering the chapel


enter


Believers are full up to the entrance. It seems that I am waiting for the day's worship service.


A picture signed by Yugo "Love and justice" was decorated


In the chapel.


Gorgeous decoration and stunning colors stimulate vision


The sky is drawn on the ceiling


Spiral staircase attached to pillar


Believers are praying. From the expression you can see the depth of faith


Before this there is an altar with a main honor, but it will be noted if you enter inside from a line pattern


It is suitable for your main book


altar


It is the heavenly eyes that it is your principal that you settle in the center. It symbolizes "the principle of the universe" "supreme god of the universe."


I will remember the illusion as seen


Turning to the back, you can see that Motoyama itself has quite a season


On the upper part of the altar the saints and apostles appear


It seems like I have seen Japanese temples ....


The priest puts lights on. It seems that the noon service begins soon.


I will go up to the second floor


People are consolidating one after another when looking out from the veranda


When I go up to the second floor, the followers are also strong here. There is a viewing space before this.


Viewing space


A follower waiting in front


Men who prepare for worship


All of a sudden, they all hurt


Arrive somehow in the middle and enter


It seems that there are fixed positions respectively


Alignment completed


Seated


It is a masterpiece


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The priest sits to a place closer to the altar than the general believer


Two people sitting before that are said to be people called high priests


Performance starts at the place before the viewing space on the 2nd floor, begins worship


ElephantThe song resonates with the music played by instruments such as


When the bell rings, I will lower my head deeply


It is said that this is repeated for about an hour and a half


Although Kao Dai teachings tend to be attracted and unique doctrines tend to be noticed, it was the figure of religious believers who remained in the impression.

(Sentence / picture: World Newspaper / Atsushi Matsuzakihttp://sekaishinbun.blog89.fc2.com/)