The One Pillar Pagoda was first constructed in 1049 and as such it was Hanoi’s oldest structure.
If it doesn’t look that old to you, it’s because the French blew it up in 1954 as a parting gesture
and the current edifice is a replica of the original. Elegantly raised on a single column above a pond and designed to represent a lotus flower emerging from the water. Just as the lotus has its roots buried in mud under the water but manages to rise above the surface and open its flower.
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