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

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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

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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/)