Black Lady on the summit of Nui Ba Den
You will see this unusual architecture soon after getting out of the cable car station on the summit.
Judging from the script written at the foot of the statue, which reads 西補佗山 (western Potalaka mountain), the dark statue on the top of the tower is Quan Âm or Avalokitesvara.
Nui Ba Den is originally a sacred mountain that enshrines Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu (霊山聖母) or the mother goddess of holy mountain. It is a typical Đạo Mẫu or mother goddess worship on par with Bà Chúa Xứ of Núi Sam in Chau Doc.
The temple in the lower mountainside houses a dark skinned statue of Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu a.c.a. Bà Đen (black lady).
I suppose Sun World regards dark coloured Avalokitesvara as Bà Đen based on the understanding that the folk belief has merged with Mahayana Buddhism. It would be an example of religious syncretism.
English brochure of Sun World writes the name of the statue as "Lady Buddha," which, I think, is non-sense.
Black Lady on the summit of Nui Ba Den
You will see this unusual architecture soon after getting out of the cable car station on the summit.
Judging from the script written at the foot of the statue, which reads 西補佗山 (western Potalaka mountain), the dark statue on the top of the tower is Quan Âm or Avalokitesvara.
Nui Ba Den is originally a sacred mountain that enshrines Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu (霊山聖母) or the mother goddess of holy mountain. It is a typical Đạo Mẫu or mother goddess worship on par with Bà Chúa Xứ of Núi Sam in Chau Doc.
The temple in the lower mountainside houses a dark skinned statue of Linh Sơn Thánh Mẫu a.c.a. Bà Đen (black lady).
I suppose Sun World regards dark coloured Avalokitesvara as Bà Đen based on the understanding that the folk belief has merged with Mahayana Buddhism. It would be an example of religious syncretism.
English brochure of Sun World writes the name of the statue as "Lady Buddha," which, I think, is non-sense.