In the past, Zen master Nguyen Minh Khong (founder of Bai Dinh Pagoda), in his dream, was told by gods about precious water at the foot of the mountain near the temple. After that, he took well water to make medicine for the people.

The well has a moon face with the diameter of nearly 30m and depth of about 6m. Around the mouth of the well is built of stone on Dinh Mountain. Campuses around the well are square in size up to 6.000m2, four corners are the octagonal houses. The surrounding landscape is planted with shady trees. To get to the well, you have to go through a beautiful stone gate.Water in Ngoc well is clear and cool all year round, pleasant to drink. Miraculously, the well has never been dry, even though it was only a small well before). Ngoc Well water is also used to offer to Buddha at the temple ceremony.

Coming to Bai Dinh pagoda, you not only admire Ngoc well – the largest well in Vietnam but also visit the other points have been recorded as the record book such as the largest bronze Buddha statue in Asia (The 100-ton bronze statue in the Dharma Palace), The largest bronze Buddha statue in Southeast Asia (Statue of Maitreya Buddha 100 tons outdoors), Vietnam’s largest bell (36-ton bell in bell tower), The largest temple in Vietnam with area of 539ha, The temple has the longest corridor La Han in Asia (La Han corridor nearly 3km long), The temple has the most Arhat statue in Vietnam (500 statues about 2m high), The temple has the largest number of bodhi trees in Vietnam: 100 bodhi trees are extracted from the Indian bodhi tree.

Every year, Bai Dinh pagoda attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. Bai Dinh Pagoda is a spiritual tourist site and is the temple that owns many national records of Vietnam.

On the journey to discover Bai Dinh, visitors will feel their soul become more peaceful, nourishing good spiritual values and orient human beings to the good.