Vietnam: Phat Mau Chuan De (Mother of Five Buddhas of the Cardinal Directions) on an altar (left) in front of the main Buddha figure, Jade Emperor Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Chua Ngoc Hoang or ‘Pagoda of the Jade Emperor’ was built in 1909, this is a spectacularly colourful Chinese temple dedicated to Ngoc Huang, Jade Emperor of the Taoist pantheon. The Jade Emperor is the Daoist ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below including that of Man and Hell, according to Daoist mythology. He is one of the most important gods of the Chinese traditional religion pantheon.
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5120 x 3401 px | 43.3 x 28.8 cm | 17.1 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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