Wat
Chùa Đìa Muồng
Chùa Đìa Muồng (Chùa Khải Tông) is a Khmer Theravada Buddhist Wat in Phước Long commune, Cà Mau province, Vietnam.[1][2]
History
Until the 2025 provincial merger the Wat stood in Vĩnh Lạc hamlet, Vĩnh Phú Đông commune, Phước Long district, Bạc Liêu province. In the middle of the 20th century, villagers digging a pond for fresh water found twelve Buddha images of precious stone and one of wood, all intact. They built a shelter to worship them, and light was believed to shine from the images at night. The villagers then gave land, materials and money to build a Wat for the images and named it Khải Tông Đìa Muồn. During the war it sheltered thousands of people fleeing the bombing.[3]
Religious life
As of 2025 and 2026, the abbot was Hòa thượng (Most Venerable) Lý Sa Mouth.[1][2] On October 26 and 27, 2025, the Wat held its Kathina robe offering at the end of the rains retreat; lay groups from Chùa Đìa Muồng and Chùa Khna Rộn offered robes and the four requisites, and the monks carried the robes three times around the main hall.[1] On April 13, 2026, the chair of the provincial People's Council brought Khmer New Year (Chol Chnam Thmey) gifts to the abbot and the Wat committee.[2] On April 16, 2026, at the close of the New Year festival, the abbot led the bathing of the Buddha images and a memorial rite for ancestors.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phật Giáo Bạc Liêu, Cà Mau: Rộn ràng lễ Dâng Y Kathina tại chùa Đìa Muồng (October 27, 2025)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Báo Cà Mau, Tết Chôl Chnăm Thmây thêm ấm tình đoàn kết (April 13, 2026)
- ↑ Phật Giáo Bạc Liêu, Thông bạch kêu gọi ủng hộ xây dựng chùa Đìa Muồng (December 5, 2023)
- ↑ Phật Giáo Bạc Liêu, Cà Mau: Trang nghiêm lễ tắm Phật và cầu siêu dịp Tết cổ truyền Chol Chnam Thmay tại chùa Đìa Muồng (April 17, 2026)