Ba'o VN: Ho^.i Linh Co^? Tu+.

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Ba'o VN service 24/04/97
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Ho^.i Linh Co^? Tu+.

Phan Hu+~u Tu+o+?ng

Ne^'u nhu+ kha'ch tham quan dde^'n Ca^`n Tho+ dda~ tu+`ng bie^'t ddi`nh
Bi`nh Thu?y co^? ki'nh, chu`a Nam Nha~ u ti.ch, mo^. cu. Thu? khoa Bu`i
Hu+~u Nghi~a khie^m to^'n... na(`m tre^n cu`ng mo^.t tuye^'n ddu+o+`ng,
ma` kho^ng bie^'t chu`a Ho^.i Linh se~ la` mo^.t thie^.t tho`i. Chu`a
Ho^.i Linh la` ngo^i chu`a lo+'n vo+'i nhu+~ng ddu+o+`ng ne't nghe^.
thua^.t kie^'n tru'c ddo^.c dda'o, co' nhu+~ng pho tu+o+.ng go^~ quy'
hie^'m va` la.i la` co+ so+? ca'ch ma.ng vu+~ng cha('c trong hai cuo^.c
kha'ng chie^'n cho^'ng Pha'p va` cho^'ng My~. Go'p pha^`n kho^ng nho? va`o
tha('ng lo+.i chung cu?a da^n ti?nh Ca^`n Tho+ no'i rie^ng va` ca? nu+o+'c
no'i chung. 

Ca'ch trung ta^m TP. Ca^`n Tho+ khoa?ng 4 ca^y so^', hu+o+'ng ve^` phi'a
Long Xuye^n (thuo^.c ti?nh lo^. 91), du kha'ch nhi`n ve^` phi'a tay pha?i
se~ tha^'y mo^.t co^?ng lo+'n mang do`ng chu+~ "Ho^.i Linh Co^? Tu+.".
Xuo^'ng xe dde^'n ga^`n, du kha'ch se~ co`n tha^'y ca^u ddo^'i o+? hai
co^.t co^?ng nhu+ sau: 

- Ho^.i thu+o+.ng die^n cha^n thu+`a tie^'p da^~n tha^.p phu+o+ng quy
gia'c lo^.. 

- Linh so+n khai nha~n ta.ng dde^` hue^` tu+' chu'ng xua^'t me^ ta^m. 

Qua ve^' ddo^'i, chu'ng ta co' the^? hie^?u: chu`a Ho^.i Linh la` no+i
ho^.i tu. cu?a mo.i ngu+o+`i trong xa~ ho^.i, kho^ng pha^n bie^.t gia`u
nghe`o, dda(?ng ca^'p dde^'n dde^? nghe Pha^.t pha'p va` ddu+o+.c hu+o+'ng
da^~n ba(`ng nhu+~ng phu+o+ng tie^.n ma` Pha^.t dda~ da.y, da^~n da('t
mo.i ngu+o+`i ddi va`o con ddu+o+`ng sa'ng su?a ha.nh phu'c. 

Li.ch su+? hi`nh tha`nh chu`a Ho^.i Linh dda~ co' ngo't 90 na(m. Chu`a
ddu+o+.c xa^y ca^'t ba(`ng tre la' tu+` na(m 1907 co' te^n la` Ho^.i Long
Tu+.. Dde^'n na(m 1917, chu`a ddu+o+.c xa^y du+.ng kie^n co^' va` ddo^?i
te^n la` Ho^.i Linh Co^? Tu+. ma` da^n quanh vu`ng thu+o+`ng go.i la`
chu`a Xe?o Ca.n, vi` ca.nh chu`a tru+o+'c kia co' con ra.ch ca.n, nay bi.
bo^`i la^'p. 

Ngo^i chu`a ca'ch co^?ng lo+'n khoa?ng 200m. Tru+o+'c khi va`o chu`a, du
kha'ch se~ va`o mo^.t trong hai co^?ng. Co^?ng ddu+o+.c trang tri' tre^n
cho'p la` hi`nh ba^`u ru+o+.u vo+'i hai con ro^`ng ca'ch ddie^.u va` hai
bu'p sen o+? hai be^n. Tre^n mo^~i co^?ng co' ta^'m ba?ng ghi ca^u chu+~
Ha'n "Thie^`n mo^n nghie^m ti.nh" va` "Ho`a an chu'ng ha?i". Giu+~a hai
co^?ng co' mo^.t ho^` nu+o+'c hi`nh ba'n nguye^.t tro^`ng bo^ng bu.t xung
quanh. Qua kho?i ao la` khoa?ng sa^n kha' ro^.ng co' mie^'u ngu~ ha`nh
be^n tra'i, va` mie^'u tho^? tha^`n be^n pha?i. Trong sa^n tro^`ng ca'c
loa.i hoa kie^?ng. La^`n theo ba^.c tam ca^'p, du kha'ch se~ dde^'n chi'nh
ddie^.n.  Ma(.t tie^`n chi'nh ddie^.n ddu+o+.c pha^n la`m ba gian va` co'
mo^.t la^`u. La^`u ddu+o+.c chia la`m 3 gian dde^? tho+` Pha^.t Thi'ch Ca,
Di La.c, Chua^?n Dde^`, Ngo.c Hoa`ng, ca'c vi. Kim Cang... 

He^. tho^'ng vo`m ma'i ddu+o+.c na^ng ddo+~ bo+?i co^.t go^~ tro`n
ddu+o+`ng ki'nh 25 cm co' cha^n dde^' ba(`ng dda'. Ke^'t ca^'u vi` ke`o
ra^'t ddo+n gia?n (ke`o vo? dda^.u xuo^'ng co^?, ke`o du+o+'i cho^`ng le^n
ke`o tre^n), rie^ng vi` ke`o o+? ha^.u lie^u va` nha` tru` ddu+o+.c la`m
theo kie^?u nha` tri'nh, ca'c ca^y tro^~ng ddu+o+.c go.t dde~o dda(.t
tre^n co^'i hi`nh vuo^ng, hi`nh thang, dda^`u tro^~ng co' hi`nh ca'nh
do+i... 

Nhi`n chung, toa`n bo^. kie^'n tru'c no+i dda^y ddu+o+.c xa^y du+.ng
ba(`ng va^.t lie^.u vu+~ng cha('c, hie^.n dda.i nhu+ng va^~n giu+~
ddu+o+.c phong ca'ch kie^'n tru'c Vie^.t Nam. 

Ngoa`i ca'c chuo^ng, mo~ va` bao lam no+i chi'nh ddie^.n, nha` tru`
ddu+o+.c cha.m kha('c co^ng phu. Chu`a co`n co' mo^.t so^' tu+o+.ng go^~
dda'ng ke^? nhu+ Tu+o+.ng Pha^.t Chua^?n Dde^` co+~i Kho^?ng tu+o+'c 18
tay, nho'm tu+o+.ng Die^m Vu+o+ng vo+'i~ o^ng Pha'n quan, Ddi.a ta.ng
vu+o+ng Bo^` ta't co+~i la^n, Ho^. pha'p, Thi'ch ca so+ sinh... nhu+ng
no^?i ba^.t nha^'t la` tu+o+.ng o^ng Gia'm Trai, ngu+o+`i tu+. nguye^.n
suo^'t ddo+`i o+? trong nha` be^'p bu+?a cu?i, na^'u co+m cho chu'ng
ta(ng. Tu+o+.ng ddu+o+.c bo^' cu.c vu+~ng cha('c tre^n be^. go^~ trong tu+
the^' ngo^`i, mo^.t tay ti` le^n ca'n bu'a du+.ng tha(?ng tru+o+'c ngu+.c
nhu+ ddang thie^`n ddi.nh. O^ng o+? tra^`n, qua^`n va^.n lu+ng nhu+ mo^.t
ngu+o+`i no^ng da^n, mi`nh ma^?y xu+o+ng xa^?u ddu+o+.c ca'ch ddie^.u
khu'c chie^'t, thanh toa'n. Gu+o+ng ma(.t xu+o+ng, ma' lo~m ddo^i ma('t
sa'ng qua('c nhi`n ve^` phi'a xa xa...  To'm la.i, ma?ng ddie^u kha('c o+?
chu`a Ho^.i Linh ra^'t dda'ng ke^?, kho^ng nhu+~ng ve^` lu+o+.ng ma` ca?
ve^` cha^'t nu+~a. Va` tie^u bie^?u nha^'t la` tu+o+.ng o^ng Gia'm Trai... 

Tra?i qua ho+n 80 na(m to^`n ta.i va` nhie^`u la^`n su+?a chu+~a, song
Ho^.i Linh Co^? Tu+. dda~ ddu+o+.c ca'c vi. ho`a thu+o+.ng va` dda.o hu+~u
dda?m ba?o ddu+o+.c ti'nh nguye^n go^'c cu?a di ti'ch.  Hie^.n nay, co+
so+? va^.t cha^'t cu?a chu`a Ho^.i Linh co`n kha' to^'t. 

Nga`y 28/4/1992, u?y ban nha^n da^n TP. Ca^`n Tho+ dda~ ra quye^'t ddi.nh
co^ng nha^.n chu`a Ho^.i Linh va` Ddi.a chi? ddo?. Va` nga`y 10/7/1993,
chu`a Ho^.i Linh ddu+o+.c Bo^. Va(n ho'a va` Tho^ng tin co^ng nha^.n di
ti'ch li.ch su+? va(n ho'a, la` co+ so+? ca'ch ma.ng tu+` 1941 - 1975. 

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