Trụ biểu

The trụ biểu are usually rectangular in shape, the top part is pointed, decorated with lotus buds, lanterns or traditional Vietnamese mascots such as nghê, kỳ lân,...[1][2][3] The two middle pillars are always tall more than two adjacent pillars. On the body of the pillars are mounted, inlaid, and embossed with parallel sentences in chữ Hán.[4]

Most đình have trụ biểu, they are a common symbol of the village's spiritual culture,[5] the highest structure and the point that determines the location of the đình.[6]

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  Trụ biểu at Phù Mỗ Temple
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  Trụ biểu at Thiên Mụ Temple
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  Trụ biểu at Tomb of Lê Thái Tổ
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  Trụ biểu at đình Ba Đồn
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  Trụ biểu at đình Mai Xá
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  Trụ biểu at đình Cổ Mân
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  Trụ biểu at Lady Triệu Temple
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  Trụ biểu at Tomb of Minh Mạng
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  Linh Quang Buddhist Center, Nebraska, USA
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  Trụ biểu at Trúc Lâm Temple
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  Trưng Sisters Temple gate (a popular variation of Trụ biểu)
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  Đình Tứ Kỳ gate (a popular variation of Trụ biểu)
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  Đình Đại Vi gate (a popular variation of Trụ biểu)
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  Đình Tây Trì gate (a popular variation of Trụ biểu)
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  The gateway of đình Thổ Khối (variation of Trụ biểu), Hanoi, Vietnam
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  Variation of Trụ biểu at đình Cổ Lãm in Cổ Lãm village, Bình Định commune, Lương Tài district, Bắc Ninh province
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  Variation of Trụ biểu at a temple in Hà Đông
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  Trụ biểu in a French propaganda painting in Hanoi in 1942

• Tam quan, in Vietnamese Buddhist temple architecture
• Paifang, in Chinese temple architecture
• Shanmen, in Chinese Buddhist temple architecture
• Torii, in Japanese temple architecture
• Hongsalmun, in Korean temple architecture
• Iljumun, in Korean temple architecture
• Torana, in Indian temple architecture