Đền Bạc Hậu

Definition

Proper Noun: - Silver Temple of the Empress: A legendary location in Chinese mythology and Vietnamese folklore. It is famously known as the place where the Tang Dynasty scholar Nguu Tang Nhu (Chinese: Niu Sengru) encountered celestial maidens and experienced a dream-like adventure, as recounted in the story "Tang Nhu" or "The Dream of Nguu Tang Nhu."

Usage Examples

• Proper Noun:
  • Truyền thuyết kể rằng Nguu Tang Nhu đã lạc đến Đền Bạc Hậu. (Legend tells that Nguu Tang Nhu wandered to the Silver Temple of the Empress.)
  • Câu chuyện về giấc mơ ở Đền Bạc Hậu là một đề tài văn học nổi tiếng. (The story of the dream at the Silver Temple of the Empress is a famous literary theme.)

Advanced Usage

• The name is primarily used in a literary or mythological context to refer to a place of fantastical encounter and illusory pleasure, often symbolizing a beautiful but transient dream.

Variants and Related Words

• Đền Bạc (n): A shortened, more common reference to the same legendary temple.
  • Giấc mơ Đền Bạc (The Dream of the Silver Temple) is a synonymous phrase for a fleeting, beautiful illusion.

Synonyms

• Illusory palace: A place of beautiful fantasy.
• Dreamland: A realm existing only in a dream.

Related Idioms

• Giấc mơ Đền Bạc: (A Silver Temple dream) An idiom meaning a short-lived, illusory happiness or a beautiful but unrealizable fantasy.
  • Sự giàu có đó chỉ là một giấc mơ Đền Bạc mà thôi. (That wealth is merely a Silver Temple dream.)