Easy to find it walking through the old town, this is a calm, thousand-year-old Buddhist temple, in stark contrast to the crowds and hustle and bustle of the street outside. It is North Vietnamese Buddhism and beer is allowed. Worth a stop during a visit to the old town. The main reason for visiting the White Horse Temple was to see the white horse and learn about legends. The temple was originally built by a small river, but when the king decided to build the wall around the city wall, he saw a huge white horse coming out of the temple and galloping past. The king felt that the white horse was auspicious symbol and tried to build the wall toward the place where the white horse had passed. As soon as the white horse returned to the temple, the king began building the wall. The temple was relocated to its original location about 200 years ago because the original temple was damaged by the river.