Ho Quyen

Location: Ho Quyen Truong village located in Stone, Thuy Bieu, Tp. Hue, Thua Thien-Hue province.
Features: Ho Quyen is the arena was built to host the game between elephants and tigers to the king, the royal family and officials to watch the entertainment.
Ho Quyen arena was built in 1830. It is a unique structure, massive, fortified as a stronghold.

Arena includes two rounds of concentric circular walls built of massive bricks, stucco. 1.1 m thick walls at the base and 0.5 m at the top. Within the walls of the outer diameter is 45m, 140m circumference, 4.5 m high. Round wall 35m in diameter, circumference 110m, 6m high. Wall separated two rounds 4m and 3m at the summit in the background.

From the foot of the wall there are two stairs to go up the dirt road. The first stairway has 20 steps for the king and the royal family. The crowd is a rectangular area, an area of ​​96m² 1.5m high above the soil line. From the sidelines, it was found overlooking Basin area of ​​the game. The second staircase 15 grades for soldiers and people watch. Distance between two stairs is a 1.9 m wide entrance, 3,9m high school for elephants come into play.

Faced with the stands for the king, on the other side of the arena is 5 stables tiger (tiger) and press. Above the barn in the middle there is a stone plaque touching two kanji "Tiger Rights".

The struggle between the elephant and the tiger is a recreational pastime for longstanding kings, under the Nguyen lords. In ancient times, the match was held in Ho Quyen annually. The last match took place in 1904 under the reign of King Thanh Thai.

Ho Quyen Arena is a unique architectural works rarely seen in Southeast Asia. While not as massive arena Roman era, but it also has unique appearance and create an atmosphere of sportsmanship, dignity ...