HUE

Minh Mang tomb

Location: Tomb of Minh Mang is located in Mountain Cam Page, Huong Tho commune, Huong Tra town, Thua Thien - Hue, near Bang Lang fork, confluence of Ta Trach and Huu Trach source form City Perfume River flows through . Hue. Lang by city. Hue 12km.
Features: Tomb of Minh Mang is an architectural master scale consists of 40 large and small projects. Minh Mang Tomb exudes imposing, majestic, but very harmonious between architecture and nature.
May 4/1840, King Minh Mang renamed into Hieu Son Mountain Cam Page and name the Xiaoling Mausoleum tomb. Lang was started construction in October 9/1840.
As of May 1/1841, the project is promoting Minh Mang took ill, King Thieu Tri throne and continued to build as designed mausoleum old. May 8/1841, King Minh Mang's corpse was buried in Buu Thanh. In 1843 the construction was completed.
Minh Mang Tomb is a whole-scale architecture and consists of 40 large and small projects including the Palace, Castle, Family weightlifting ... are arranged in a vertical balance from Dai Hong Mon (outermost) to toe the wall behind the grave of La king.
The works are distributed on three major axes parallel to each other which Than Dao path is the center. Overall mausoleum is divided into:
 
Dai Hong gate is the main entrance to the tomb. Gate 3 aisles with 24 heaving roofs and the beautiful decorations. The main gate is only opened once to take the king's coffin into the tomb, have to use the side entrance is through two Ta Hong Mon and Huu Hong Mon.

Bi Dinh, after Dai Hong gate is wide field, has 2 rows of mandarins, elephants and horses. Bi Dinh Phung Than hilltop inside the stele "Thanh Duc Than Cong" by King Thieu Tri and biographies written about the merits of his father.
 
Area electric soaked (worship the King): go to the field is split into four ceremonies tide level. Opening the electricity sector is laced Duc Mon Sung An electric church located in the heart of the Emperor and Empress Ta,. Hoang Trach Mon is ending regional projects and fragrant flowers laced higher power.
Lau Lau Ming: go through three bridges Middle Way (center), Ta (left), Friends Turn (right) across the lake to the floor Ming Truong Minh Lau (floor light) built on the hill called Tam Dai Son. The building has a square, two-storey, eight roof. Both sides of Minh Lau rear are two obelisks stand on the hills Son and Thanh Son. Behind Ming Lau are two flower-shaped Longevity through Shintoism.
Buu Thanh (The wall surrounding the grave): Tan Nguyet Lake embrace new moon Buu Thanh in the center circle. Integrity bridge spanning Smart Tan Nguyet Lake there are 33 stone steps to bar the king's resting place in the heart of the hill named Khai Son Trach is limited by Buu Thanh circle.
Bi Dinh Minh Mang Tomb, Understand German Mon, An electric Sung and Ming Lau and nearly 60 crosswords poems carved on it is a museum of selected poems poetry Vietnam early 19th century ...
In addition to posting the majestic, imposing Minh Mang tomb also has the natural charm has been renovated to make the setting for the buildings.
Biography of King Minh Mang (Nguyen Phuc Make):
 
Minh Mang posthumous name is Nguyen Phuc Dam, born on 23 January of the year of the Rooster (1789), is the younger son of Gia Long. January Canh Thin (1820), Prince Make throne, Minh Mang's reign.
 
Minh Mang status of smart, studious, energetic and assertive. Minh Mang charter posed: who was promoted to the power of appointment ... must go to the capital to meet the king, to the King asking job, competence test and counsel ...
 
As a grape profound learning, devout Confucian, Minh Mang very interested in education, civil service examination, recruiting talented people, in 1821 to build the Temple of Literature, placed officials and trainees gathered, reopen competition and Society Youth competition, an examination before 6 years, now reduced to 3 years.
 
Network intelligence is also very interested in martial equipment, especially naval, should have sent someone to find out how the European shipbuilding and the desire to do so for the Vietnamese shut European model boats and sailing across the ocean to know.
Minh Mang complete system of dikes in the north, put the extension, the northern coastal reclamation districts set up Kim Son and Tien Hai.
On foreign policy, with special attention Minh Mang surrender Qing, but cold and suspicion towards the West thus hindering the development of the country.
Minh Mang has many wives should have had 78 princes and princesses 64, a total of 142 children.
December 1840, Minh Mang seriously ill and died, reigned for 20 years, 50-year-old life.

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