Southern Gate

Location: Southern Gate is the main entrance to the Citadel in Hue Citadel, Ho. Hue, Thua Thien - Hue.
Features: Noon Gate is one of the ancient architecture typical of the mountains Ngu Huong River.
Although spent more than a century and a half to cover storm of nature and war-torn, but thanks to the ingenious construction techniques and the art of architecture is very proficient, so, Ngo Mon remain longer stand the time to become one of the ancient architecture typical of the Ngu mountains Perfume River.
Ngo Mon Gate built in 1833, when King Minh Mang planning ground and complete the overall chemistry of the Royal Citadel architecture.
Because I Ching rule, King always facing south to rule the galaxy, so, right from the Gia Long (1802 - 1810), while building capital city of Hue, the system architecture President fortresses and palaces in the position that "the court should guide cost" (northwest southeast). This direction is also considered as the north - south. For the throne of Thai Hoa Palace is considered the center of the overall space, Ngo Mon is located in the south of it. Based on economic la (compass) geographical faculty Eastern feng shui, south of direction "midday" axis "too midday" (ie north - south). Therefore, Minh Mang Dynasty named the new gate built in the middle of the front Citadel is Ngo Mon, instead of the old name is Dai Nam Con. We should understand the Ngo Mon Gate is the southern gateway to spatial sense, but should not assume that the word "noon" here nature time is now, "midday", at midday the sun standing ball. More than a word translatable into Southern Gate "Noon time gate" as some have translated. Having understood the meaning of the ancients when naming, see more clearly the position of the Southern Gate of the Royal Citadel overall architecture. In ancient times, this port usually secures all year, only to be opened when the king out into the Citadel with royal delegation to follow, and in the next occasion is the important foreign mission in the palace ...

However, Ngo Mon Gate is not just a port, but overall it is a fairly complex architecture: above the Five Phoenix Pavillion also be seen as a rostrum, used to organize several annual celebrations of the court, such as the Transmission Unit (read doctoral candidate of the exams), Mass Care Committee (release calendar), the parade ... and this is also the place where the ceremony of king Bao Dai abdicated in dated 30.08.1945.
In terms of architectural structure, can divide the overall Southern Gate into two systems: the system platform and system stations under the Five Phoenix Pavillion above, although both have been designed together a tight fit close and harmony of the whole to the details.
 
Base station systems: nearly 5 meters high, Ngo Mon station platform built on a surface perpendicular U-shaped, bottom length 57,77m and 27,06m wing. Material architecture is massive bricks, stone and brass bar. In the middle of the station figured out three parallel paths: Ngo Mon (for the Kings), Mon and Huu Giap Giap Ta Mon (for Mandarins under virtually in Ngu Dao group). At the heart of each U-shaped wings figured such a tunnel walkway running from the inside out, and then the road perpendicular to the direction Dung. Two paths are called Ta Huu Translation Services and Mon Mon (for soldiers and elephants and horses according to most of the royal union director). At the top of the 5 are built on a walkway high arch, but at its own 3 at both ends of the aisle, the Minh Mang architecture to structural systems and spar bar brass with 15x12 section to reinforcement for the bearing from Five Phoenix Pavillion located on the radio. Where do bear the weight the greater the number of the bar more and more distance between them shrinking, meaning that the higher the density of the bar. And to keep the aesthetic looks, they add a layer of copper foil coated laminated on the surface of the copper bar system. They have proved very proficient in calculating the load, strength of materials, as well as in the use of appropriate methods and building materials.
And upstairs, the home front between the door leaves up books, hot games around, but figured multiple windows with different shapes: round, fan, shaped opening ...
The roof can be divided into 9 of the Five Phoenix Pavillion into 3 blocks, each sequence of three roof: range runs across the bottom of the U-shaped side and two rows along the flanks U-shaped two blocks are called Ta Huu Duc Duc and Lau Lau.
From the ground often, people come up on the radio by the two systems built of stone stairs on either side of the bar, located opencast but very discreet. Based around female radio system is the wall (wall flowers, railings) is decorated with many flowers molded hollow type of glazed tiles in five colors.
 
Five Phoenix Pavillion system: Five Phoenix Pavillion has two floors, big as small. Ministry of ribs made of ironwood. Floor consists of nine sets of glazed tile roof tubes and green gold, lapis-called royal tile and tile lapis bar. Roofing tile is yin-yang style. Floor 1,14m tall building construction in a radio platform. The building has 100 pillars even floor, including 48 columns throughout the two-story dining. Simple roof downstairs, interconnecting running around a ring around all sides to rain and sun for the sequence of stories in this corridor. But catfish floor