Press delegation visits Ho Dynasty Citadel

The Ho Dynasty Citadel (Vinh Loc, Thanh Hoa) was built in 1399, under the reign of King Ho Quy Ly. This is a magnificent stone construction, the most unique in Southeast Asia. After 700 years with many impacts of nature, war and humans, the Ho Dynasty Citadel still exists majestically. In 2011, the Ho Dynasty Citadel was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

Ho Dynasty Citadel - World Cultural Heritage -0 — The arched gate was built with isosceles trapezoidal stone blocks arranged in almost absolutely precise proportions.

The representative of the Ho Dynasty Citadel Heritage Conservation Center said that in order to exploit and promote the unique value of the Ho Dynasty Citadel Heritage, many attractive tourism products have been and are being deployed in the heritage area. Currently, the Center has put into operation the " Agricultural Cultural Space of the Western Capital Region" exhibition, with the purpose of displaying and introducing to the public, especially the young generation, a better understanding of traditional farming tools, the simple and honest life, the industrious and creative spirit of farmers, containing the simple and pure cultural activities of people and Vietnamese villages, contributing to preserving the values of material and spiritual cultural heritage and the quintessence of our ancestors.

In addition to the additional exhibition room of relics and artifacts related to the Ho Dynasty, the excavation and archaeology in the inner city area of the Ho Dynasty Citadel have achieved many important results, contributing to demonstrating the outstanding global value of the Ho Dynasty Citadel World Heritage Site. The artifacts collected from the excavation and archaeology have themselves told the cultural story of many successive dynasties in the history of the existence and development of the Tay Do citadel.

To continue and promote the unchanging values from the excavated artifacts, and at the same time bring those values closer to the community and the public, the Ho Dynasty Citadel Heritage Conservation Center has put into operation the "outdoor artifact display space", displaying "models of cannons and reforms of the Ho Dynasty", and exploiting the "space for displaying citadel stones" as a new check-in point at the South Gate.

Organizing heritageeducation programs for students in Vinh Loc district to promote propaganda activities, education on traditions and history of the nation, promote positivity, dynamism, creativity in school youth through healthy learning and playing activities, contributing to orienting a beautiful lifestyle, awareness of respect, preservation and promotion of cultural identity values of the locality, homeland and country.

Currently, the Ho Dynasty Citadel Heritage Conservation Center has been including the adjacent relics in the buffer zone in the tour program at the Heritage by building 4 tour routes such as: Route 1: Ho Dynasty Citadel - To the Heritage; Route 2: Ho Dynasty Citadel - And traditional villages; Route 3: Ho Dynasty Citadel - The spirituality of the buffer zone; Route 4: Ho Dynasty Citadel - Relics and scenic spots of the buffer zone. Because this is the area containing all the cultural elements, contributing to the completeness of a capital, with religious works, temples, traditional villages, ancient roads, markets, river wharves, historical sites associated with historical stories, wild stories, natural landscapes of Lac Son Bong... thereby helping visitors have the most intuitive view of the land and people of Tay Do.

The Ho Dynasty Citadel is an outstanding example of an architectural complex set in a natural landscape, demonstrating the flourishing of practical Confucianism in Vietnam in the late 14th century, a period when this ideology spread throughout East Asia and became a highly influential philosophy for governance in the region. The use of large stone blocks demonstrates the organizational strength of a neo-Confucian state, shows the exchange of construction techniques in Southeast Asia, and the change in the direction of the main axis makes the design of the Ho Dynasty Citadel different from the Chinese standard.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Chuyen-dong-van-hoa/doan-pv-bao-chi-tham-quan-thuc-te-thanh-nha-ho--i768158/