Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

Night tour decoding Thang Long Imperial Citadel Before the event of the International Conference on the promotion and preservation of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi on September 8, 2022, I heard that there is a night tour to discover the heritage here. It's also fun, because having traveled to many places in the world, heritage is a place where the locality attracts tourists, and also a place to collect quite a bit of service money for the local budget, contributing to the embellishment and conservation. heritage. This job has both contributed to the tourist map and made visitors more understand and love the land they come to. Accidentally met people who have directly worked on archaeological excavations since the 2000s with many thrilling stories. Ms. Luyen, an officer of the Management Board of the relic recounted. She is a teacher in Son La province, returning to Hanoi to do a master's degree at Hanoi National University of Education. In many of her dreams, she sees herself as a maid in the Imperial Palace of Thang Long. Then fate pushed her, the topic that she studied and mastered was the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, and after that, she herself joined the archaeological group, excavating relics, her enthusiastic work made her forget everything. time. With that passion, she devoted her entire youth to the legacy, the work that she researched. With a trembling voice, she recounted, through excavations, the history of 1,300 years ago was gradually revealed, in this place a leaf-shaped tile roof was discovered, there was a water well, then a dug river, the foundation gradually appeared. There was noon, on a break, when I heard someone shouting, you broke my bones now. And that very place was digging, thanks to this dream, the archaeological team crept to find and found that there was indeed a fairly intact skeleton. In the pouring rain of the day of the sun, she is sad, if it doesn't rain, I will show you where the king sits, where the palace maidens drown, where the bones are discovered... Hoang The citadel is also a sanctuary for worshiping and worshiping on important holidays and major events of the country until now. Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi was recognized by UNESCO and honored as a World Cultural Heritage on August 1, 2010 according to Vietnam time, the time of recognition, history professor Phan Huy Le at that time was in 70 jumped up and down, screaming with joy like a soccer player who had just scored a goal. Through each exhibition area of ​​archaeological relics of each period: Dai La, Ly, Tran, Le So..., visitors seem to feel the ups and downs of history, the soul of the Imperial Citadel seems to still be in each stone. bricks and tiles found. Some of the most intact relics in the open air are Doan Mon and the pair of dragons in front of Kinh Thien Palace - the prototype dragon of the Ly dynasty On the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I decided to take the whole family to participate in the night tour decoding the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long with a guide and narrator. In its true sense, the discovery tour, you can see the shimmering city gate, Doan Mon gate guarded by soldiers holding long swords, a maidservant offering flowers, seeing a reenactment of King Ly Cong Uan's re-reading of the imperial projection along with the display. singing and dancing of beautiful women; Right at the foot is an ancient road paved with lemon flowers. Suddenly imagine the bullet holes still stuck in the fence of Tonkin covered from 1945 still up to now, where is the history? It is around you, at your feet…The bold idea of ​​Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center in opening the night tour decoding the heritage along with cleverly asking visitors to report the harvest results after the visit through the stamp There are pictures of each archaeological artifact in each historical box, making everyone very excited. Whoever guesses correctly will have a gift with a typical symbol of Thang Long.