Affirming the archaeological value of the 'place of happiness' of the royal court of the Nguyen Dynasty

On June 24, in Ha Long commune, Ha Trung district, the Institute of Archeology cooperated with Thanh Hoa People's Committee to organize a conference to preliminary report on the results of archaeological excavations at the Mausoleum of Trieu Temple. Wall.

Nguyen Mieu in Trieu Tuong Temple Relic Area (Ha Long Commune, Ha Trung District).(Photo: Hoa Mai / VNA).

Archaeological excavations also show historical and cultural values ​​in Trieu Tuong Temple Relic Site. The relic area of ​​Trieu Tuong Temple is considered a "place of happiness" of the royal court of the Nguyen Dynasty, so during the existence of the Nguyen Dynasty, the relics were paid attention to, invested and built strictly.

Trieu Tuong Temple was set up to worship Nguyen Kim when he died in 1544. From the time of construction to completion, it has created an architectural complex consisting of a shrine and a protection castle, each architecture has its architecture with the different functions.

It can be said that the Trieu Tuong Temple Mausoleum is a cultural product of a dynasty, where the essence of architecture, sculpture and worshiping ceremonies of an era is gathered and many contributions are made. precious materials to learn about Nguyen's history as well as Nguyen's culture.

The relics have revealed that the vestiges of the royal royal tombs of Nguyen Dynasty have the scale, strange structure, sophisticated construction techniques, the most sophisticated to the tombs in Vietnam.(Photo: Hoa Mai / VNA).

The relics of Trieu Tuong Temple - The National Temple of the Nguyen Dynasty was built on topographic terrain of a relatively flat plain with low hills and mountains, now belonging to Gia Mieu Village, Ha Long Commune, Ha Trung District. , Thanh Hoa province. The excavation has found traces of architectural foundation including: the walls and the northern gate, the eastern wall, the west gate, the south gate; Temple walls, monks and auxiliary gates; Other architectures such as Tay Duong, Mieu, Ho half-moon, Cong Quan house, warehouse, bridge, lotus lake .

In which, the wall and the north gate have an excavation area of ​​1,070,8m2. The foundation of the wall of the North East North remains intact, 80m long, 1.8m wide. The northern gate is the continuation of the two walls, inside there are 2 guards on the left, the right side is rectangular. Facing the walled gazebo around the front creates a semicircular architecture. The main door of the gate is between 2 gazes and is located behind 2 gazebo 1.7m.

Thus, militarily, the gate is strictly guarded by 3 guards, which can be considered a small city surrounded by the gate. During this excavation, in addition to the architectural traces that have appeared, scientists also obtained a large number of relics including four basic groups of construction materials, ceramics, chinaware and metal. Especially, there are nearly 3,000 artifacts, mainly pieces of bowls, pots, pots, cans, jars, pots with brown glaze and white glaze lines dating from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. .

The relics have revealed that the vestiges of the royal royal tombs of Nguyen Dynasty have the scale, strange structure, sophisticated construction techniques, the most sophisticated to the tombs in Vietnam. Along with the ancient bibliography, the ancient documents have opened the awareness of the overall architectural structure of Trieu Tuong Mausoleum, which is "Outer-Mieu Trong," with the outer part being rampant, moat, inside. is the surrounding wall, divided into different areas, in which Nguyen Mieu is the center.

Architectural ground also shows the normality and registration for buildings. In the first step of comparison, it can be seen that the relics of Trieu Tuong Tomb of the Nguyen Dynasty have similarities with The Temple in Hue city, if the Temple is the place to worship Nguyen lords and Nguyen kings, the Tomb of Trieu Tuong is the original place of worship of the Nguyen Dynasty in the homeland, combined with the place of the burial place of Trieu Trieu and the Emperor Nguyen Kim.

Associate Professor-Doctor Tong Trung Tin, Chairman of Vietnam Archaeological Association affirmed that the results of archaeological excavation at the relics of Trieu Truong Temple have provided many important scientific materials in studying the system. system of royal tombs in the Nguyen Dynasty in Thanh Hoa in particular, Vietnam in general, as well as supplementing materials for the design and renovation of this project in the future.

Archaeological excavations have shown the authenticity of the monument as well as clarification of a part of the construction of the relics of Trieu Tuong Temple. At this time, it can be seen that the Trieu Tuong Temple Tomb relic is the first temple to remain intact in Vietnam.

Therefore, it is necessary for the participation of relevant departments and agencies from the central to local levels to pay more attention to the preservation and renovation of the relics of Trieu Tuong Temple. Thanh Hoa Province needs to embark on research and preparation of scientific documents and submit to the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Tourism for consideration and recognition of the special National Monument for the Trieu Tuong Temple Relic Site.

The relics of Trieu Tuong Mausoleum were built by King Gia Long in 1803, in Gia Mieu hamlet, Ha Long commune, Ha Trung district, which was the site of 9 lords and 13 kings of the Nguyen dynasty. This is an architectural monument - the shrine of the Nguyen dynasty, built on a large scale, with special value for architecture and sculpture art. Through the fluctuations of history, Trieu Tuong Mausoleum has been flattened, now only remains traces of the foundation.

Through the excavations of archaeological exploration has given an overview of the scale, type, architectural style as well as the construction area of ​​the monument area. That helps the work of restoring and restoring relics with full scientific basis to return to the monument to have its inherent form.