How is the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum designed?

After 3 weeks of working in a spirit of cooperation and urgency, our preliminary design plan has been agreed by you. The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is designed to be highly durable, able to withstand 7-magnitude quake bombs and earthquakes, has special protection works to prevent water from overflowing if Hanoi breaks the dyke. The coffin glass must withstand a great mechanical impulse.

Immediately after the day of President Ho's death, the construction of his Mausoleum became the wish of the whole Party and the whole people, as a way of expressing his will to continue to follow his revolutionary path. Therefore, after Uncle Ho's funeral, "Planning Department A" consisted of comrades Nguyen Luong Bang, Tran Quoc Hoan and Phung The Tai . studied the planning of the construction of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

The work is to express the Party's intention and people's hearts

In the November 29, 1969 meeting, the Politburo decided to best implement the task of preserving President Ho's body for a long time and the construction of Lang's Tomb must ensure the fight against climate changes. weather, war rooms, expressing the nationality that is modern and convenient for people to visit.

In January 1970, together with the dispatch of the Delegation to Vietnam to discuss the design of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Soviet Government also announced that it would provide technical assistance in the design, construction and equipping of Mausoleum.

The "Draft Task of Designing President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum" by Soviet and Vietnamese experts after a week was approved by the Politburo, marking the first historical milestone of the preparatory period. Ke Lang. The Soviet Union also prepared 5 plans on the overall cluster arrangement of Lang, showing the serious working spirit, scientific knowledge and special sentiment that the Soviet people for Uncle Ho.

News of the construction of the Mausoleum spread among the people, so there were a lot of letters from both the South, the North and overseas Vietnamese sent to express their opinions.

According to the aspirations of the people, the Politburo decided to reverse the approval of the approved preliminary design, to organize the creation of Lang's designs and display of those samples, taking people's opinions. The campaign received the response of the people.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum at Ba Dinh Square.(Photo: pgdlanggiang.edu.vn)

Only from May 1970 to August 1970, the Organization Board received more than 200 design schemes and the Pre-Selection Council selected 24 options, displayed in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen and Son La. and Nghe An. There were 745,487 visits and 34,022 people who participated in the survey, showing that the advocacy policy for participation in design and feedback is clear.

Besides comments on display plans, there are also opinions about Lang position: Some people suggested that Lang should be in the garden of the Presidential Palace near the house on stilts, some people wanted Lang to be placed in front of the Presidential Palace and have ideas. want Lang to build near Tam Dao, near Hung Temple, or in his hometown .

At the end of the exhibition, the Vietnamese cadres carrying the "preliminary design" summarized the opinions of the people to the Soviet Union. After 3 weeks of working in a spirit of cooperation and urgency, our preliminary design plan has been agreed by you.

Lang is designed to be highly durable, able to withstand 7-magnitude bombs and earthquakes, has special protection works to prevent water from overflowing if Hanoi breaks the dyke. The coffin glass must withstand a great mechanical impulse. The design adds a "special chamber" so that when there is a war, the body remains in place.

Since the design took 2 years, it was not intended to complete the Tomb in 1971. The Party and Government of the Soviet Union sent top officials, outstanding experts to Vietnam, like Comrade Vasecon, a famous architect who received the National Prize, in charge of the chief architect of the project; Soviet army soldiers undertook special protection works and space travel industry designed and manufactured casket equipment .

On November 3, 1971, the Board was in charge of building Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which was founded by the Deputy Prime Minister Do Muoi. On February 5, 1972, the Prime Minister issued a decision to assign tasks to ministries, branches and localities to build the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, which is a key force of the Ministry of Architecture and the Ministry of Defense.

But at the same time the work was underway, on April 16, 1972, the US sent planes to bombard the North, focusing on Hanoi and Hai Phong. This situation forced the Politburo to decide to stop the construction of Mausoleum, so that the people of the whole country put effort to defeat the enemy.

But as soon as the Paris Agreement was signed, the construction of Lang continued to be started. On the evening of January 29, 1973, just one day after the Agreement was announced, the Board of Construction of the Mausoleum met to convey the direction of Comrade Chang Cheng, reminding the construction forces of Mausoleum "No leave allowed. Rest, do not allow delays " . Until then, September 2, 1973, the groundbreaking ceremony of building the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the cultural and historical works of the country took place in the expectation of everyone.

"Uncle's house" - where the hearts converge

Overcoming extremely difficult circumstances after the war, the professional staff of Hai Phong Cement Factory has focused their strength and intelligence to study special types of cement for construction. Tens of thousands of rubble meters are taken from Hoang Thi quarry (Thac Ba, Yen Bai) to Ba Dinh.

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Hundreds of sandbars selected from Kim Boi (Hoa Binh) and Thanh Xuyen (Thai Nguyen) were taken to Hanoi. The people of the South, Central Highlands and Quang Nam - Da Nang, Truong Son soldiers also sent rare and precious trees of several hundred years old to contribute to the construction of Lang Tomb. Twenty thousand polished marble and marble pieces went from the country of Lenin to Ba Dinh, to decorate the Mausoleum.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is worthy of being a great cultural and artistic project. The whole Lang block is made of stone structure of the country regions.

The outside of the Mausoleum and the background, the stairs are covered with marble. The word "President Ho Chi Minh" on the roof of Lang is made of Cao Bang stone. The main door is polished black stone. Walls and columns of marble, separate main hall lobby with fresh red and pink marble tiles, as the background for the words "Nothing more precious than independence, freedom" and Uncle Ho's signature are gilded .

Uncle Ho's marble room is located in Ha Tay. On the wall, there are 2 Party flags and large National flags, grafted from 4,000 pieces of rubies taken from the same mountain range of Thanh Hoa, sickle and five-pointed stars joined by bright yellow marble.

200 sets of doors in Lang are made from woods sent by South Vietnamese compatriots and soldiers, executed by good carpenters of Nam Ha, Ha Bac and Nghe An. The door to the Uncle Ho's room was made by two famous workers in Gia Hoa village with skillful techniques.

Uncle's bed in the Tomb is a culmination of technical and artistic works of the masters of two Vietnamese and Soviet countries. Beds are made of copper, with stylized lotus pattern strips, and 3 glass-fitted beds have high safety. Metal bed, with special lighting system including 20 types of multi-beam lamps with light adjustment device and automatic air conditioning system. Beds are placed on stone platforms with automatic lift and lower elevator system .

It can be said that, to the Mausoleum, it is a place to gather the hearts of the people of Vietnam and international friends, especially the people of the Soviet Union, for the world cultural celebrity, Hero. Ho Chi Minh people