Among thousands of historical relics of Hanoi, more than 500 relics have been ranked, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a relic associated with the establishment of Thang Long capital under Ly dynasty, there is a calendar. It has been used for nearly thousands of years, with the most beautiful and most typical scale for Hanoi and is also considered a symbol of Vietnamese culture and history.
According to Dai Viet history, in the autumn of Canh Tuat - 1070, King Ly Thanh Tong began to build the Temple of Literature to worship the first and the most noble saints, the meritorious dignitaries with merit, including Khong worship. Tu - the founder of the Quoc Tu Giam and the Eastern Confucian School of Chu Van An, the highly respected teacher of Vietnamese education. Six years later - in 1076, King Ly Nhan Tong decided to start the construction of Quoc Tu Giam - a high-class Confucian school now to train talents for the country. This is an important event marking the first choice of Vietnamese feudal court on education and training of Vietnamese people according to the Asian Confucian model. There are also 82 stone steles in the monument, on which the names of 1306 people have been awarded doctoral degrees in 82 examinations from the middle of 1484 and 1780. Also on these steles, the elderly doctor was recorded. The most in history is Mr. Ban Tu Quang. He passed his doctorate at 82 years old. The youngest is Nguyen Hien, Nam Truc (Nam Dinh), and the whole year is the 16th year of the year of the Year of the Eucharist. Since then, Van Mieu and Quoc Tu Giam - considered the first university of Vietnam existed until the nineteenth century. Located on the campus more than 54,000m2, the relics of Van Mieu - Que Tu Giam are located between four blocks, the main gate on Quoc Tu Giam (in the south), the north borders Nguyen Thai Hoc street, the east borders "Ton Duc Thang, in the West is Van Mieu Street, outside is surrounded by a side fins, inside is divided into 5 areas, Area 1 is composed of a lake (Lake Van), Vu Mieu Mon Gate, or a gate of the outermost gate, a gate. There are 3 doors, the middle door is big and two floors are built, the upper floor has three words Van Mieu Mon. The second area, from the main gate goes directly to the third gate of Van Mieu Mon. The second area, from the main gate directly on the second gate of the Middle Gate, on the left is Thanh Duc, on the right there is Dat Tai, followed by Khue Van Cac (built in 1805) Area 3 is Thien Quang well (Thien Quang Tinh) what does it mean This morning, there are 82 beer in the area. Dr. Thanh has made two rows, the face of the beer has returned to the well, is a truly valuable relic, through Dai Thanh gate into the 4th area, Dai Thanh gate is also opening for the main architectures such as the two ranges of Ta Vu and Huu Vu, in the middle of the Grand Palace, forming an ancient and traditional U-shaped architectural complex. Once, this is the place to worship the Confucianists. The innermost area is the teaching place of the Quoc Tu Giam school during the Le dynasty, many generations of talented "whole country" talents have been honed here. When the Nguyen Dynasty moved the school to Hue, this place was used as a shrine when the Holy (parents of Confucius), but this temple was completely damaged during the war. The good news is that in 2000, the Government of Vietnam decided to start construction of Thai Hoc street with the value of 22 billion VND. This work is a requirement of the era, it is a new project to honor the culture of the nation. The following people come here to have memorial moments for those who have established and built Vietnamese education.
Through many ups and downs and events of history, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam was not intact as before. The works of the Ly and Le dynasties were almost gone. Song Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam still retains the ancient sanctuary of a university from nearly 1,000 years ago of Hanoi, worthy of the first cultural relic and the pride of people Capital people when referring to the thousand-year tradition of Thang Long - Dong Do - Hanoi
Set foot on A1 hill (Dien Bien), witnessed the remnant historical evidence of a battle we understand the magnanimity of the soldiers of the time.
Arrive in Dien Bien in the early days of May, an atmosphere of victory and magnanimity is covering the whole city of this remote northwestern forest.
Referring to Dien Bien, we cannot help but mention places associated with well-known historical battles such as Muong Thanh, Him Lam resistance center, Hong Flu, Muong Phang bases ... and special especially the A1 hill where the historic battle took place for 39 days and nights.
The relic A1 (Elian stronghold 2) is next to Highway 279 (7/5 street) in Muong Thanh ward - Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province. This place is 32 m high compared to the surface of an 83,000 m2 area, about 500 m west of the headquarters of the French colonial headquarters of Dien Bien Phu, along the way.
A1 in the Eastern hills along with C1, C2, D and E constitutes a solid wall that protects the central subdivision, the last high point to directly protect the French command and be considered " the key ”of the Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
More than 2000 of our officers and soldiers have bravely sacrificed. In the end, our army mastered the A1 point at 4:00 am on May 7, 1954, and opened the steel door straight to the center of the Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
The A1 victory had a very important meaning, which was opened to the entire front quickly to the general offensive and won only 13 hours later.
Today comes to the A1 base, through the remaining historical evidence of the war such as tunnel, tank, explosive hole ... we also partly understand the hard, arduous as well as the spirit brave and brave of soldiers to gain independence and freedom today./.
