On December 9, 2013, the historical and scenic relic of Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple, located in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, was officially recognized as a special national relic according to Decision 2383/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister. Historical and scenic relic…
Hoan Kiem Lake , also known as Sword Lake - the vestige of an ancient stretch of the Nhi Ha River, is a famous scenic spot of the capital.
In the past, this lake was called Luc Thuy Lake, Ta Vong Lake, then renamed according to the legend of King Le Thai To returning the sword, so it was called Hoan Kiem Lake/Sword Lake. On the mound of land in the lake, there is a tower where turtles often crawl up to lay eggs, so it is called Turtle Tower (Quy Son Tower). The tower is built of bricks, has a rectangular ground plan, has 4 floors, and 5 arched doors. The top floor has a square roof with 4 roofs.
Ngoc Son Temple is located on Ngoc Island in Hoan Kiem Lake, including the following items: ceremonial gate, Pen tower, inner ceremonial gate, Ink platform, The Huc bridge, Dac Nguyet gate, Tran Ba pavilion, front hall, middle hall, back hall, left and right wings, glass library, back house.
Ngoc Son Temple is not only a religious relic, but was once also the place of activities of Huong Thien Association, an organization that gathered many patriotic Confucian scholars of the time, such as Nguyen Van Sieu (1799-1870), Vu Tong Phan (1800-1851) to propagate and educate the masses on good deeds, organize the printing of many types of books, such as medical books, religious scriptures, books on beliefs... When the French occupied Hanoi, many other associations, such as Lac Thien, Tap Thien, An Lac also used Ngoc Son Temple as a base to propagate anti-French policies. In the early years of the 20th century, Nguyen Thuong Hien and Luong Van Can built a Buddhist platform to preach here. Many intellectuals established a number of organizations and publicly called on people to unite in patriotism, typically the Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc movement...
King Le Memorial Area in Hang Trong Ward, includes the following items: ceremonial gate, courtyard and statue of King Le.
Ngoc Son Temple and Hoan Kiem Lake area have always been cared for, preserved and promoted by the government and people of Hanoi, as well as the whole country, and have become one of the historical, cultural and landscape symbols of the thousand-year-old capital. The relic has great value in many aspects and is increasingly close and attached to the people of Hanoi in particular and the people of the whole country, as well as international friends in general./.
(According to the Department of Culture and Sports of Hanoi City)
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