Tet gifts for the poor
06/02/2024 15:26
On the afternoon of February 5, Thien Huong Pagoda (Minh Mang street, Hue City) coordinated with sponsors to give 100 Tet gifts to locals with difficult circumstances in the area of Zone 3, Thuy Xuan ward.
Beauty of Minh Mang Tomb’s architecture
19/08/2023 15:50
The Emperor Minh Mang started to build the Tomb in 1840 and it took 3 years to complete. This majestic work had to mobilize up to 13.000 workers and troops to join the construction.
Inaugurating waiting lounges for visitors and water supply stations at monuments
16/08/2023 16:12
On August 15, at the mausoleum of Emperor Gia Long, the People's Committee of Hue City in collaboration with Hue Monuments Conservation Center held the inauguration of waiting lounges for visitors and water supply stations at three locations, which are the mausoleum of Emperor Gia Long, the mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang, and the mausoleum of Emperor Dong Khanh.
Introduction to the work "Ngự chế minh văn cổ khí đồ" by Emperor Minh Mang
20/04/2023 09:35
On the occasion of Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2023, on the morning of April 19, Hue Monuments Conservation Center opened an exhibition of rare books and introduced the work "Ngự chế minh văn cổ khí đồ" by Emperor Minh Mang.
Two precious Nguyen Dynasty antiques up for auction in France
01/11/2022 17:01
The treasure of the Nguyen Dynasty is a gold seal cast in 1823 during the reign of King Minh Mang (1820 - 1841) being prepared for auction by an auction company headquartered in France. This information amazes not only the circles of culture, research, and antique collection but also draws special attention from the public because this is prime historical evidence for the history of Vietnam.
200 years of a land’s name
10/10/2022 08:52
After 200 years of important changes and development, the name Thua Thien prefecture, which was coined in the year of the Horse (1822) under the reign of Emperor Minh Mang, has now been changed to Thua Thien Hue.
Launching the Archive and Research Center of the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Hue
10/09/2022 16:20
On the afternoon of September 9, the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Hue announced the decision to establish and launch the Archive and Research Center of the academy located at campus 1 - Hong Duc Pagoda (109 Minh Mang, Thuy Xuan Ward, Hue City).
Unique mausoleum architecture
16/08/2022 18:27
After having gone through 13 king reigns, the Nguyen Dynasty left to Hue heritage a huge volume of mausoleums and royal tombs, many of which bring unique historical, architectural, and cultural values such as Gia Long, Minh Mang, Tu Duc, and Khai Dinh royal tombs, etc. This is one of the factors helping Hue to be always attractive to tourists.
The rulership of Emperor Minh Mang
14/06/2022 12:19
"Emperor Minh Mang’s art of rulership – evidence from the Imperial Archives of the Nguyen Dynasty" is the theme of an exhibition organized by Hue Monuments Conservation Center in collaboration with the National Archives Center I. The exhibition just opened on the afternoon of June 9 at Thiệu Phương royal garden, inside the Imperial Citadel.
Cooking che with field anabas - strange but real
14/02/2022 09:53
Few people think that common fishy ingredient can be used to make that strange che (a sweet dish). But more than that, in Minh Mang’s era, Thai Y Vien (the Medical Institute) studied and adjusted the ingredients to make it one of the 25 royal sweet dishes.
QR code scanning systems installed at relic sites
10/10/2021 09:28
Hue Monuments Conservation Center has just completed the installation of a QR code scanning system at the entrances to the Imperial Citadel and the tombs of Emperor Minh Mang, Tu Duc, and Khai Dinh in an effort to employ safety measures for the prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tet gifts for the poor
On the afternoon of February 5, Thien Huong Pagoda (Minh Mang street, Hue City) coordinated with sponsors to give 100 Tet gifts to locals with difficult circumstances in the area of Zone 3, Thuy Xuan ward.