PLACES TO VISIT IN VIETNAM – THIEU TRI TOMB

Thieu Tri Tomb is one of the great places to visit in Vietnam. Thieu Tri Tomb is recognized as World Cultural Heritage in 1993. Thieu Tri Tomb owns great values of culture, architect and history and Thieu Tri Tomb is a wonderful place to visit in Hue City in Vietnam.

PLACES TO VISIT IN VIETNAM – THIEU TRI TOMB

Thieu Tri Tomb is located on the foot of Thuan Dao Mountain, in Thuy Bang Village, Huong Thuy District, Hue City. Thieu Tri Tomb is about 8 kilometers from center of Hue City in Vietnam. Thieu Tri Tomb has its own unique characters. The Tomb of Thieu Tri King is also different from other tombs of Nguyen emperors and kings in Hue City. Instead of facing to the East, tomb of Thieu Tri King faces to the North-West which is unusual in building tombs, palaces in Nguyen Dynasty in Hue city in Vietnam. The location of Thieu Tri Tomb is also special compare to the rest of Nguyen Emperers’ tombs in Hue City in Vietnam. Tomb of Thieu Tri leans against Thuan Dao Mountain. Front of Thieu Tri Tomb is Cham Mountain which is 8 kilometers away, considering as the protection and prevent bad spirits. Right in front of the Tomb of Thieu Tri King, the Perfume River flows through which brings energy and good Chi to Thieu Tri Tomb in Hue City in Vietnam. Thieu Tri Tomb is not surrounded by walls and this is also different from any other tombs of Nguyen Emperers in Hue city in Vietnam. If Gia Long Tomb was surrounded by layers of walls, many hills and mountains using as natural walls which protect Tomb of Gia Long King, but Thieu Tri Tomb is surrounded by rice fields, green trees and those are considered as protection for the tomb of Thieu Tri King in Hue city in Vietnam and this leaves Thieu Tri Tomb wonderful landscapes and peaceful atmosphere. Thieu Tri Tomb is truly an amazing place to visit in Vietnam as well as Hue City.

After being as the king of Nguyen Dynasty in Hue City in Vietnam for seven years, Thieu Tri King was sick and passed away on 4th November 1847. The moment before Thieu Tri King died, Thieu Tri King told his son: the place to build the tomb should be on foot of the mountain which would make it is easy for people, soldiers and workers to build the tomb, should not build the tomb to big and should save money and work from people.

When Tu Duc became the king of Nguyen Dynasty in Hue city in Vietnam, Tu Duc King ordered people look for the location to build the tomb of Thieu Tri King in Hue city in Vietnam. On 11th February 1848, Tu Duc King ordered Vu Van Giai in charge of building the tomb of Thieu Tri Kinh in Hue city in Vietnam and every ten days, he needed to make a report to Tu Duc King.
Thieu Tri Tomb had some characters from Minh Mang Tomb and Gia Long Tomb (the previous kings of Nguyen Dynasty in Hue city in Vietnam). The construction of Thieu Tri Tomb was in a hurry therefore the Tomb of Thieu Tri King in Hue city in Vietnam finished in three months. On 14th June 1848, Tu Duc Kinh himself checked the final steps of the construction and ten days after, the body of Thieu Tri King was restored in the tomb of Thieu Tri King. Tu Duc King wrote a paragraph carved on the stelae to praise for what Thieu Tri King had done for the country. There are three other tombs inside Thieu Tri Tomb which belong to Thieu Tri King’s mother, Thieu Tri King’s wife and Thieu Tri King’s son who died at his early.

Tu Duc King in Hue city in Vietnam chose to build the tomb of Thieu Tri King following what his father told. Before building Thieu Tri Tomb, there were two other tombs which belong to Gia Long King and Minh Mang King. When Thieu Tri King was alive, he studied carefully the architecture and styles of these two tombs of Nguyen Emperors in Hue City in Vietnam to work out the tomb in which he would rest in peace forever. Comparing to the tomb of Gia Long King and Minh Mang King, the tomb of Thieu Tri King is closer to center of Hue City in Vietnam and this tomb is the great combination of the other two tombs. The difference in Thieu Tri Tomb is taking the whole area, mountains, hills and rice fields as the walls which protect the tomb – the place where Thieu Tri King will rest forever. There are three lakes inside the tomb of Thieu Tri King in Hue city in Vietnam which connect to one another by underground irrigation systems. Today, Thieu Tri Tomb is one of the great places to visit in Hue City in Vietnam and a day visiting to the tomb of Thieu Tri King would let travelers learn a lot more about history, culture and legends of Thieu Tri King himself and other emperors of Nguyen Dynasty in Hue City in Vietnam.
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