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Dong Khanh Tomb (Tu Lang)

Dong Khanh Tomb (Tu Lang)

Dong Khanh Tomb (Tu Lang) was built on the land of Cu Si village, now Thuong Hai village, Thuy Xuan ward, Hue city. After ascending the throne (February 1888), King Dong Khanh built a palace named Truy Tu next to his father's tomb to worship his father. While the work was underway, King Dong Khanh fell ill and suddenly passed away. King Thanh Thai succeeded him and changed the name of Truy Tu Palace to Ngung Hy to worship King Dong Khanh. The king's body was simply buried on a hill called Ho Thuan Son, 30m west of Ngung Hy Palace. The entire mausoleum area is called Tu Mausoleum. In 1916, King Dong Khanh's son ascended the throne (King Khai Dinh) and repaired the temple and built a mausoleum for his father. The entire mausoleum area from Bai Dinh, Bi Dinh to Buu Thanh and Huyen Cung were built under Khai Dinh's reign. It was not until July 1917 that the basic part was completed and it was completed in 1923. The process of building Dong Khanh mausoleum took place over four kings (1888-1923), so Dong Khanh mausoleum bears the mark of two architectural schools of two different historical times. Palace impregnation area: the buildings still carry the ancient architectural style of "overlapping thiem thiem snail". The main hall and its dependent houses are still splendidly painted and gilded columns decorated with four sacred animals, four precious animals, etc. Ngung Hy palace has 24 drawings of paintings in the classic "Twenty-four filial piety". On the match necks, the roof, and the edge of Ngung Hy Palace, terracotta reliefs with rustic decorations such as "Fisherman's gain" and "Fighting cocks" appear. However, the appearance of a system of multi-colored glass windows and two paintings depicting the Franco-Prussian war during Napoleon's time and a number of other artifacts demonstrate the influence of Western European culture. Mausoleum area: Tomb architecture is almost completely "Europeanized" from architecture, decoration to construction materials. The stele house is a variation of Romance architecture mixed with Asian architecture. Tall, thin statues of mandarins are made of cement and bricks instead of stone statues, bad toa tiles, and checkered bricks. In general, Dong Khanh mausoleum opened the architectural period of mixing Europe, Asia, and Neo-Ancient times. The project is recognized as a national monument (art architectural type) according to Decision No. 2009/1998-Decision/Ministry of Culture and Sports dated September 26, 1998 of the Ministry of Culture and Information. Source: Thua Thien Hue Electronic Information Portal.

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