Continuing to fulfil the commitments of the Government of Vietnam with UNESCO on the conservation and promotion of the value of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre has coordinated with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology to conduct excavation and exploration Kinh Thien Palace area covering a total area of nearly 1,000 square metres.

More important archaeological discoveries at Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

The excavation results continued to clarify the cultural layer, monuments and archaeological relics dating from the 7th-9th century to the 19th -20th century.

For preliminary evaluation of the exploration results at the Kinh Thien Palace area in 2021, scientists said that the highlight of the cultural layer discovered at this excavation are the artifacts of the Tran Dynasty and Le Dynasty and the Le Trung Hung (Restored Le) Era.

For the first time at Thang Long Imperial Citadel, scientists found a very unique architectural vestige of the Tran Dynasty. It is a circular architectural vestige with a diameter of more than five metres, surrounded by traces of underground culverts and a dense cultural layer of bricks and fire traces and marine mollusc shells. Next to that is a beautifully decorated terracotta pot, up to 1.2 metre in diameter.

Initially, the scientists evaluated that it could be a miniature decoration, or an architectural vestige related to spirituality. Typical of the Le Dynasty artifacts is the architectural model piece with green glaze of the Le Dynasty.

According to scientists and experts, architectural vestiges and relic systems discovered in the excavation in 2021 continue to reflect the complex evolution of Thang Long - Hanoi historical and cultural relics.

Thereby, it has contributed more documents to help clarify the great, rich and diverse values with three globally prominent criteria of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel - a world cultural heritage site. At the same time, it also contributed some valuable materials to serve the research on restoring the main space of Kinh Thien Palace in the Le Dynasty.

Ha Long street festival features local cultural heritage

The 2021 Ha Long Street Festival is ongoing at the Ha Long Marina Complex, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province, featuring the local heritage and culture of ethnic groups.

Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago to seek world heritage recognition

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to work with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to take necessary steps in submitting dossiers seeking UNESCO’s recognition of “Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago” as a World Heritage site.

Bac Giang preserves and promotes the heritage value of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Giang has implemented a plan to preserve and promote the heritage value of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen Buddhist sect in association with building a tour discovering "The dharma-spreading route of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen sect founders" in the province.

Platform on intangible cultural heritage information to debut

‘ichLinks’, a digital platform covering information on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region, will make its debut in March 2021.

Profile to be made to propose recognizing Yen Tu as world heritage

(BGO) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued document to the People’s Committee in Quang Ninh, Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces about preparing the scientific profile for Yen Tu landscape and relic site to submit to UNESCO to recognize the site as world heritage. 

Source: NDO