Centuries ago, Hue people set up a
Princess Huyen Tran’s Temple at a place to the
south of Hue City, but wars and
historical upheavals caused its disappearance. On the occasion of
commemorating 700 years of Thuan Hoa - Phu Xuan - Thua Thien Hue
(1306 - 2006), Huong Giang Tourist Company contributed to the
construction of the Huyen Tran Cultural Center with the agreement of
the Provincial People's Committee. This is a cultural-tourism
construction with historic and spiritual significances, those
origins from affection and the moral philosophy "When drinking
water, remember its source" of our people - a people is always
grateful to and honors ones having deserved well of our country,
including Huyen Tran Princess. Huyen Tran Princess is a beloved and
beautiful daughter of a king of Dai Viet - king Tran Nhan Tong. She
sacrifices her own love and happiness and left for the cause of
bringing Dai Viet a sacred and immense Chau O, Chau Ly areas - from
the south of Hieu River (current Dong Ha - Quang Tri Province) to
the north of Thu Bon River (current Quang Nam Province).
Huyen Tran Cultural Center is located
to the southeast of Hue City, 3 kilometers far from Nam Giao
Esplanade, on the foot of Ngu Phong Mount, on a over 28-hectare
area. This facilitates tourists' traveling by road means (entering
from Nam Giao Esplanade or King Khai Dinh’s Tomb). In this center, a
temple to Princess Huyen Tran was set up on the foot of Ngu Phong
Mount and on the top of the Mount, at about 108 meters high, a Peace
Bell-tower was constructed with a pure bronze bell, 1.6 ton weigh,
2.16 meters high. The Bell's sound vibrates and pervades in quite
space to pray for Peaceful World - Happy Mankind. This center was
opened on March 26th, 2007.
Besides, some of constructions are
being built at Huyen Tran Cultural Center such as Temple and Zen
monastery of king Tran Nhan Tong, Orchid house, Calligraphy
Garden... and some houses for composing music, art, literature, a
library for preserving and studying documents on kings Tran Nhan
Tong and Tran Anh Tong, Princess Huyen Tran , Doan Nhu Hai, Truong
Han Sieu... and other heroes and heroines under the reign of Tran
Dynasty, Truc Lam Zen through Dynasties, Hue Culture, History of
Cham Pa Culture and Architecture.
From now on, Thua Thien Hue Province has one more Spirit-Culture
tourism place for tourists to enjoy, worship and express their
gratefulness to early pioneers who migrated from Red River and Ma
River Deltas to the South to reclaim the new land
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