Address: Quoc Tu Giam Street , Dong Da District, Ha
Noi
Among the historical relics of
Hanoi, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a
relic associated with the establishment of the capital of Thang Long under the
Ly dynasty, has a history of almost thousand years, with spacious scale surface
the best, the most typical and it is considered a symbol of culture, history,
Vietnam.
Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is the relic abundance and diversity. Is a
combination of two main monuments: churches Literature Confucius, the Confucian
sages and Quoc Tu Giam Justice Chu Van An, the typical teacher and moral
importance of education in Vietnam, and Quoc
Tu Giam, the first national high school in Vietnam, with more than 700
years has trained thousands of talents for the country. Architectural Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is posted on
each site layout, each class in the North-South axis, simulating the overall
planning worship Confucius Temple of Literature in his hometown in Qufu,
Shandong, China . However, the scale here is simpler, more straightforward
architecture and the traditional method of ethnic art.
In front of a large lake Literature
Outside the main entrance with
four pillars, both sides have described property beer "House Code",
the area around the high walls surrounding. Literature port construction type
of the gate, the 3 words "Van Mieu Mon" type of ancient Chinese
characters.
In the Van Mieu has a Confucius Temple Vietnam .
Image cranes flanking turtle on its back in many temples and shrines ...,
flamingos stand on the backs of turtles expression of harmony between heaven
and earth, between the two extremes negative - positive. Crane is the symbol of
goodness and noble. According to legend turtles and flamingos are very close
couples. Turtle symbolizes aquatic animals, crawling, cranes symbolize
terrestrial animals, flying. When the rainy , flooding a large area, crane can
not live underwater , turtle helped overcome the flood waters dry place.
Conversely, when the sun drought, turtles have been taken to help the cranes
have water. This refers to the fidelity and the support and help each other in
times of difficulty, distress between good friends.
Today, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is where the full moon in January of each
year, the Vietnam Writers' Association organized the results reported in the
literature and poems comments. This is where the state gave the function
organization, academic: Professor, Institute for Doctoral ... to the new
location. Every year, just after the university graduation, the valedictorian
of the school of Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam to Chairman of Hanoi
People's Committee awarded certificates of merit and sightseeing, plus a lot of
activity in the field of culture be held at the Temple of Literature university
of Vietnam
