(ĐN)- Dong Nai provincial People's Committee on November 22 organize a ceremony to receive certificates in recognition of the Hang Gon Megalith Tomb as a special national relic site and the Tran Bien Temple of Literature as a national relic site.
(ĐN)- Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee on November 22 organize a ceremony to receive certificates in recognition of the Hang Gon Megalith Tomb as a special national relic site and the Tran Bien Temple of Literature as a national relic site.
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Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong attended the ceremony.
According to Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee, the Prime Minister’s certificates in recognition of the two relic sites are the great pride of Dong Nai’s people, Party Committee and authorities, adding that the province will continue efforts to increase responsibility in preserving and promoting its cultural and historic values with the aims to improve value as well as attract more visitors to local relic sites.
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| Music performance at the Tran Bien Temple of Literature |
Tran Bien Temple of Literature, built in 1715 under King Nguyen Phuc Chu, was the first temple of its kind in the South. It is a place to honor Confucius and also serves as an educational center. Architecturally inspired by the Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature in Hanoi capital), the Tran Bien Temple of Literature was rebuilt twice in the Nguyen Dynasty and then destroyed by the French in 1861. Then it was restored in 1998.
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| Hang Gon Megalithic Vestige |
Meanwhile, Hang Gon Megalithic Vestige in Hang Gon Commune in Long Khanh Township was found and excavated in 1927. In 1984, the Ministry of Culture ranked the Hang Gon Megalith tomb as a national vestige and considered it as one of ten key relics in the Southern area. Scientists have identified it as a unique vestige of technical and artistic methods of ethnic people in South Asia in general and ancient Vietnam in particular.
Reported by V.T
