(Construction) - Nhan Tower relic is an architectural and artistic relic of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen region in particular, as well as typical art of Central region culture in general. This relic is also a symbol of Champa culture in Phu Yen.
(Construction) - Nhan Tower relic is an architectural and artistic relic of Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen region in particular, as well as typical art of Central region culture in general. This relic is also a symbol of Champa culture in Phu Yen.
Special national architectural and artistic relic Nhan Tower.
Architecture and sculpture of Nhan Tower
As an architectural work of the Champa culture, the tower is located on the top of Nhan Mountain, a mountain with a height of 60m, in Ward 1, Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province. Nhan Tower faces East, the architecture has 3 parts including the tower base, tower body and tower roof.
The base of the tower has a square plan, each side is 12m long and 2.4m high. The structure of the base has many ledges and is slightly spread out, giving the tower a solid position. The tower's body is square cylindrical, each side is 9m long and 10m high. On each side of the tower body, there are 5 decorative wall pillars. Between the pillars there is a ridge forming a deep groove into the tower body. The bottom and top of the wall pillars create a wide flared shape, making the wall pillars very solid. The wall pillars are left smooth and do not touch the pattern. The top of the tower body, where it meets the roof, is built into a wide flared edge, creating runways running on four sides to reduce the monotony of the junction between the square blocks.
Entrance to the special national architectural and artistic relic Nhan Tower.
The tower door is located in the East. The tower door is an architectural part that pulls forward, creating a long, narrow corridor leading into the tower and often has very beautiful architecture. This architectural part of Nhan Tower has collapsed, the remaining foundation traces show that this architectural part extends 3m forward, the current tower door is 2.4m high; The top is built with steps to form a rolling arch. On the remaining sides of the wall there are fake doors. These doors have been damaged, but the fake doors are elaborately carved positions with high artistic value.
The tower's roof has 3 floors, each upper floor is a miniature image of the lower floor. On each floor of the tower's roof, there are decorative fake doors on all four sides. The fake doors on each roof were also elaborately decorated, but most of them have now been lost. The last roof of the Nhan Tower gradually shrinks and ends at the top of the tower, which is a 4-sided pointed stone pillar, 1.4m high, at the foot of this stone spire is decorated with 8 lotus petals. On the four corners of the roof floors there is a multi-layered pyramid, which is a miniature image of the tower.
The Nhan Tower relic has been restored and embellished.
Panorama of Nhan Tower, from 1997 to 1999, the Nhan Tower relic was restored and embellished. Currently, the outer wall of the tower is a newly renovated and embellished part built 5cm indented from the old wall. The heart of Nhan Tower has a square vase, an area of 4.6m x 4.6m, the inner wall is built according to the stepped construction technique, the higher it goes, the narrower it becomes and connects at the last brick.
Inside the tower, there is currently a 2.5m high altar consisting of a square-shaped altar tied in the middle with circular nipples on all 4 sides and 3-layer lotus petals; a yony with a side length of 1.1m, a thickness of 0.28m and a 1.2m high atrium leaf shaped carved with Mukhalinga. Above the altar is placed a statue of the Thien Y A Na period, 60cm high, 20cm shoulder wide, shown in a cross-legged sitting position.
Nhan Tower has a majestic appearance as if it is reaching towards the blue sky.
Architectural details on the body of Thap Nhan tower are classified by researchers as a transitional architectural style between My Son A1 architectural style and Binh Dinh architectural style, with a date around the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 11th century. XII. The basic characteristics of this architectural style are that the architectural parts tend to be cubic in shape, on the body of the tower there are wall pillars without decorative patterns, and the fake doors are often pointed pyramids. With these architectural features, plus the location of the towers, which are often located on high mountains, the towers of this style often have a majestic appearance as if they are reaching to the blue sky.
Nhan Mountain Memorial
The Nhan Mountain Memorial project is located on Nhan Mountain in Ward 1, Tuy Hoa city. This is a project to honor those born in the land of Phu Yen and many children born in other rural areas in all parts of the country who heroically sacrificed on the land of Phu Yen during the cause of liberation struggle. nation, national unification and the cause of national defense.
Monument on Nhan Mountain.
The memorial on Nhan Mountain was invested and built by Phu Khanh province in 1983. According to the design of the author group led by architect To Dinh, the project includes a museum display below, the upper part is a monument tower. 30m high, leaning against the tower is a cluster of statues including a heroic Phu Yen mother holding a torch, on the right of the mother is a soldier holding a gun and on the left is a boy carrying a book to school. The main direction of the project is Southwest, looking at the vast Tuy Hoa rice fields, far away are the rolling mountains and forests, the cradle of the Phu Yen revolutionary movement through two resistance wars to defend the country. Looking down from above is a five-pointed star, the shape of the entire structure like a swallow's wings flying towards the West.
During the construction process, an incident occurred and cracks appeared in the two main hall wings of the building. By 1986, this project stopped construction completely. Until 2003, according to the wishes of the people, especially the revolutionary elders, the Monument was researched, renovated and rebuilt.
Looking down from above is a five-pointed star, the shape of the entire structure like a swallow's wings flying towards the West.
The Nhan Mountain Memorial project was built on an area of land with an area of 3,300 square meters, of which the stele house recording the names of heroic martyrs has an area of 500 square meters. The stele house bears the image of a flock of swallows flying towards the sea. In the stele house there are 38 stele pillars recording the names of 13,085 martyrs of Phu Yen province and 4 stele pillars recording the names of 1,000 martyrs in a province throughout the country. The memorial along with Nhan Tower, Dien Hong Park, Dien Hong Cultural House, Kim Cang Pagoda, Kim Long Pagoda, Ong Pagoda and Phu Yen Museum form a cluster of cultural works at the gateway to Tuy Hoa city.
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: 16/11/2023
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