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Binh Dinh

Cha citadel relics

In its golden age, the city was called Buddha Tathagata, the capital city of the capital Vijaya. This is one of the four ancient Champa citadels in Binh Dinh, once the economic and political center of this area from the 8th to the 15th century. Cha Citadel is located south of the Vijaya citadel, now in the territory of An Thanh village, Nhon Loc commune, An Nhon district - Binh Dinh. Located on a high strip of land on the south bank of the Kon River, Cha Citadel consists of two large and small citadels built close to each other (also known as the inner citadel and outer citadel), both with a rectangular plan. In the large citadel area, pairs of citadel walls face each other with negligible length differences. When building, the ancients relied on the direction of the Kon River, so the length of the northern wall was about 100m longer than the southern one. The east and west pair of walls are nearly 350m long, while the north and south pair of walls are nearly 950m long. Except for the north side of the citadel, which was mostly eroded due to its proximity to the Kon River, the remaining sides are relatively intact. In the northwest corner of the citadel area, there are also traces of a rectangular campus, surrounded by a brick mound in which a very large number of remaining bricks and tiles with thresholds and door pillars of different sizes are found. large, especially with many yin-yang bricks and roof tiles - decorative architectural materials only found in the old capital of Champa like Tra Kieu. In this area, people discovered a beautiful bust of the goddess Kabera Yakshini along with elaborate reliefs made of terracotta, proving the real existence of an architecture. urban. The small citadel is located back-to-back with the large citadel in the northwest direction, with a width of 134m and a length of 240m. An interesting thing here is that the creator of this ancient Buddhist citadel deliberately arranged two large and small citadels in a continuous pattern, shown in the fact that the eastern wall of the small citadel is also a part of the wall. To the west of the big citadel, another section is added. In this small citadel, no trace of the wall was found on the north side and it used the Kon River as a moat to create a shield to protect the citadel. This shows that the small citadel was arranged by ancient people as an outpost of the large citadel, a very important waterway transportation route. Citadel Cha is a citadel that also has many other names in folk culture such as Citadel Hoi, Citadel Ho Xu, Citadel Bac, Citadel Cu... but the most common name is Citadel Cha. The large citadel is located to the east. The north side of the wall runs west-east, 947m long, 3 to 5m wide, and currently about 1m high. In the middle of the citadel wall, there is an 8m high mound, gradually sloping towards the two sides of the citadel, called the Flag Pillar Mound. The southern wall has a similar length, but has been eroded, remaining only slightly above ground level. The most visible relics are the two eastern and western walls. The eastern wall runs north-south, is 345m long with an average height of 4m, and the wall is over 30m wide. The western wall has the same length and height, but the surface is narrower, about 7 to 10 meters. The northwest corner of the large citadel is surrounded by two sections of the citadel wall, one running from the Flagpole mound to the south with a length of 240m and a section perpendicular to it running to the west, connecting with the western wall of the large citadel to form a rectangular campus. In the middle of this campus there is a large mound of bricks, the remains of a collapsed structure. The smaller rectangular citadel is located adjacent to the northwest of the large citadel with a length of 440m and a width of 134m. Thanh Cha Relics was ranked a national historical and cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports on November 27, 2003. Source: National Museum of History

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Tomb of Mai Xuan Thuong

Mai Xuan Thuong was the leader of the Can Vuong movement against the French at the end of the 19th century in Binh Dinh. Mai Xuan Thuong was born in the year of Canh Than, 1860, died in the year of the Pig, 1887, from Phu Lac village, Phu Phong district, Tuy Vien district, Binh Dinh province (now Phu Lac village, Binh Thanh commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province). His father, Mai Xuan Tin, was the chief father in Cao Bang. His mother, Huynh Thi Nguyet, was the daughter of a noble family in the village. Mai Xuan Thuong is inherently intelligent and eager to learn. At the age of 18 (1878), he passed the Baccalaureate at Binh Dinh Examination School. At the age of 25 (1885), he passed the bachelor's exam. Responding to King Ham Nghi's Can Vuong edict, Mai Xuan Thuong returned to his hometown of Phu Lac, recruited insurgents, set up a base on Sung island to raise the Can Vuong flag against the French, then Mai Xuan Thuong brought his forces to join the army. The insurgent army was led by Dao Doan Dich and was appointed by Dao Doan Dich to the position of Military Salary Officer (in charge of food for the insurgent army). From then until 1887, the Can Vuong movement in Binh Dinh developed strongly and spread to Quang Ngai, Phu Yen... attracting tens of thousands of people from all walks of life to participate. On September 20, 1885, Dao Doan Dich died and assigned all his forces to Mai Xuan Thuong. He chose the Loc Dong mountain area (now in Binh Tuong commune, Tay Son district) as his headquarters and organized a flag worshiping ceremony, calling on scholars, literati, and people to join the movement to fight against the French. During that ceremony, insurgents from many regions in Binh Dinh province agreed to honor him as the Marshal leading the uprising and raised the slogan: "First to kill the left, later to attack the West". In early 1887, the French army under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Cherrean and the royal army led by Tran Ba ​​Loc along with Minister Trira launched a major attack on the headquarters of the Can Vuong movement in Binh Dinh, the battle The fighting between the insurgent forces and the French enemy was extremely fierce, the fight was unequal, and in the end the insurgent force was pushed back. In March 1887, after a fierce battle in Bau Sau (An Nhon town, Binh Dinh province), Mai Xuan Thuong was seriously injured, the insurgents withdrew to Linh Dong secret area. On April 21, 1887, Tran Ba ​​Loc surrounded and captured the Linh Dong secret base and captured a number of insurgents, including Mai Nguyen Soai's mother. On the night of April 30, 1887, Mai Xuan Thuong sent a suicide squad to break into Tran Ba ​​Loc barracks, relieve the captured people, and he and a group of 50 subordinates crossed the mountain into Phu Yen and continued to resist. battle, but when she reached Phu Quy Pass (boundary between Binh Dinh and Phu Yen), she was captured by Tran Ba ​​Loc's ambush and taken to be beheaded at Go Cham (East of Binh Dinh Citadel). The mausoleum of patriot Mai Xuan Thuong is located on a high hill of the Ngang mountain range (in Hoa Son village, Binh Tuong commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province) about 50km northwest of Quy Nhon city; The mausoleum was built on a land area of ​​1988m2, inaugurated on January 22, 1961. Overall, the mausoleum is designed in the style of an ancient mausoleum, surrounded by low walls. The Lang gate (three gates) is made up of 4 square pillars, the top is tied in the style of a gourd and a vase, bearing the architectural appearance of a communal house or temple gate of the late 19th century. In the middle of the Mausoleum is Mai Xuan Thuong's tomb, rectangular in shape in the East - West direction; At the head of the grave is a stone stele engraved with an inscription recording the biography and career of Mai Xuan Thuong: The relic was ranked at the National level by the Ministry of Culture and Information on April 20, 1995. Source: People's Committee of Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province

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Go Lang historical site

Go Lang relic is located in Phu Lac village, Binh Thanh commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province. Here, with the remaining vestiges of the garden and the old house floor, the hometown of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Dong, the mother of the three Tay Son masterpieces: Nguyen Nhac, Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu, outstanding leaders of the Tay Son peasant movement in the 18th century. The relic was ranked at the National level on November 16, 1988. Go Lang relic has many events related to the Tay Son three masterpieces in the early days of winning people's hearts and building the Tay Son uprising. These are legends and oral stories that local people often tell. for many generations despite the Nguyen Dynasty's revenge and devastating war... The story "Nguyen Nhac Vi Vuong". The story goes: "One late night, on the death anniversary at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc - Nguyen Thi Dong in Go Lang, when everyone finished saying goodbye to each other and left, everyone was shocked to hear the sound of gongs and drums. emerging from the direction of Hon Sung, a solemn and mysterious sight that had never happened before. Everyone stopped and saw a magical light shining on an area on the mountain. They encouraged each other to go up and see. Arriving at the place of light, while hesitating and no one dared to advance, from the light suddenly appeared an old man with a red face, a long white beard, and a dragonfly hat. He stepped out and said loudly: among you. Is there anyone Nguyen Nhac? I obeyed the Jade Emperor's order to descend to the world this time to give the decree to King Nguyen Nhac. When Nguyen Nhac stepped forward, everyone bowed their heads respectfully and the old man disappeared. Or the story: Every time the Tay Son brothers return to their grandmother's hometown, they often tie their horses at the tall Bodhi tree next to Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc's house, so the people in the area have a saying: "He's back on his horse again, Cutting Bodhi grass for his horses to eat." After the Tay Son dynasty passed away, the Nguyen Gia Long dynasty implemented a very harsh revenge policy. Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc's old house at the relic was razed and became an empty piece of land, with only traces of the house's foundation remaining. , the square pillar stone is engraved with a rosette pattern with a size of 0.4m on each side and many ceramic fragments of broken dishes; In the old garden there are also some ancient trees: Thi, Thien Tue... During the Nguyen Dynasty, Phu Lac people always remembered and paid tribute to their ancestors and heroes of their homeland. They built a temple to worship Son Quan (Mountain God) called Cay Thi temple, some people called it Cay Thi temple. Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc - Nguyen Thi Dong at their old garden and secretly worshiped Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc - Nguyen Thi Dong, Tay Son Tam Kieu (Nguyen Nhac, Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu) on November 14, Lunar New Year The annual calendar at Phu Lac village communal house is called Thuong Tan worshiping day (new rice festival) with the form of commemorating flower incense and fox nectar. In 1999, the local government built a temple on the old foundation of the relic to worship Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc - Nguyen Thi Dong and their paternal and maternal families, as well as ancestors who had publicly established the village, and the three masterpieces of Tay Son; Source: People's Committee of Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province

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BLACK ROCK MILL

Go Da Den is a training and discharge location for Tay Son insurgents, formerly located in Kien My village, Kien Thanh hamlet, Quy Nhon district, now located in block 1 of Phu Phong town, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province. On November 16, 1988, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued a decision to recognize Go Da Den as a historical-cultural relic. Kien My is not only a place where Tay Son leaders were attached from childhood to adulthood but also one of the early bases of the Tay Son movement. In 1771, after a period of preparing forces, Nguyen Nhac, along with Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu, raised an uprising flag in Tay Son Thuong Dao. In 1773, from the Upper Dao insurgents marched down to liberate the lower Tay Son region and stationed their headquarters in Kien Thanh hamlet, the center of which was Kien My hamlet. This was a wise decision, especially in the early days when the uprising was launched and the force was not yet strong. On the one hand, because this is the homeland of the insurgent leaders, but on the other hand, also very important, is the favorable location of Kien My. Located at the foot of An Khe Pass on the left bank of the Kon River, Kien My is a convenient waterway transportation hub. From Kien My, you can take the road through An Khe, follow the waterway up the river to the Thuong people area, or down to the delta, to the coast. After a short period of consolidating their forces, the insurgent army moved down from Kien Thanh hamlet to capture Quy Nhon citadel, creating a turning point in the entire development process of the uprising. Kien My village - Kien Thanh hamlet, as the headquarters and starting point of the insurgent army moving to liberate the delta, has a very important position. On Kien My land, there are still many historical relics associated with the Tay Son leaders as well as the entire Tay Son movement. In addition to the ancient tamarind tree and ancient well, Truong Trau Wharf also has Palace Garden, Tap Binh Palace, Cam Co Palace, Da Den Hill, and Cut Cu Hill, which are places that reflect the headquarters and barracks of the insurgent army. Go Da Den is a high and wide land. This is originally a wild forest with an estimated area of ​​about 5 hectares stretching from Phu Lac to Bau Dao. In the middle of the mound emerges a very large black rock, that's why people call this mound Black Stone Mound. Time, war, and the revenge of the Nguyen Dynasty, partly because the insurgents stopped here not long ago, so now there are traces associated with the activities of the insurgents, in addition to the places preserved in folk memory. , there is almost nothing left. The area of ​​Da Den mound was reduced to only 2 hectares, because people dug up the soil to make bricks and used stones to build houses. The large black rock has also been chipped into pieces. Source: People's Committee of Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province

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Ben Truong Trau

Truong Trau Wharf is a large betel trading wharf on the banks of the ancient Con River, in Trau hamlet, Kien My village, about 200m from Tay Son Tam Kiet temple. Betel and areca nuts are a famous product of both the upper and lower Tay Son regions, especially the type of betel grown by the Upper People in the Central Highlands. Truong Trau Wharf became a place of transit and trade relations between the mountains and the plains, in addition to betel and areca nuts, there were also many other essential goods. When Mr. Ho Phi Phuc's family still resided in his wife's hometown - Phu Lac village, in addition to farming, they also participated in trade with the lowlands and uplands, thus becoming rich. His children also continued their father's career, maintaining and expanding trade and exchange. Ben Truong Trau, with its trading exchanges, had a great influence on the uprising career of the three Tay Son brothers, especially Nguyen Nhac. Nguyen Nhac often traveled back and forth to the upper Tay Son region, had close relationships with ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands, and traded with markets, wharves, and towns in the delta. This helped him expand his vision and understand the suffering of people from all walks of life, thereby easily mobilizing and uniting forces to participate in the uprising. After preparations at the upper Tay Son, the Tay Son insurgents under the command of Nguyen Nhac launched a large-scale operation to liberate the lower Tay Son, liberated the Quy Nhon government, and laid a solid foundation. for the movement's next victories. Among that achievement, Ben Truong Trau was an important focal point, where information and correspondence of the insurgent army was connected in the early days of preparing for the uprising, until it reached its peak. Legend has it that next to the old Truong Trau Wharf, Nguyen Nhac built a house to store betel and serve as an inn for betel traders. Therefore, the people of Kien My, as well as many surrounding areas, know Nguyen Nhac as Mr. Hai Trau. After the Tay Son dynasty passed away, Kien My people built on the old house's foundation a temple to worship the three Tay Son brothers, called Vinh Tho temple (also called Cay Gon temple because there is a big tree here). Later, the French colonialists used it as a food warehouse and then destroyed it. In 1963, three Southern mendicants and local people built a small thatched pagoda (on the old temple foundation). In 1967, it was newly built with bricks called Ngoc Binh Vihara. Truong Trau Wharf has now been filled in, only a sandy beach along the river, no longer crowded with boats and the hustle and bustle of preparing for a great career, but "The old tamarind tree, the old Ben Trau..." has go down in history, forever echoing a glorious time. Source: People's Committee of Tay Son District, Binh Dinh Province

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Tay Son Tam Kiet Temple

The Tam Kiet Tay Son Temple relic area includes 2 relics: Tay Son Palace and Truong Trau wharf site, located in Phu Phong town, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province. associated with the names of three brothers Nguyen Nhac, Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu, leaders of the Tay Son movement, Tay Son dynasty at the end of the 18th century; decided to be classified as a special national monument by the Prime Minister on December 31, 2014). Historical sources say that the ancestors of the Tay Son Dynasty were originally from the Ho family in Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An. Come to rest in Tay Son Nhat hamlet, Quy Ninh. Nguyen Nhac's father, Mr. Ho Phi Phuc, and his wife, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dong, moved to Kien My village (now block 1, Phu Phong, Tay Son, Binh Dinh) to live for business purposes. Kien My village is also a gathering place for martyrs and the first base of the peasant movement in the lower Tay Son region. Nguyen Nhac and his two younger brothers, Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Lu, led the Tay Son uprising to bring Nguyen Hue and Nguyen Nhac to the throne. After the fall of the Tay Son dynasty, the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Phi Phuc's family in Kien My village was burned and razed. Some time later, right on the old house's foundation, local people contributed their contributions to build a tall and majestic communal house to secretly worship Tay Son Tam Kiet, named Kien My village communal house. In 1946, the communal house burned down. In 1958 - 1960, Binh Khe people once again built a new temple named Tay Son Palace, officially worshiping the three Tay Son brothers and holding an anniversary festival. commemorate every year. Tay Son Dien is built in the style of Dinh, with split stone foundations, solid brick walls, and cement tiled roof, with an area of ​​over 100 square meters. The main shrine has three compartments, in the middle worships Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue, on the right worships Emperor Thai Duc - Nguyen Nhac, on the left worships Dong Dinh Vuong - Nguyen Lu, on the left and right the shrine worships military mandarins and ancestors. In the Tay Son family, the two gables have gongs and drums to serve ceremonies. In 1998, the State built and expanded Tay Son Palace. The temple was rebuilt with ancient architecture, quite large and majestic, three times the area of ​​the old temple, made of reinforced concrete, Recreating the large, well-structured columns like an old communal house, the roof is cast in concrete, and covered with funny-nosed scale tiles. In front of the main temple, there is a pavilion like the old temple, on both sides there are two rows of large columns decorated with majestic dragons wrapped around the columns. In front of the house is a red granite stele with a summary of the temple's history. The Electric Gate remains the same. The well site was embellished with a hexagonal shelter, a concrete roof covered with scale tiles, and the surrounding Tamarind tree was also renovated more spaciously than before. In 2004, nine ceramic statues were brought back, covered in real gold on the outside, and placed in the inner sanctum. The rear hall has 3 altars, in the middle is the altar worshiping Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue; On the right is the altar worshiping Emperor Thai Duc - Nguyen Nhac; On the left is the altar of Dong Dinh Vuong - Nguyen Lu. Behind the altars is a large wooden diaphragm with carved dragons, patterns and gilded lacquer. In front, on both sides of the three altars, there are two wooden shelves holding eight sets of weapons. On the East and West sides of the inner palace, there are altars to worship civil servants, gods, and military generals of the Tay Son period. Although Tay Son Palace has gone through ups and downs over the years, it has been preserved, preserved and promoted by local people for generations to commemorate and pay tribute to the great contributions of national hero Quang Trung. – Nguyen Hue in his career of fighting to build and defend the country. Source: Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh Province

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Historical site of collective grave of martyrs of the Golden Star Division

The relic is a mass grave in Tay Phuong Danh area, Dap Da ward, An Nhon town, the resting place of 153 soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division who died in the General campaign. offensive and uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968. Opening the 1968 Spring Mau Than campaign, in An Nhon area, from December 25, 1967 to January 17, 1968, provincial and district soldiers and guerrilla forces coordinated to attack the enemy in many places, causing them harm. much damage. Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Sao Vang Division of Military Region 5 was assigned the task of fighting the enemy in areas close to the provincial capital, attracting the enemy to the countryside so that the liberation army could attack Quy Nhon town. After attacking the Phu Cat training center on January 19, 1968, the Battalion destroyed the enemy holding the Sita - Nhon Hung bridge on Highway 1. Fearing the loss of Dap Da, the district capital of An Nhon and Quy Nhon will be threatened, the enemy has sent here a regiment of South Korean soldiers, 4 security companies, 32 tanks and armored vehicles to surround Battalion 6 and use artillery to counterattack. With superior military and weapons superiority, the enemy drove the people out, trying to surround and isolate the soldiers of Battalion 6 in the Tay Phuong Danh area to destroy them. The unit fought bravely with the enemy for 5 days and nights, from January 20, 1968 to January 24, 1968 until there were no more bullets left, the soldiers used hoes, shovels, and bayonets to attack with armor. fought with the enemy and sacrificed heroically. Admiring the tenacious fighting spirit, courage and indomitable sacrifice of the soldiers of Battalion 6, the People, despite the danger, buried 153 soldiers' bodies in a mass grave in the Tay Phuong Danh area - Smashing Rocks in infinite grief. People around the area call it Ma To. The mass grave of soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division was ranked as a provincial revolutionary relic by the Provincial People's Committee on October 20, 2003. In 2016, the collective grave of soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division was invested in many renovation items: building an incense house, carving stone tombstones, covering the entire grave with granite, and making a yard. The garden creates a clean and beautiful landscape, expressing the people's affection for the relatives of the Northern martyrs who fought and sacrificed for the South. Binh Dinh Provincial Museum is preparing a document to request the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to upgrade it to the national level to match the historical value of this relic. Source: Binh Dinh Province Electronic Information Portal

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Ancient Go Sanh ceramic kiln

Go Sanh or Sanh hamlet is the name of a small hamlet in Phu Quang village, Nhon Hoa ward, An Nhon town. Phu Quang people say that while digging land for construction or farming, they often come across areas thick with intact pieces of ceramics of many types such as bowls, plates, and cups. Around the 70s, Go Sanh ceramics followed antique dealers to many regions and attracted the attention of ancient ceramic researchers in Vietnam and the world. In March 1974, an archaeological team from Saigon came to Phu Quang to research. Although there have been no excavations at Go Sanh, they have hypothesized that the owners of Go Sanh pottery are Cham people. From the above information, the Hanoi Institute of Archeology and Binh Dinh General Museum have planned a long-term research program at Go Sanh and all ancient ceramic relics in Binh Dinh. Until 2000, there were 4 excavations continuously conducted at this relic site. Up to now, Binh Dinh pottery kilns have 5 groups. In An Nhon town, there are Go Sanh, Go Cay Ke, and Go Hoi. All of these relics are located along the banks of the Kon River flowing into Thi Nai Bay (Quy Nhon port today) - a convenient location for waterway transportation. Archaeological excavations at Go Sanh were carried out in 1991, 1992, 1993. In 1994, besides Vietnamese scientists, there was additional cooperation from Japanese scholars. Among the kiln sites that have been identified in 5 locations within the former Vijaya region, kilns No. 1, No. 2 and 3 are in Go Sanh. Furnace number 1: Named Cay Quang furnace. The kiln is still quite intact, from the kiln wall, kiln floor and the final fired product of this kiln. The furnace has a tubular shape with a total length of 14m. The furnace chamber is rectangular, gradually expanding towards the end, measuring 1.6m; The width at the front is 2.8m; at the rear and an additional 10m in length. On one side of the oven wall there is a door for loading and unloading products. Furnace number 2: It is called Cay Man furnace (Roi Tree). The kiln area is located in the south of Go Sanh. Technically similar to furnace No. 1 (Cay Quang furnace), the furnace wall is also built of compacted soil bags and the arrangement of fire sharing columns in the burner is similar. Furnace No. 3: Located under furnace No. 2. According to researchers, this is the furnace with the earliest construction date. The wall of furnace No. 3 is not made of burnt shell material but is completely made of earth. The furnace is 1.2m wide near the burner, 1.7m wide at the back. The length of the furnace body is 5.3m. Currently, the Binh Dinh Provincial General Museum collects and preserves a quite rich collection of Go Sanh ceramic products. Porcelain products mainly produced here include enameled bowls, plates, pots, unglazed tiles and architectural decorations. Celadon enameled dishes and brown enameled jars show similar characteristics to the products of Fujian kilns (China). Recent information shows that Go Sanh Binh Dinh ceramics are produced not only for local service but also to participate in the export market to countries in Southeast Asia and further afield, Egypt. Among the artifacts found on the shipwreck in the Calatagan archipelago off Pantanan Island in the Philippines are thousands of Go Sanh ceramics. Some Vietnamese experts believe that the beginning of Binh Dinh ceramic production may have started from the late 13th to the 14th century, or at the latest until the 16th century. The owners of Go Sanh pottery kilns and other ancient pottery kilns in Binh Dinh are none other than the ancient Champa people. Go Sanh pottery kiln archaeological relic site has been ranked by the State as a National Historical-Cultural Relic. Source: Website of An Nhon Town People's Committee

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Thap Thap Pagoda

Di Da Thap Thap Pagoda is located in Van Thuan village, Nhon Thanh ward, An Nhon town, Binh Dinh province. The name of the pagoda "Thap Thaps" is because previously there were 10 Cham towers on this hill, which later collapsed. The name "Amitabha" is the title of the Buddhist leader of the Pure Land. Amitabha also means reason, the original awareness of sentient beings. Combining the above meanings, the ancestral temple is named Thap Thap Amitabha Temple. Thap Thap Di Da Ancestral Pagoda is associated with the name of the founder, Zen Master Nguyen Thieu. Many documents today indicate that his surname was Ta, self-named Hoan Bich, from Trinh Huong district, Chaozhou district, Guangdong province, China. He was born in the year of the Rat (1648), and at the age of 19 became a monk at Bao Tu Pagoda. In 1677, he followed a Chinese trading boat to Quy Ninh district, now in Binh Dinh province, about 28 km from Quy Nhon city, and built a hermitage to worship Amitabha Buddha. In 1683, the pagoda used bricks and stones from 10 fallen towers to build the pagoda. The pagoda has gone through 16 generations of lineage with many famous Zen masters such as: Zen Master Lieu Triet, Zen Master Minh Ly, Zen Master Phuoc Hue... Zen Master Phuoc Hue has been honored as National Master. He was invited to preach sutras in the Nguyen royal palace from the reign of King Thanh Thai to King Bao Dai, and taught Buddhism at Truc Lam and Tay Thien Buddhist schools (Hue) since 1935. From outside, walking along the lotus pond to the temple gate, there are two tall square pillars, on top of which are placed two lion statues sitting majestically, connecting an arc, above are attached two words "Thap Thap". Behind the gate is a screen with an embossed dragon and horse symbol placed on a kneeling pedestal. The main hall was rebuilt by Zen Master Lieu Triet in 1749. Today's main hall has a straight roof, yin-yang tiles, and two dragons with pearl paintings on the roof. The Buddha hall is decorated solemnly, in the middle worshiping statues of Tam The Buddha, Chuan De, Ca Diep, and Ananda; The shrine worships Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, placed in two compartments on either side of the Buddha hall; On the left and right walls, there are statues of Thap Bat La Lan, statues of Thap Dien Minh Vuong, Dharma Protector, Patriarch Dat Ma and Patriarch Ty Ni Da Luu Chi. Most of the worship statues were carved during the reign of Zen Master Minh Ly (1871-1889). The pagoda was given a sign by Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu "Sac Tu Thap Amitabha Pagoda" hanging in the middle of the main door of the main hall, which was engraved by Venerable Mat Hoang in 1821. The big bell (cast in 1893) and the big drum were placed. at both ends of the hallway. Behind the main hall, there is a stele inscribed with the poem "Thap Thap Amitabha Pagoda" written by layman Duong Thanh Tu and founded by Venerable Minh Ly in 1876. The monk's house is located behind the main hall built by National Master Phuoc Hue in 1924. The Patriarch's house is in the south, connecting the main hall and the monk's house, worshiping the Patriarch of Khai Son Nguyen Thieu and the late abbots and monks. and past Buddhists. Opposite the Patriarch's house is the lecture hall, there is a wooden board with the article "Thap Thap Tu Chi" written by An Nhon Academician Vo Khac Trien in 1928, recording the history of enlightenment, the process of construction and inheritance. of Thap Thap ancestral temple. In particular, Binh Dinh Newspaper said that the pagoda still retains 2,000 wood carvings used to print the Amitabha Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Lotus Sutra, etc. The Tripitaka offered by Governor Ha Tien Mac Thien Tu also exists. 1,200 volumes of sutras, laws, treatises and records. The pagoda also preserves the Korean Tripitaka and the Taiwanese Tripitaka. The Patriarch Tower Garden is located in the North with 20 ancient towers containing the bodies of the abbots and monks in the temple. Behind the pagoda, there is also the White Tiger tower and the Council tower The pagoda has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a national historical and cultural relic. Amitabha Thap Thap Pagoda is the most famous pagoda in the Central region. Source: Website of An Nhon Town People's Committee

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Canh Tien Tower

Canh Tien Tower is located on top of a not very high hill in the center of Do Ban citadel, the ancient capital of the Champa kingdom in Nam An village, An Nhon town. In the book Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi, it is written: "An Nam ancient tower in Nam An village, Tuong Van district, in Do Ban citadel, is commonly called Canh Tien tower. From the shoulder of the tower up, all four sides look like fairy wings, so it's called that name." French researchers, in their own way, call it Tour de Cuvre (Bronze Tower). Towers are a popular architectural form of Champa culture. In Cham language, there is a common word for this type of architecture: Kalan (temple). The main function of Kalan, as the word implies, is to serve spiritual life and religious rituals. However, the tower's architecture is deeply artistic and is a work in which artisans express their talent and creativity, so it is less constrained by religious rituals. Among them, Canh Tien is a beautiful tower, uniquely shaped and elegant with a very reasonable layout. The tower was built tall and imposing on a nearly square plane, each side about 10 meters long with staggered ramps. The entire tower is about 20m high, all four sides around the tower's body are decorated with wall pillars, protruding in a harmonious ratio with the overall architecture. The corners of the tower body are made of large stone blocks so it is quite sturdy. In terms of form, the tower has 4 soaring pointed arch doors opening in 4 directions, but only the main door facing east is connected to the heart of the tower, the rest are 3 fake doors. The slightly protruding frill forms a support for the corner towers above. The carved images are mainly concentrated on the roof. With four existing floors, each floor has 4 decorative corner towers, each corner has small floors, creating a leaf shape that gradually gets smaller towards the top, creating the feeling of birds in flight. Perhaps it is because of this appearance that people let their imagination run wild, associated with the image of a fairy and named the tower Canh Tien. The carved stones in the shape of a phoenix tail mounted on the floors of the fake tower and the image of Makara, a sea monster in Indian mythology with sharp fangs and a long trunk, decorating the corners of the walls give Canh Tien tower a beautiful look. Luxurious, mysterious. Unlike many Cham towers, the decoration of Canh Tien tower is elaborate to the point of perfection. From the door arch system to the flexible, symmetrically layered spiral pattern strips to the delicately carved stone blocks forming connected patterns, all exude a beauty that is both elegant, elegant, and majestic. suspicious, superficial. It is also possible that due to its graceful beauty, the tower also has the folk name of Daughter tower. According to ancient documents, Do Ban citadel was built by Champa king Ngo Nhat Hoan in the 10th century, while Canh Tien tower was built in the 12th century, under the reign of King Che Man (Jaya Sinbavarman III). Perhaps this is the Che Man tower dedicated to Queen Paramecvari, Princess Huyen Tran, the noble Vietnamese girl who put her interests first and formed a historic relationship with him. Legend has it that before leaving Dai Viet, the Tran Dynasty's princess with jade leaves and golden branches learned thoroughly all royal rituals and Champa folk activities. Working as a bride far from home, she was loved and respected by her subjects because this Vietnamese queen not only spoke Champa language fluently, knew how to sing and dance Champa folk songs, but also took the trouble to teach the royal palaces. Women and subjects from their husband's hometown weave cloth, grow rice, embroider, and sew. It is not an exaggeration to say that: Marrying Huyen Tran, Che Man's bride price was the two continents O - Ly, and Canh Tien Tower was the love gift he gave her, as a sacred recognition of his people. . Source: Website of An Nhon Town People's Committee

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Citadel Emperor

Emperor Citadel is located in Nhon Hau commune and Dap Da ward, An Nhon town, 27km northwest of Quy Nhon. Emperor Citadel was built by the Tay Son dynasty in 1776 on the basis of Do Ban citadel left by the Champa Kingdom and was officially named Emperor Citadel since 1778. During a long period from 1776 to 1793, The citadel was the headquarters of the Tay Son army and later the capital of the central government of Emperor Thai Duc - Nguyen Nhac. The Imperial Citadel was originally a rectangular architectural complex, consisting of three citadels: the Outer Citadel, the Inner Citadel and the Forbidden Citadel. The outer citadel has a circumference of 7400m. The Citadel, also known as the Imperial Citadel, has a rectangular shape of 430m long and 370m wide. Inside the Citadel is the Forbidden City, also rectangular, 174m long and 126m wide. Through many excavations, many architectural works have been revealed, proving that the Thai Duc dynasty developed on this land. That is the main hall's floor, the octagonal floor with Bat Trang tiles and Champa white stone. The two semi-circular lakes are symmetrical around the octagonal palace, with rows of coral stones and stone steps attached to the lake. In addition to two semicircular lakes, the excavation also revealed a heart-shaped lake. Hundreds of years old fig trees next to Gia Son island. The square well at the corner of the citadel is paved with laterite, but the water is still clear to this day even though over time the plants and trees accidentally cover it. The Imperial Citadel also witnessed battles between the Tay Son and Nguyen dynasties, including the siege battle between the two Tay Son generals, Tran Quang Dieu, Vo Van Dung, and general Vo Tanh in May 1801. Unable to resist the Tay Son army, Vo Tanh self-immolated along with the civil servant Ngo Tung Chau, who drank poison and committed suicide. After the fall of the Tay Son Dynasty, this place became a place to worship the "twin faithful" Vo Tanh and Ngo Tung Chau. Although the Imperial Citadel is only a historical relic, the culture and craft villages around the citadel are still the same as ever. Not as many as the "36 streets" of Thang Long citadel, but around the Emperor Citadel there are still many craft villages bustling with production such as Van Son pottery village, Phuong Danh weaving village, Bang Chau bronze casting village, wood turning village, etc. hats... show a bustling capital with horses, carriages and prosperity, making us feel uneasy thinking about an ancient legend. The citadel was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national monument in 1982. Source: Website of the People's Committee of An Nhon town

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Outstanding relic site