(HNMCT) - The Hanoi flagpole (Ky Dai) is an important work in the World Heritage complex of Thang Long Imperial Citadel (Hanoi) which was recognized by UNESCO in 2010.
Hanoi flagpole is a part of the architecture of Hanoi citadel, built by King Gia Long (Nguyen Dynasty) from 1805-1812, after destroying the old Imperial Citadel of Thang Long and building the new North Citadel according to the architectural style. Vauban. The work is located on the Shinto axis, in front of the citadel, in the middle between the Southeast and Southwest gates; Currently located in the campus of the Vietnam Military History Museum (Dien Bien Phu Street, Ba Dinh District). In Vietnam, there are only four Nguyen Dynasty ramparts left with flagpoles: Hue Citadel, Hanoi Citadel, Son Tay Citadel and Nam Dinh Citadel.
Hanoi flagpole architecture has two main parts including the base and the column body. Construction materials are mainly bricks and stones. The base floors of the 1st and 2nd floors have a truncated square pyramid shape, getting smaller and overlapping. The 3rd floor has four doors, except for the North gate, the remaining three doors are covered with two Chinese characters: East Gate - Nghenh Huc (to welcome the morning sun), South gate - Huong Minh (towards the light), West gate - Hoi Quang (towards the light). reflected light). From the 1st to the 3rd floor, there are stairs leading up. The 3rd floor has a cylindrical flagpole body consisting of 8 sides tapering upwards, each side is 2.13m with a body of 18.2m high.
In the column body, there is a spiral staircase of 54 steps leading to the top; illuminated and vented by 39 asterisks and 6 fan-shaped windows. These doorways are placed along the edges, each side has up to 5-6 windows. The top of the flagpole is made up of an octagonal floor, 3.3m high, with 8 windows corresponding to the eight sides. In the middle of the floor is a round cylinder, 40cm in diameter, reaching the top of the floor to plant the flag. The whole flagpole is 33.4m high, if including the flagpole is 41.4m. This part of the floor was built by the French to serve as an observatory after they destroyed the Hanoi citadel in 1894-1897 and kept the flagpole and a few other works. However, this extra construction has the appropriate architecture and functions, so it should be kept to this day.
At 15:00 on October 10, 1954, for the first time, the red flag with yellow star of the independent Vietnam was hoisted to the top of the flagpole and fluttered in the sky of Hanoi. Over the past 200 years, the Hanoi flagpole has been a witness to the ups and downs of the capital. And over the past half century, the image of a flagpole with a red flag with a yellow star has become a symbol of a heroic Hanoi, thousands of years of civilization.
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