King Le Temple

King Le Temple

King Le Temple is located in Den village, Hoang Tung commune, Hoa An district, Cao Bang province, 11km from Cao Bang city center. The temple worships King Le Thai To (also known as Emperor Le Loi Cao). King Le's temple was built on Long mound (ie dragon mound), a high mound north of Na Lu citadel. Inside the citadel, there are 4 raised mounds corresponding to 4 names: Long, Ly, Quy, Phuong. According to legend and historical documents, King Le Temple was originally a palace in Na Lu citadel. The citadel was built by Cao Bien. In the 11th century, Nung Ton Phuc (father of Nung Tri Cao), leader of Quang Nguyen province, continued to build. During the reign of Ly Thai Tong, in the reign of Thong Thuy, in the 6th year, i.e. 1039, Nung Ton Phuc proclaimed himself Chieu Thanh Emperor and changed the name of Quang Nguyen province to Truong Sinh country; Then he built a citadel and a palace at Na Lu. In March 1039, Nung Ton Phuc was destroyed by the Ly dynasty. In 1414, the Ming invaders ruled our country. In Cao Bang, they stationed a Thai governor at Dong Lan mound, Na Lu citadel, forced the people to pay heavy taxes, suppressed and oppressed the people's lives. extremely miserable. Faced with that situation, Be Khac Thieu - a wealthy commander in Cao Bang recruited troops to stand up for an uprising, and at the same time linked up with Nong Dac Thai to organize a fight against the enemy, winning after a fierce battle at Na Khuoi. (September 1426). Be Khac Thieu proclaimed himself Be Dai Vuong, appointed Nong Dac Thai as Marshal of Nong, stationed in Na Lu citadel, and sent troops to rebuild the palace in 1430. In 1592, the Mac dynasty fled to Cao Bang, Mac Kinh Cung took over Na Lu citadel and established a palace. After three generations living in Cao Bang, during the time of Mac Kinh Vu, he was defeated by the Le - Trinh army. The Mac Dynasty abandoned the palace and Na Lu citadel and fled to China. In the 3rd Chinh Hoa year of King Le Hy Tong's reign, in 1682, the governor of Cao Bang, Le Van Hai, asked King Le to repair the old Na Lu citadel as a temple to worship King Le Thai To (King Le Temple today). ; Take the robe and sword to worship at the throne. Before the August Revolution and during the resistance war against the French and the Americans, King Le's temple was a historical relic associated with the Party's activities during the period of national and democratic revolution. Here, in 1936, comrade Hoang Dinh Giong founded the "Anti-Imperial Youth Union". The temple is built in a triangle shape with 3 houses, 7 compartments, walls made of bricks, tiled roofs, trusses, and wooden diaphragms. Around the temple, a 600m long wall was built, in front of the temple there were two courtyards of about 1,000m2. The temple is a place to organize festivals and gather cultural and artistic activities of the people in the region. King Le Temple Festival is held on the 6th day of the first lunar month every year. In addition to the ceremony held early in the morning in the presence of a large number of people in the area, the festival includes cultural and artistic activities, folk games such as Chinese chess, human chess, stick pushing, tug of war... attracts a large number of people to participate. King Le Temple is a valuable historical and educational relic of our people's struggle against invaders, as well as a valuable cultural heritage in terms of architectural and artistic value of the nation. This is also a place to affirm the value of cultural quintessence and pride in the history of the glorious revolutionary struggle tradition of our nation in general and Cao Bang province in particular. On April 20, 1995, King Le Temple was ranked by the State as a National Historical and Cultural Relic. Source: Vietnam National Tourism Administration

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