Royal Mausoleum

Royal Mausoleum

The Royal Mausoleum was built in 1826, including the tomb and temple of Mr. Pham Dang Hung, the grandfather of King Tu Duc, the father of Queen Mother Tu Du, wife of King Thieu Tri. At the end of the 16th century, Mr. Pham Dang Long followed his father to the Go Cong area. When he arrived at Go Rua (Son Quy), he saw that the land was very beautiful, but in the entire Go Cong area at that time, there was no place to dig a well with fresh water. Then he discovered underground water at Go Son Quy, so he gathered the graves of three generations here and built a house on this mound. Mr. Pham Dang Hung is the third child of Mr. Pham Dang Long, born in Go Son Quy, in 1764 (now Lang Hoang Gia hamlet, Long Hung commune, Go Cong Town - Tien Giang province). He is an intelligent man, perfect in literature and martial arts. In 1784, at the age of 20, he passed the Tam Truong exam, was appointed by the royal court to be a priest in the Palace, and then was promoted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1824, he was ordained Minister of Rites, and in 1825 he was entrusted with guarding the Hue citadel. In the summer of 1825, Pham Dang Hung fell ill and passed away. His coffin was brought back to his hometown and buried at Go Son Quy. In 1849, he was posthumously awarded the title Duc Quoc Cong by King Tu Duc. He had 4 children who were high-ranking mandarins in the Nguyen Dynasty. King Minh Mang married the princess to his son Pham Dang Thuat and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant. King Minh Mang also married his daughter Pham Thi Hang (also known as Mrs. Tu Du) to Prince Mien Tong, later King Thieu Tri. The mausoleum was built by Mr. Pham Dang Ta, the eldest son of Pham Dang Hung, on a land area of ​​3,000 m2, right on the old house of the Pham Dang family. The most talented artisans specializing in building mausoleums and royal palaces from Hue were brought together with local artisans to build unique architectural works, imbued with royal style. In 1849, when King Tu Duc posthumously promoted Pham Dang Hung to the title of Duc National Duke, he restored and expanded the church, built three more steps, three gates, and conferred deities according to royal rituals. Entering from the street, we see the main place where the National Duke Pham Dang Hung is worshiped; The left side worships Phuoc An Marquis Pham Dang Long, the father of Pham Dang Hung; On the right, Binh Thanh worships Pham Dang Dinh; The last one on the left worships My Khanh son Pham Dang Tien, the late grandfather Pham Dang Hung and the right one worships Thiem Su Phu Pham Dang Khoa, the nun Pham Dang Hung. Pham Dang Hung's grave is buried on a high mound shaped like a turtle shell. The tomb was built in the shape of an octagonal pillar top, looking both like a conical hat and a lotus bud. On the back of the tomb, a semicircular screen is built, with 4 dragons carved above and 5 unicorns below. Five great elements become bones - Unicorn walls appear, (Five generations of honor and good things - Auspicious omen of unicorns appear). Around his tomb there are a number of decorative reliefs such as lotus buds, dragon fish... In 1888, King Thanh Thai ascended the throne and prepared to visit the mausoleum so he had it restored. In the year of Khai Dinh 1921, the mausoleum was restored again and in 1998 the church was greatly restored, partly returning the special architectural features for the Royal Family in the famous Go land. On December 2, 1992, the Ministry of Culture and Information recognized the Royal Tombs as a national historical-cultural relic. Source: Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Tien Giang Province

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