Hue Imperial City - Ancient beauty on the poetic Huong River

When coming to Hue, the first place to visit is Hue Citadel - a historical architectural complex of ancient quintessence painted in red and gold, the residence of the Nguyen Dynasty, recognized as a World Cultural Heritage. Through the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam", let's visit Hue Citadel with author Huynh My Thuan through the album "Hue ancient architecture", to enjoy the poetic beauty and experience, explore the ancient vestiges remaining in Hue Citadel.

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Ngo Mon Gate is the first stop when visitors visit the Imperial City, a place that makes visitors amazed by the ancient beauty in the middle of the gentle nature, looking like an ancient painting over time. Next to Ngo Mon Gate is the Ky Dai, then Ngo Mon is the construction in the South of the Imperial City, above is the Ngu Phung pot painted in red and gilded - where the King often resides during ceremonies. In addition, there are other places: Thai Hoa Palace, Thai Binh Lau, Can Chanh Palace... Outside the Imperial City, there are many ancient palaces over 2 centuries: Mausoleums: Gia Long Mausoleum, Minh Mang Mausoleum, Thieu Tri Mausoleum, Tu Duc Mausoleum... Thien Mu Pagoda, Bao Vinh Ancient Town...

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Album "Hue ancient architecture" - author Huynh My Thuan

Hue Imperial City was built in the first half of the 20th century, this is one of the relics recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage since 1993. Hue Imperial City is the place where the Nguyen kings and the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam lived and worked. This relic site is the largest-scale project in Vietnamese history with a construction period lasting many years with tens of thousands of workers and activities such as filling rivers, digging trenches, building walls, along with a huge volume of earth and rock up to millions of cubic meters.

The photo and video contest “Happy Vietnam”, organized by the Department of External Information, Ministry of Information and Communications on the website https://happy.vietnam.vn, is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over. The contest aims to honor individuals and groups with positive information products, making practical contributions to the propaganda and promotion of a beautiful image of Vietnam to the world. Thereby, helping people in the country, compatriots abroad and international friends access authentic images of the country, Vietnamese people, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights, towards a happy Vietnam.

Prize value: 2 first prizes, each 100,000,000 VND 2 second prizes, each 30,000,000 VND 2 third prizes, each 20,000,000 VND 10 consolation prizes, each 5,000,000 VND 2 prizes for the work with the most votes, each 10,000,000 VND 2 prizes for the work with the most shares, each 10,000,000 VND./.

Bich Huong