Portraying the history of the nation's origins

Located in the Hung Kings Temple Historical Site, the Hung Kings Museum is considered a "history book in artifacts", authentically depicting the history of the origin of the Vietnamese people, attracting a large number of tourists from all over the world to visit, learn and explore the unique and distinctive values ​​of the history and culture of the land of the ancestors.

Hung Vuong Museum is designed according to the concept of ancient Vietnamese ancestors: Round sky, square earth.

Hung Vuong Museum is a new cultural project, started construction in 1986 in Cong Quan hill area, Hung Temple Historical Site and inaugurated on the Hung Temple Festival in 1993 (March 10, Quy Dau year). With a square architecture, symbolizing a giant square banh chung. In the middle of the first floor of the museum is a circle, in the middle is displayed a large bronze drum cast in imitation of the Hegơ I bronze drum, symbolizing the sky - earth, the universe according to the concept of the ancestors of the ancient Vietnamese people: round sky, square earth.

Currently, Hung Vuong Museum is preserving and conserving nearly 5,000 documents and artifacts. Of these, over 4,000 collected artifacts, 162 photos, 4 ceramic paintings, 9 bronze mounds and many other artifacts of the Hung Vuong era were excavated at sites in Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces. These are material cultural vestiges, scientific evidence showing the development process of ancient Vietnamese people from primitive times to the Hung Vuong era.

The 2nd floor of the Hung Vuong Museum is the main exhibition place to introduce and learn about the formation and development of the Van Lang state and the wet rice agricultural civilization of the Hung Kings. Through original documents and artifacts and supporting scientific documents displayed in 5 rooms according to the following topics: Country and people in primitive times; Beginning of the nation-building period; The career of building Van Lang by the Hung Kings; Display of artifacts on the heritage of Hung King worship; The sentiments of the people of the whole country, the attention of the Party, State leaders and international friends to Hung Temple.

Tourists learn about the National Treasure of the Hung Kings Temple Bronze Drum on display at the Hung Kings Museum

The exhibition content at Hung Vuong Museum focuses on rooms 1, 2 and 3 to highlight the formation and development of Van Lang state. The exhibits are selected from 4 typical cultural periods: Phung Nguyen Dong Dau, Go Mun, Dong Son.

Among the valuable artifacts in the museum, it is impossible not to mention 2 National Treasures: Hung Temple Bronze Drum and Bronze Belt Buckle. Of which, Hung Temple Bronze Drum was found in 1990 at Phan Ngui Hill, Hy Cuong Commune, Viet Tri City. This is the largest Dong Son drum among all known Dong Son drums in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

According to Decision No. 2599/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister dated December 30, 2013 on the recognition of National Treasures, the Hung Temple Bronze Drum ranks first in the list of 37 artifacts and groups of artifacts recognized as National Treasures.

National Treasure The bronze belt buckle was excavated at the Lang Ca archaeological site, Tho Son ward, Viet Tri city in 1976. This is a unique artifact, the first and only one to date found in Phu Tho. The bronze belt buckle is one of the typical artifacts of the Dong Son culture and is also recognized as one of the 37 National Treasures of the second phase. The two National Treasures above are both artifacts of the Dong Son culture period, about 2,500 years ago.

Visitors use an automated guide app to learn about the artifacts on display at the museum.

Since 2023, Hung Vuong Museum has developed a plan to apply automatic commentary to experience and visit activities. With the outstanding advantage of integrating 5 languages: Vietnamese, English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, this application helps international visitors easily access and learn.

Ms. Do Thi Bich Thuy - Tour guide of Hung Vuong Museum (Hung Temple Historical Site): Since the application of automatic guides, the outstanding features that automatic guides bring have been initially affirmed. Especially for groups of children, but large international groups and those who do not have much time, they can use their smartphones to scan QR codes posted at points and artifacts to get the most accurate and concise information about the artifacts they are learning about.

After visiting the museum with students from Nong Trang Secondary School, Garcia Vu Sandra - a girl with Vietnamese and Russian bloodlines, excitedly said: This is the first time I have visited the Hung Vuong Museum, I have learned and been supported by the tour guides, introduced to historical artifacts. Through that, I have learned more about the history and culture of the Vietnamese people. I am very proud.

Hung Vuong Museum is a place to organize many cultural activities such as bamboo pole stabbing performance, bronze drum beating to serve the people and tourists on the occasion of Hung Vuong Ancestor Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival.

In addition to applying automatic explanations to sightseeing activities to enhance the experience for visitors, the Hung Vuong Museum is also coordinating with the Department of Education and Training to deploy the model of "History Lesson" for students; helping them learn and understand the history and culture of the Ancestral Land; at the same time, gradually digitizing the entire archive of documents and artifacts to serve the management, storage as well as research and study of history for the people and tourists. On the other hand, the museum is also a place to organize many cultural activities such as performing bamboo shoots, beating bronze drums to serve the people and tourists on the occasion of the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day - Hung Temple Festival.

Hoang Giang

Source: https://baophutho.vn/khac-hoa-lich-su-noi-khoi-nguon-dan-toc-230020.htm