Part of the Guinness World Record Ceramic Road was destroyed.

TPO - The ceramic road used to be the pride of the people of Hanoi because of its beauty and impressive length of 3,850m running along many streets. Currently, a part of the ceramic paintings has been destroyed to serve the project of expanding the dike gate, besides, many sections are also seriously degraded.

01/16/2025 | 15:15

TPO - The ceramic road used to be the pride of the people of Hanoi because of its beauty and impressive length of 3,850m running along many streets. Currently, a part of the ceramic paintings has been destroyed to serve the project of expanding the dike gate, besides, many sections are also seriously degraded.

Recently, people passing through Tan Ap border gate (Ba Dinh district) were extremely surprised to see part of the ceramic road broken into pieces.

In 2010, the ceramic road was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the longest ceramic mural in the world (3,850 m long), stretching from Van Kiep border gate (Hoan Kiem district) to An Duong border gate (Tay Ho district). The entire structure is composed of 27 consecutive ceramic murals with many themes and motifs according to the flow of history.

Current status of the destroyed ceramic road in December 2024.

According to information from the People's Committee of Ba Dinh district, the district is currently implementing a project to expand Tan Ap border gate at K64+455 Huu Hong dike from two compartments to three compartments.

Previously, voters of Phuc Xa ward had made many recommendations on expanding Tan Ap and Long Bien border gates. Voters of Phuc Xa ward requested "to soon expand Tan Ap and Long Bien border gates because there are currently many agencies and units of the armed forces stationed in the ward, so the traffic of people and vehicles is high, leading to frequent congestion at these two border gates". In particular, because Tan Ap border gate is not large in size, the city has not arranged large-capacity fire trucks for the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team of Ba Dinh District Police, affecting fire fighting and rescue work in the district.

A representative of the Ba Dinh District Construction Investment Project Management Board said that the investment project is not large but is a special dike project, so many related procedures are required. When the entire expansion is nearly 16m, the border gate will no longer have a concrete pillar in the middle. When the flood comes, all the steel in the tunnel will be pulled out to block the flood. Because there is no pillar in the middle, the border gate will be much wider than before.

Regarding the destruction of the ceramic road, the representative of the District Project Management Board informed: The project demolished 44.7m of old concrete and replaced it with 35.5m of new concrete to make a tunnel to contain the fading wings. This included moving trees, lighting and restoring the ceramic road.

"We have contacted the author of the ceramic road because the project affects several dozen square meters of ceramic. Currently, the author has redrawn the perspective to ensure the layout after the reduction, for example, 2 lotus paintings are reduced to one painting. This will be fully refunded," the representative said.

He added: "The special dike project is only licensed for construction during the dry season, from November 20, 2024 to April 30, 2025. We have accelerated the progress to complete and put the project into use before March 30, 2025."

Not only the construction section, but also many sections of the ceramic road have been damaged and peeled due to lack of maintenance for a long time.

Tran Hoang

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