Provincial leaders offer incense at the King Quang Trung Monument area before starting the art program.

In the heroic history of the Vietnamese people, Phu Xuan - Hue - Thuan Hoa is the land associated with the Tay Son dynasty, a dynasty that achieved glorious feats at the end of the 18th century, whose great achievements first and foremost belonged to the outstanding national hero Nguyen Hue - Quang Trung.

On December 22, 1788 (ie November 25, Mau Than year - exactly 235 years ago), at the historic Ban mountain, the genius general Nguyen Hue built an altar to worship heaven and earth and held a coronation ceremony to ascend the throne, taking the reign name Quang Trung year 1, then ordered troops to march to the North - a lightning-fast march, forever praised by history as a unique creation of the military genius Nguyen Hue - Quang Trung.

Art program reenacting the coronation ceremony and defeat of the Qing army of Emperor Quang Trung

With an active, continuous, rapid, unexpected, bold and fierce fighting style; on the night of the 30th of Tet - Spring of Ky Dau, Emperor Quang Trung and the Tay Son army began a stormy attack on the enemy's fortified positions. At dawn on the 5th of Tet Ky Dau (January 30, 1789), the Tay Son army launched a general attack on Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da fort and liberated Thang Long Citadel; defeated the Qing Dynasty's invasion war, maintained national independence and sovereignty; created a glorious, resounding victory in the history of our nation's resistance against foreign invaders.

The art program reenacting the coronation ceremony and the great defeat of the Qing army by Emperor Quang Trung took place vividly and meaningfully with 4 parts, including: gathering troops, coronation ceremony, sending troops to battle, and triumphant song reenacting the entire process of Emperor Quang Trung's coronation and the great defeat of the Qing army from the scene of calling on all classes of people to rise up in arms, to the coronation ceremony, sending troops to battle, and ending with an atmosphere of celebrating victory.

Many people and students from schools in the province came to enjoy the art program.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Truong Dinh Hanh emphasized that the art program recreating the coronation ceremony - commemorating the day the national hero Emperor Quang Trung - Nguyen Hue ascended the throne and the victory of Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da was organized on a large scale with a large number of actors combined with special sound effects and fire to recreate the ceremony with many important meanings, showing respect and gratitude for the glorious achievements of the Quang Trung dynasty, of the national hero "cloth shirt and red flag"; arousing the pride and tradition of fighting against foreign invaders of our nation; being an address to educate the tradition of patriotism, a sacred cultural land, attractive on the tourist map of Vietnam and Hue City.

News and photos: THANH HUONG