On the occasion of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23), the National Archives Center I (Department of State Records and Archives) and the Hue Monuments Conservation Center (People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province) jointly organized the exhibition space "Cau Ban of Nguyen Dynasty - Memories of a Dynasty".
Opening on November 17, the exhibition introduces to the public hundreds of pages of unique documents selected from the Nguyen Dynasty's Royal Records. Among them, many important documents are published for the first time.
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| A corner of the exhibition space about the Nguyen Dynasty's Royal Records. (Source: National Archives Center I) |
One of the notable points of this exhibition is the impressive design space combining lighting projection technology and installation art, enhancing the value of documents and artifacts, promising to bring viewers vivid experiences.
In addition, visitors can also directly interact to learn and discover more useful and interesting historical information from the Royal Records.
The exhibition area is especially suitable for students, providing young people with useful history lessons from the Royal Records, thereby supplementing and enriching knowledge about history and culture in schools.
According to National Archives Center I, the Nguyen Dynasty's Royal Records are a system of administrative documents produced during the state management activities of the Nguyen Dynasty's government apparatus, including documents issued by the Emperors and documents submitted by agencies in the government system to the Emperor for approval in red ink.
This system of documents was assigned to the Nguyen Dynasty Cabinet to collect and manage in a unified manner into a block of court documents.
The remaining Nguyen Dynasty Imperial Records today include more than 86,000 original documents of 11 Nguyen Dynasty kings: Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Kien Phuc, Ham Nghi, Dong Khanh, Thanh Thai, Duy Tan, Khai Dinh and Bao Dai. Of these, 10 kings left their approval in vermilion ink on the documents. The two kings who did not have Imperial Records were Duc Duc and Hiep Hoa.
This is the only original administrative document in Vietnam and one of the few in the world that still retains the direct approval of the emperors on the document.
In 2014, the Nguyen Dynasty's Imperial Records were recognized by UNESCO as a Documentary Heritage of the Asia-Pacific region. In 2017, the Nguyen Dynasty's Imperial Records were recognized by UNESCO as a World Documentary Heritage. Over 143 years of existence (1802-1945), the Nguyen Dynasty left its mark in history on unifying the country, establishing sovereignty, diplomatic relations, building the capital, culture and education, social life, administrative institutions, legal systems, examinations and books... all clearly reflected in the Nguyen Dynasty's Royal Records. |
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