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Quang Trung Emperor’s statue inaugurated in Hue
Monday, 11 January 2010
A
ceremony to inaugurate the statue of Quang Trung Emperor, who defeated Qing
dynasty’s 200,000 troops of out of Vietnam
in the spring of 1789, was held at the Ban mountain square in the ancient
imperial city of Hue
on Jan. 9.
The
inauguration is one of activities towards the Thang Long-Hanoi millennium
anniversary and of major culture activities of the central province of Thua
Thien-Hue this year.
The national hero’s 21m high marble statue is made
of 18 slabs, weighing 10-60 tonnes each. It was created by sculptor Le Dinh
Quy.
Apart from the statue, these are temples dedicated
to Emperor Quang Trung, Empress Le Ngoc Han and the mandarins of Tay Son
dynasty and a showroom displaying documents and objects from the Tay Son
uprising.
The total construction of the statue costs 19.8
billion VND (about 1 million USD).
Right after the inaugural ceremony, a festival to
describe the national hero’s coronation was held with the participation of 1,480
artists./.
