Ancient Citadel to open to visitors on Hanoi’s anniversary

The Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a UNESCO world heritage site, will open to visitors in time for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary, according to the Hanoi People’s Committee.

On September 16, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung paid a visit to the site to check the arrangement of artifacts found at the 18 Hoang Dieu street archaeological excavations area the planned exhibition.

The cleanup of the relic site of the Thang Long citadel is expected to finish by September 20.

Also on September 16, a pair of ceramic dragons and an ornamental jar, the largest in Vietnam, were inaugurated to celebrate the 1,000 anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The steel-framed dragons are in the style of the Ly Dynasty. Each is 30m long and decorated with 10,000 plates, cups and bowls.

The works, made by artists of Hanoi’s Bat Trang traditional craft village, will be displayed in the Bach Thao (Botanical) Garden during the celebrations.

The country’s largest drum made by Doi Tam village, Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district, in Ha Nam province, was brought to Hanoi on September 16 to be used during the ceremony to celebrate the capital’s 1,000th anniversary.

The drum has a diametre of 2.35m, a height of 3m and weighs 1,300kg. It was made by the Pham Chi Khang family. (VNA)

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