MINH MANG TOMB

MINH MANG TOMB - HUE
The original purpose of going to Minh Mang Tomb was to check in the ancient architecture, but by some force, I had the opportunity to learn and know more interesting historical information related to Minh Mang Tomb and the process of its completion.

✨ Minh Mang Tomb was originally designed to look like the upper part of the human body from above, with a head, spine, and two lungs
✨ Many officials in charge were demoted and suspended from work when building the right side of Trung Minh Lake because they made mistakes compared to the design - instead of healthy lungs, the lake was dug in the shape of a lung of a person with pneumonia due to smoking too much @@ (according to what the tour guide told me)
✨ The structures inside Minh Mang Tomb were built like a miniature Hue Imperial Citadel because the king wanted his life in the afterlife to be the same as when he was alive
✨ The path from the gate of Minh Mang Tomb to Buu Thanh (where the king was buried - in theory) is a straight line because King Minh Mang was a politician, for the king everything needed to be clear and straight to the point, he did not like to be devious
✨ The crescent-shaped lake surrounding Buu Thanh - in addition to the meaning explained on Wikimedia - I was hear another interesting information that "King Minh Mang believed that the new moon would be full and shine, while the full moon would then wane and gradually lose its light - He hoped that in his time, Dai Nam (today's Vietnam) was only in the new moon phase, his children, the Nguyen dynasties later would continue the journey from the new moon to the full moon and shine even brighter.
✨ According to theory - below Buu Thanh is where the king was buried, but the truth is that the king's coffin was buried somewhere in the Minh Mang Tomb area, not below Buu Thanh, and the specific location is unknown.
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Post by Langnt | May 8, 2025