Ninh Binh, a land of genius with unspoiled nature and towering limestone mountains, brings with it the breath of time. Coming to Ninh Binh, not only the charming natural scenery but also discover the ancient beauty imbued with the history of an ancient capital.
Ninh Binh is an ancient land, more than 30,000 years ago, ancient Vietnamese people lived on this land. Through the course of history, the land of Ninh Binh has many changes in name. In the 3rd year of Minh Mang (1822), he changed from Thanh Binh religion to Ninh Binh religion, the name Ninh Binh originated from here, with the meaning of a stable and peaceful land expressing the will to persevere, the spirit of heroism, the feelings of the people of this land. 
Hoa Lu Festival is held every year – photo CTV The ancient capital of Ninh Binh inherits the historical and cultural heritages of the ancient capital region with more than a thousand years of history. Ninh Binh currently has over 1,000 historical – cultural relics, including 2 special national-level relics, 79 national-ranked relics, 225 provincial-level-ranked relics, and 260 festivals. traditional. “Hoa Lu ancient capital” is the capital of the first centralized feudal state in our country with a heroic history, associated with many ups and downs in the history of Vietnam. Over the past 10 centuries, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital still retains its majesty and contemplation with more than 30 monuments, including the temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang and the temple of King Le Dai Hanh which are two particularly important monuments to the world. The unique ancient architecture reached the level of virtuosity and sophistication in the art of wood and stone carving in the seventeenth century. 
Temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang Once you set foot here, you can feel every breath of the old dynasties when walking through each monument in Hoa Lu: the temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang, the temple of King Le Dai Hanh, the temple of the princess. Phat Kim, King Le’s mausoleum, Dinh King’s mausoleum, Co Am pagoda, Cho palace, underground palace. Each architecture is a masterpiece of art with meticulous carvings on many materials, thereby fully depicting the grandeur and prosperity of the ancient citadel. As a charming landscape, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital is not only known for its famous scenic spots, but it also has spiritual tourist sites that are frequently visited by domestic and foreign tourists. It is no coincidence that this land was chosen by King Dinh to build the citadel. That must be the place with the back leaning against the mountain, facing the river, surrounded by mountains and hills, forming a solid and impregnable defense position. It has many architectural works of great historical significance, along with traditional festivals handed down until now. In particular, coming to the land of Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, in addition to enjoying the charming scenery, this place also has a system of famous spiritual temples. 
Gate to Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Hoa Lu relic area is divided into 3 areas: Special protection zone – This area includes the entire area inside Hoa Lu citadel, with relics such as: Temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang, temple of King Le Dai Hanh, Tomb of King Dinh and Tomb of King Le…; part of Trang An ecological area and the city wall, underground palace foundation…. The buffer zone includes the landscape area on both sides of Sao Khe river and the complex of Trang An relics, including Am Tien pagoda and cave, communal house and communal house. Yen Trach… The related monuments, although not located in the two regions above, but they played an important role during the Dinh Dynasty, including: Bai Dinh Pagoda, South Gate, Dong Gate, Hoa Lu Cave, Thien Ton Cave, Dinh Temple Bo Linh and the relics of King Dinh worship in Ninh Binh province. Hoa Lu ancient capital has become a particularly important national historical and architectural complex that needs to be preserved very well in Vietnam and is also recognized by UNESCO as one of the four core areas of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Trang An World Heritage Site. Along with a thickness of up to more than 1,000 years, this is a place to keep historical relics through the ages. Besides, there are also remnants of ancient citadel, interesting mountains and caves. King Dinh Tien Hoang knew how to fully exploit nature to serve people. This architectural style maximizes human and material savings. Just sealing the cliffs, that is, adding artificial walls to connect the mountains together, there are solid walls. The length of the mountains that make up the nature is about 8 km. There are 13 artificial walls. The length of the artificial walls is about 2 km, the shortest wall is 65 m. 
Hoa Lu – Trang An Festival is held every year These walls are built with a height of 8 to 10 m, some sections are covered with clay and bricks, and the legs are bundled with bricks; there is a section inside of brickwork, outside of embankment; there is a section filled with rock and soil and a section filled with soil. The citadel is paved with pieces of wood. At present, traces of 13 city walls still exist. The natural city walls are mountain ranges, with tops up to 200 m high like Mong Mang, making the wall of Hoa Lu capital unevenly high, undulating but superficial and majestic. It can be said that Hoa Lu citadel is the wall of creation and people. Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People’s Committee Pham Quang Ngoc said: “Along with outstanding global values of majestic natural landscape, geomorphological geology and cultural depth, Hoa Lu and Ninh Binh land also marks On the 10th day of the 3rd month of the 3rd month of the year of the year of the Dragon, after defeating and conquering 12 warlords and reunifying the country, Dinh Bo Linh was crowned Emperor and placed the great historical events of the country. The country’s name was Dai Co Viet, the capital was at Hoa Lu, and the era name was Thai Binh – associated with the first centralized feudal state institution in the nation’s history, opening the national legitimacy, was the continuing the national tradition of the Hung Kings.The local cultural and natural heritage values are always preserved, handed down, embellished, and present in the material and spiritual life of the people. of the people, becoming an invaluable resource for today and in the future”. 
A corner of Trang An taken from above – CTV photo Along with Hoa Lu ancient capital is Bai Dinh pagoda complex with an area of 539 hectares, including 27 hectares. The ancient Bai Dinh pagoda area has a history of formation from the Dinh dynasty and the 80ha Bai Dinh pagoda area was newly built in 2003, along with many other items. Surrounding the pagoda are tall and magnificent limestone mountain arcs, which harmonize with the pagoda scene to form a massive and dignified work. With the current size of Bai Dinh Pagoda, there are few temples in Vietnam that can match it. The largest gilded bronze Buddha in Asia. The statue of Shakyamuni Buddha sitting on a lotus throne and reciting lotus flowers in the main hall in the temple’s Dharma master shrine has been set a record by the Asian Record Center as the continent’s largest gilded bronze Buddha statue. 
Art program recreating the ancient capital of Hoa Lu With Bai Dinh pagoda, historical and cultural relics of Hoa Lu ancient capital and other relics such as Nhat Tru Pagoda, Thien Ton cave, Bich Dong pagoda, worshiping works dating back hundreds of years have been ranked as heritage sites. Historical site at provincial and national level, Ninh Binh is known as an ancient land, which has attracted the attention of domestic and international tourists. By coming here, visitors can not only discover the unique architectural art of historical sites, but also learn about the roots through historical stories and folk legends associated with each spot. monuments on this land. “In recent years, Ninh Binh tourism has made a breakthrough development, becoming a bright spot voted by many international travel websites as one of the top attractive destinations in Vietnam and the world. Average visitor growth in the period 2010-2019 reached over 11%.In 2019, Ninh Binh welcomed nearly 8 million visitors, creating jobs and sustainable livelihoods for tens of thousands of local people, creating motivation to promote, determine development strategy for many industries and fields, and especially, in 2021, Ninh Binh will continue to host the National Tourism Year, which is both an honor and a responsibility of the Party Committee, the government and the government. The province’s people are also an opportunity to affirm the position and image of Ninh Binh tourism on the tourist map of Vietnam and the world about an ancient land,” added the Chairman of Ninh Binh province.
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