LAST DEMO: INPERIAL CITADEL OF THANG LONG, HO CHI MINH MUSEUM

I. HO CHI MINH MUSEUM

1. Who is Ho Chi Minh?
- Ho Chi Minh president is the greatest father of Vietnam, who led the Vietnamese
community party to defeat enemies by finding an important path. He was born in
1890 in Kim Lien village, Nghe An province. His family has hard learning and patriotic
tradition for a thought history. His father passed exams and got an important
mandarin in court. Ho Chi Minh continued to his family’s path and had an intense
effect on contemporary patriots with several different ideals to catch Vietnam’s
independence
2. Why did Ho Chi Minh learned and go to France?

- Firstly, during this period, Vietnam is conquered by France. He wanted to know the
enemy’s life; liberty, equality and fraternity happened in this country or not.
France dominated Vietnam and caused many damages and suffering both
mentally and physically. That’s why dozens of patriotic movements outbreak but
limited strategies and paths. Ho Chi Minh sought the problems and decided to go an
particular way that nobody had done before going to France – a country dominating
his country. In the period, there was only one way to go by ship, he became a
waitress in the boat and it was easy to get his target was go to France. When he
came France, he recognized that this country had right human, liberty, equally and
even fraternity but it was quite different than Vietnam. In Vietnam, French said that
they came here to make a propaganda, but they did not. Instead of that, they
exploited labors and rich sources like iron, gold, valuable animals, and plants…
3. The process of Ho Chi Minh’s rescue country path
- 1911, he changed his name to Van Ba and went to France’s ship as an waitress in
order to go to France
- He chose America is the second country to visit in 1912. That was some reasons.
First, America is the first independence’s country, he wanted to know how they
could do that. Besides, there were a lot of progressive thinkers. He approached to
them by being a waitress again in their place.
- He could do anything as long as reach closer to his target. During his time, he
renamed many times and had different jobs, worked in a lot of colonial countries or
imperial countries and colonist as well. He found that there are only 2 types of
human: the exploiter and the exploited. Based on Marxism, his ideal is more and
more enhanced.
- In 1930, Nguyen Ai Quoc unified the three communist organizations into an only
official political party, called the Vietnam communist party. Whereas, he
promulgated progressive strategies but also got opposite opinions.
- The importance of Ho Chi Minh is more insisted on the august revolution. By
excellent vision, he recognized the controversial of world background in the end of
the war world second, he led a nation the success of August revolution and
 established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh is the first
president. (1945-1955)
- In his time, he came out many useful policy, led communists to complete 2 tasks:
focus on production and improve communism in the north and releasing in the
south.
- In 1969, he died because of his old age and health.
4. Hall
- Bronze statue was built in….
- The significant point is behind the statue. First, banyan tree represents survival, and
strong longevity. It means Ho Chi Minh always lives in Vietnamese’s heart.
- The sun is on the top shows that his wisdom and enlightenment. He found the
correct path of country releasing.
- On the floor, there are square and circle details that represent yin and yang
harmony in westerner’s belief.
5. Dragon statue
- since the very beginning, this has been the story of the Vietnamese people. Our
parents, Lạc Long Quân the dragon (rồng) and Âu Cơ the immortal (tiên) also could
not stay together because of their disparate natures and had to go their separate
ways. Father, being of the sea, took his half of the children to live near the ocean
and Mother, being of the mountains, led hers closer to the sky. Vietnamese believe
this legend and tell with others like their proud where they came from.
6. Hometown: Ho Chi Minh’s house
- Followed by his real house in Kim Lien,
Nghe An. The house where he lived in
childhood and approach progressive
ideals from father’s friends. By the way,
his father’s name is Nguyen Sinh
Khiem, a mandarin in Nguyen’s court.
His mother’s name is Nguyen Thi Lan, is
strong, hard-working woman,
represent woman pattern in feudal
society. She worked all day, take care
of sons and husband. During that time, woman had to both ear money, households.
Man in the house have only one task is study to get a position in a court.
Unfortunately, her husband passed exam and had a position after her death.
- Handloom: a place where his father made clothes for all members. In the past,
sewing is one of woman’s standards to judge they are handy or not.
- Bamboo: is familiar with Vietnam’s village. bamboo has various functions such us
furniture, house’s ingredient, or in Thanh’s legend, it used for a weapon to fight
invaders. bamboo has a lot of meanings. It represents strong solidarity, flexibly.
7. Society
- During that time, Vietnamese were forced by 2 power, one is the feudal and the
other imperialism. These clothes describe about clearly.
 - Beside them is a cyclo, Vietnamese used hand power
to made it move, it seems like a slave under of elite
class control.
8. Xoviet Nghe Tinh movement
- This was the first movement led by
the Vietnamese community party.
- This movement succeeded,
established a new government.
Although it existed only 4 – 5 months
but its influences brought for people
are no doubt. They performed new
strategies, one of the aspects that
breaking the old rule of the court,
insisted on enhancing work
conditions.
- The differences weapon between
Vietnamese and France are clear. On the hand side, they use all agricultural and life
stuff. On the other hand, they use modern weapon: gun, prison…

9. The world war II: THE SECOND WORLD WAR

- The direct reason is

Germany boomed Spain
then the war outbreak
almost in the world. There
were 2 opposing military
alliances: the allies and the
Axis. The Axis are countries
that developed economy
but having a few colonies.
The Allies are countries that
having a lot of colonies. It begun in 1939 and ended
1945. During the war, 2 nuclear booms were explored
and caused much damage to human, economy, society
especially human’s mental
- All statues represent the deadly results of war: no
shape faces, mothers are holding the light to find her
son.
- Moreover, about 10 million jews were killed by German. Jew children were forced
to work hard in factories or lad.
10. Pac po cave
- In 1941, Ho Chi Minh came back Viet
after 30 years on board. He chose Pac Po
which is the campaign headquarter.
That’s why these designs as wrinkles of
the brain.
- Cao bang is a province with many
exalted movements, near China’s
border, is easy to contact the world.

11. His ideal

- Stop war, protect nature
- He predicted that it will be unstable and risky if
this situation keeps happening.

12. Truong Son trail

- Ho Chi Minh trail or Annamite Range Trail was a
logistical network of roads and trails that ran
from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through
Laos and Cambodia. It was used from 1959 to
1975, passed by the France war and the America
war. This is one of essential characters built the
nation of success. In the beginning, people
walked and used bicycles to deliver weapons and
production and then due to Lienxo assistance,
people used trucks to do this. However, the
negative of using trucks is revealing and almost
trails were boomed. Besides facing booms,
soldiers faced fever, mosquito fever…
- Overcoming harsh conditions, soldiers completed
their tasks perfectly and contributed to the last win and reunification.
13. The symbol of 3 regions
- This is the lotus which is supposed to be
the national flower. It represents purity
 and rebirth. Revolving around it is 3 emblematic symbols corresponding to 3 regions
in Vietnam. Khue Van Cac, is a building of the temple of literature, Thien Mu pagoda
in the middle, and Ben Thanh market is a symbol of the south. It shows that Vietnam
is a solidary country with strong linking between all regions.

II. INPERIAL CITADEL OF THANG LONG

1. History of Thang Long – Ha Noi
- The origin of the Citadel dates back to the 7th century, when its very
first foundation was set up. Vietnam was under Chinese invasion at the
time, and a Chinese fortress was said to be built in the area. In 1010,
King Ly Thai To moved the capital from Hoa Lu (Ninh Binh) to Dai La
(former name of Hanoi) and renamed it Thang Long. The Citadel was
built in the same place, over the top of the torn-down fortress. From
then on, the Citadel had remained the center of regional political power
for 13 consecutive centuries.
- The Imperial Citadel was expanded under Tran, Le and Nguyen
Dynasty, with several occasions of major destruction by war. It
remained the seat of the Vietnamese Court until 1810, when Emperor
Quang Trung moved the capital from Thang Long to Phu Xuan (now
known as the Imperial City of Hue), and Thang Long was no longer the
capital of the country.
- During the French colonial era, the royal palaces and most of the
structures were severely damaged. By the 20th century, a number of
the remaining structures were torn down. The Citadel was used by the
Imperial Japanese Army to imprison over 4000 French colonial soldiers
captured in March 1945. During 1954, when the Vietnamese Army took
over Hanoi, the Citadel became the headquarter of the Ministry of
Defense.
2. Structures
- The few remaining structures within the royal compound are the Main Gate (Đoan
Môn) marking the southern entrance to the royal palace, the Hanoi Flag Tower (Cột
cờ Hà Nội), the steps of Kinh Thiên Palace (Điện Kính Thiên), and the Rear Palace
(Hậu Lâu).
- Main Gate: Doan Mon is one of the main entrances to the Forbidden City. Basing on
construction materials and remaining architectural style of the relics, it can be
affirmed that current Doan Mon was built under Le Dynasty and restored in Nguen
Dynastry.
- The monument is situated in the south of Kinh Thien Palace on the same axis with
Hanoi Flag Tower. Doan Mon was built horizontally in U-shape. Doan Mon was built
in the style of ancient city wall with five gates symmetrically erecting through a
“deity axis”, also known as the “righteousness axis” of the Imperial Citadel.
 - Kinh Thien Palace is the central area among the overall vestiges in Thang Long –
Hanoi Imperial Citadel. It used to be a palace of great significance where the court
held the most solemn rituals, welcomed foreign emissaries and gave audience to
discuss affairs of state. According to “The Complete History of Dai Viet”, Kinh Thien
Palace started to be built in 1428 under the reign of King Le Thai To and completed
under the reign of King Le Thanh Tong.
- During French domination at the end of the XIXth century, French colonialists
destroyed Kinh Thien royal step-over palace and built a headquarters of artillery
which was then called Dragon Courtyard (aka Long Tri) because there were stone
dragons in the front and at the back.
- In 1886, it was destroyed. Nowadays, only ruins of steps and the palace foundations
remain (within the Hanoi Ancient Citadel).
- Hau Lau is about 2.392m2, once known as Tinh Bac Lau (Palace that keeps the North
peace), was built after the Later Le dynasty, the whereabouts for living and daily
activities of the queen and the princess. The palace was built of bricks; the lower
part has rectangular parallelepiped shape. The lower floor had three levels of roof;
the upper floor had two levels of roofs. The roof modeled after Vietnamese
traditional architecture of multi-level roof with crescent blades; the entire roof was
built with brick and concrete structure but the outer surface was built like tiles.
3. Building D67
- From 1954 to 1975, the People's Army of Vietnam, had its headquarters within
the Citadel. Building D67 was constructed (as the name suggests) in 1967. It was
built the contemporary architectural style (to look like a house and hide its military
significance) with many defensive features, including a 60-centimeter thick
soundproofing wall, reinforced entrances, and a connecting tunnel that allowed
for emergency evacuation in case of an attack