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Tourists from Ho Chi Minh City visit Quang Trung Museum. Photo N.T |
A ceremony was held on December 15 to mark the 30th anniversary of establishment of Quang Trung Museum. During 30 years, Quang Trung Museum has been considered as the home for Tay Son dynasty's treasures.
Preserve "Tay Son dynasty's treasures"
It took 30 years to collect more than 11,057 items and scientific documents displayed at Quang Trung Museum now. They have been collected from many provinces where there is trace of Tay Son dynasty.
"It wasn't easy to persuade those who were keeping items originated from Tay Son's dynasty such as conferring decree, bronze bell, and cannon because they kept them as their own treasures," said director of Quang Trung Museum.
The discovery of a storehouse of coins in Cat Tien Commune of Phu Cat District in 1998, for example, was a memorable event owing to its great value. When knowing that there were many jars of coin found, the staff of Quang Trung Museum went to Cat Tien at once and were really happy to know thousands of coins casted under dynasties of Kings Thai Duc, Quang Trung, and Canh Thinh.
Also, thanks to Vietnamese embassies and other relationship, many antiques were collected from foreign countries. A troupe of artists was formed, helping visitors know more about Tay Son dynasty and traditional martial arts by performing the war drums.
And better
Quang Trung Museum is now being expanded. Over VND18 billion has been invested in upgrading the museum. A complex of vestiges and landscape is expected to be built on an area of 16 hectares.
Also, other items such as the square, flower garden, temples to Bui Thi Xuan and Vo Van Dung will be built and restored.
Thanks to the sponsorship, cultural works like statue of King Quang Trung, statue of three Tay Son's national heroes, Bana cultural communal house, and Canh Thinh kettle drum make the museum become more beautiful.
It is believed that Quang Trung Museum would continue developing, becoming a center for researching the history of Tay Son dynasty.
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