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An ancient stone incense burner and a document conferring honour title to Queen Dao Thanh Hong Nuong from the Tay Son Dynasty have just been discovered in the northern province of Hai Duong.
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A conferring document from Tay Son Dynasty
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Few relics and vestiges of the Tay Son Dynasty (1778-1802) still exist, and most of them are in the southern provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Xuan (now Thua Thien – Hue). However, the stone incense burner and the document were discovered and are currently being kept by a farmer family at Dong Trang Hamlet, Quang Phuc Commune, Tu Ky District, Hai Duong Province.
Historian Prof.Historian Le Van Lan said that these were valuable 211-year-old artefacts from King Canh Thinh’s times and should be preserved under the national heritage laws.
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The conferring document from Tay Son Dynasty discovered in Hai Duong Province
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The document, which is a large sheet of valuable paper printed with sunken images of dragons, hasn’t decayed in 200 years. The paper conferred the title of Dai Vuong (the highest grade next to the king) to Queen Dao Thanh Hong Nuong Le Thi Yen with many beautiful words. A Legend of Gods book, which read that Queen Le Thi Yen from Bac Ninh Province was conferred with the prestigious title, accompanied the paper. Accordingly, the Court would build a temple named Tu Linh Palace in Dan Trang Commune (Dong Trang Hamlet today) to honour the Queen after her death.
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Material and the sunken images of dragons on the paper
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The temple was built fronting the south, in shape of a Chinese-Ding-letter with a harem inside and a three-door gate outside.
A beauifully carved stone incense burner was discovered at the site of the temple.
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Source: VNN
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Translated by TU
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