Feng Shui is a traditional Chinese practice that aims to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment through the arrangement of objects and orientation of spaces. In the context of the Hue Royal Tombs, Feng-shui principles were used in the construction of the Hue Royal Tombs to ensure their alignment with the natural surroundings and to […]

As you know, the distance from Hue and Hoi An is about 140km and normally it takes about 3 hours non-stop to travel from Hue to Hoi An. With this distance, there are some kinds of transportation that help you travel from Hue to Hoi An. Below are the facts of each transportation that you […]

The peaceful and poetic ancient capital of Hue is the destination for visitors to experience like a time-lapse of time travel to the scenery of feudal Vietnam. Hue-style quiet frame Hue is a destination that brings its own attraction on the tourist map of the S-shaped strip of land. The ancient capital still has intact […]

Nine kilometers from the Hue Citadel by road toward the source of the Perfume River, Hon Chen temple – Temple of the Jade Cup has long been dedicated to the Goddess Po Nagar of Champa, and later to the Goddess Thien Y A Na of Vietnam. Date of construction of the temple was before the year 1555. […]

Emperor Dong Khanh was born in 1864, crowned in 1886 and breathed his last only 3 years later in 1889 at the age of 25. He was also Emperor Tu Duc’s nephew and foster-son. Since the reign of Dong Khanh, in other words, after the fall of the Hue city (5 July 1885), Vietnam completely […]

Besides simplicity in architecture, Duc Duc Tomb also has the following characteristics. It is: –         The tomb of an Emperor who reigned for only 3 days before his being dethroned and jailed to death by the Court. –         The nearest tomb to the Hue citadel (8 Duy Tan St.). –         The tomb compound containing two others of Emperor Thanh Thai […]

Minh Mang tomb Zenith of the Nguyen Dynasty was reached during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang (1820-1840). Minh Mang tomb was built 12km from Hue city in four years (1840-1843) by some 10,000 soldiers and workers. The tomb consists of about 40 monuments of various dimensions. All lie within a wall, oval in shape and 2,000 […]

Emperor Khai Dinh (1885 – 1925) ruled the country for 9 years from 1916 to 1925. His tomb, however, was built within 11 years, from 1920 to 1931, much longer than his reign. Under Khai Dinh, Western culture vigorously infiltrated into Vietnam. Khai Dinh himself made a tour to France in 1922. As a result, in […]

Hue city has seven tombs of seven Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty, planned and constructed in the hilly region southwest of the Citadel, Hue Royal tomb – namely: Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Duc Duc, Dong Khanh and Khai Dinh. They have in common the following features: –         The construction was started almost during […]

Born in 1829 and died in 1883, Tu Duc had reigned for over 35 years since 1848, longest among rulers of the Nguyen Dynasty. Tu Duc tomb, with some 50 constructions surrounded by a 1,500 m long wall, was built during 1864-1867. Emperor Tu Duc was expert at philosophy, Oriental history and particularly literature (he left […]