Temple of Literature is located
on Van Mieu Street, 2km west of Hoan Kiem Lake. Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a
famous historical and cultural relic consisting of the Temple of Literature and
Vietnam is first university. The Temple of Literature was built in 1070 in
honour of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese
education.
Quoc Tu Giam, or Vietnam's first
university, was built in 1076. Throughout its hundreds of years of activity in
the feudal, thousands of Vietnamese scholars graduated from this university.
In 1483 Quoc Tu Giam was changed
into Thai Hoc Vien (Higher Educational Institute). After decades of war and
natural disasters, the former construction was completely destroyed. In
preparation for the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long
(present day Hanoi) another construction has been built following the model of
the previous Thai Hoc Vien on the same ground.
The work includes the front hall,
the back sanctuary, lean-tos on the left and on the right, the courtyard, and
subsidiary structures.
This site preserves historical
vestiges of a 1,000-year-old civilization such as statues of Confucius and his
disciples (Yan Hui, Zengshen, Zisi, Mencius), and ancient constructions such as
Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) and the Worshipping
Hall.
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