Insight Guides Explore Vietnam (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Vietnam
Publisher: APA
Published: 2019-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

Stone statues at the tomb of Khai Dinh

Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications

Tu Duc, the son of Thieu Tri and the Nguyen Dynasty’s fourth king, reigned for 36 years, the longest reign of any of the Nguyen kings. He spent his leisure hours in the two pavilions beside the lake, Luu Khiem, where he wrote poetry, no doubt inspired by the beauty of his surroundings, and often went fishing. Xung Khiem is the more interesting of the two lakeside pavilions. A staircase leads to the Luong Khiem mausoleum, which contains a collection of furniture, vases and jewellery boxes. Further on is the terrace leading to the tomb, with its stone elephants, horses and mandarins. The tomb itself, ritually inaccessible, is covered by dense pine forest. The tombs of Tu Duc’s adopted son, Kien Phu, and Queen Le Thien An, lie beside the lake.

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