Lam Kinh - the former capital in Thanh Hoa

Lam Kinh - the former capital in Thanh Hoa

About 50 km from center of Thanh Hoa, Lam Kinh relics have many works of history with hundreds of years.

Historical area of ​​Lam Kinh is 200 ha (Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province) where hero Le Loi set up rebellion against the Ming invaders. After winning, in 1428, Le Loi took the name Le Thai To, named the country is Dai Viet.

The king built the capital in Thang Long (Hanoi) and set up in his hometown Lam Son a business called Lam Kinh. This place is also known as West (in order to distinguish it from Dong Kinh - Hanoi). There are many temples and shrines to worship ancestors, resting places of kings.

The entrance to the Imperial City has a dug river named Ngoc River. This flow originates from West Lake, around the city and Lam Kinh. According to the book Hoang Viet residual land, water in the river, the river bed has many beautiful round.

On the Ngoc River, there is a bridge named Tien Loan Kieu, which is also called Bach Bridge. The bridge bends across the Ngoc River, located on the main road leading to the main center of Lam Kinh.

Crossing the bridge about 50 m to an ancient well, before dropping lotus. Blue water wells are not dry all year, the north shore is paved up stone steps, supplying water for Lam Kinh.


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Every year, there are many tourists visiting Lam Kinh and visiting the ancient wells. This is one of the largest ancient wells in Vietnam today.

To enter the main hall, guests have to go through the door. There are 3 rooms, the middle of 4.6 m, the side of 3.5 m wide. The temple grounds are 11 meters wide, 14 meters long and have 3 doors. The middle of the door is 3.6 m, the door is 2.74 m wide and is centered in the middle. The features of the four middle columns are large, with a diameter of 78 cm.

Before the subject has a rocky stone stand. The dorsal and the back are still in shape, dating back hundreds of years. The head and fore legs were recently reconstructed.

The relics also preserve the beauty of Vietnamese space with "banyan tree, wells, communal yard". On the right of the dragon yard (also known as the courtyard) is a multi-year tree, hundreds of years old with a new embrace.

Through the entrance to the dragon. The courtyard spread out across the main electricity grid and came to the shores of two tombs and fortifications with a total area of ​​more than 3,500 square meters.

Lam Kinh is arranged in the shape of "Cong", consisting of three large power plants built on large land, namely Quang Duc, Sung Hieu and Dien Khanh. This is a wooden structure of scale, with rows of columns of all three power diameter up to 62 cm.

Located behind the main hall is Thai Lam Kinh Temple, which consists of nine stately decorated buildings, ancestral worship place, kings and royalty. But now there are 5 Thai shrines restored.

The front building is called Quang Duc, the middle power in the middle is called Sung Hiếu, the power behind is called Dien Khanh. Both Quang Duc and Dien Khanh have 9 compartments, the widest space between them, two double-headed spaces just 2 m wide, forming the corridor surrounding all three power.

The northern Lam Kinh temple is based on Dau Mount, in front of the south and overlooking the Chu River - there is Chua Mountain behind, Phu Lam Forest to the left, Huong Mountain to right and Ham Rong Mountain to the west.

In 1962, it was recognized as a national historical monument. By 2012, Lam Kinh remains a recognized national monument.

In the beginning, the Lam Kinh festival began after the death of King Le Thai To and was buried at Lam Kinh in 1433. Today, on the 21st (Le Lai death) and 22 (Le Loi anniversary) in August In the yearly lunar calendar, people in the region again hold Lam Kinh festival to commemorate their predecessors.