The ghost city in Hue - the place with the most royal, splendid, and expensive tombs in Vietnam

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thuongnguyen954.323 years agoPeakD6 min read

Hello friends. A new week has begun. I wish you a happy and successful new week. We will have the opportunity to go to new places next week. Me too, today I would like to introduce to you a place that is both mysterious and luxurious, which is an ancient tomb worth nearly ten billion VND in my country.

Did you know that Hue Ancient Capital is famous for its large mausoleums which are delicately carved, luxuriously painted, and painted with illuminated? Because here people always attach importance to the grave after returning to eternity, so they invest a lot. The elderly will often choose a location in the tomb area in advance so that their descendants can have a thoughtful burial when they return to the afterlife. Let's explore the most beautiful and spacious mausoleum in Hue through this article of mine.

Location of the tomb

The first mausoleum in Hue I would like to show with you is the mausoleum in An Bang village, Vinh An commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province, which is known by many people for the most lavish and magnificent level in our country. This is not a tourist destination but many tourists come to Hue every time they want to come here because they want to admire the beauty of this mausoleum.

Tomb village in Hue is about 36km from the city center, the coastal location has a famous fishing village that has attracted many tourists over the years, not a scenic spot. An Bang village is nicknamed the ghost city with famous super mausoleums.

When people in An Bang village had a prosperous and full life, they began to think about graves and design tombs for their deceased grandparents and ancestors. With the mentality of people living in high houses and wide doors, the deceased must also be buried in a spacious and beautiful place, so magnificent and magnificent mausoleums race to form the first mausoleum in Hue.

If anyone has the opportunity to come to An Bang, they will be overwhelmed by the magnificent Hue mausoleums like castles and lavishly decorated like the tombs of ancient kings. Lost in this tomb area, you will not feel fear or horror because, from the outside, no one knows that this is the burial place of the hidden death because it is so luxurious that everyone is curious.

Coming to the Tomb Area in An Bang village is like being lost in the matrix

If newcomers do not have instructions, it is easy to get lost

The mausoleum city in Hue has an area of about 40,000 m2 stretching close to the sea and currently, there are thousands of tombs here ranging from 40-400m2 wide with a gate 7-8m high. The cost of building the tombs in this lavish Hue mausoleum is very expensive, at least from a few hundred million to several billion or even up to nearly tens of billion.

Many families built a grave a few years later, renovate it, and build it bigger and the latter looks grander than the former. The colorful tombs floating on the vast sand dunes make us feel like entering a mysterious land with many things to discover.

The tombs here all have diverse architecture.

The unique and different beauty of the mausoleum village in Hue is not only reflected on the massive and magnificent scale but also on the diverse architecture of religious styles from Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity all have.

The model of the mausoleum in Hue is combined with the features of the tomb architecture here and is built by the builders based on the requirements and ideas of the owner.

Even modern style graves

Buddhist symbol and wheel of reincarnation on a grave.

The tomb area also has the sign of the cross, which symbolizes Catholicism

In the past, tomb decoration motifs such as the four spirits including four animals were only for kings and emperors, but nowadays you will see it depicted a lot in the tombs here. Majestic mascots appear on the stucco stone steps, using both majesty and strength to guard the tombs. At the pillar, there are often dragons and phoenixes winding like they are flying against the deep blue sky, giving visitors a feeling of less grief.

Even the Four Quarters apricot, orchids, chrysanthemum, and bamboo representing the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, are delicately embossed in some of the tombs here. In addition, there are charming paintings cut from colorful pieces of history, to express the hearts of the living who want to give the best for the deceased to rest in peace.

If you have the opportunity to come here, you will not think this is the resting place of the deceased

Anyone who has just entered here does not think this is a resting place for those who have passed away because of its extravagant beauty, not sad or mournful. With the soaring three-way gate, a viewing gazebo, the rockery as a screen, along with an open campus many people mistake it for the old mandarin mansion. The graves are high to the floor of the people's houses, making it difficult to distinguish between the graves and the temples at times.

Not only this famous mausoleum but also in An Bang, there are many spacious churches built. Along the small concrete roads in the small hamlets, it is easy to see tall churches with high walls and doors that are usually only open on the occasion of the death anniversary, the full moon day of the first day. Therefore, building a spacious mausoleum is also a way for descendants to show respect and filial piety to their grandparents and ancestors.

The rockery inside the mausoleum

Coming to the quiet area, I thought I was going to visit the palaces of the king and uncle. The design, sophistication and solemnity, bright colors are different from what is often seen in tombs. If you have the opportunity to visit Hue city, do not miss this place. I am happy to introduce the famous places of my country to you. I also enjoy reading your posts. I wish you a good working day.