My wife got very depressed watching this vid. We were in Hue several years ago and had planned a whole day with a driver visiting various tombs and temples. Unfortunately due to a stomach bug she could barely make it out of the car let alone up dozens of steps. Anyway there's always next time! Love your vids by the way. Very inspiring.
I'm glad to show you both what you can check out next time & I hope it's inspirational! Going back to places again is pretty special, & Hue is one of the places worth going back to again! :)
A historical note. Tu Duc's tomb is at a site called "Van Nien" (10,000 years) and during its construction, there was a popular folk verse " Vạn Niên là Vạn Niên nào, Thành xây xương lính, hào đào máu dân," which can be translated as "What 10,000 year is Van Nien???, [when] walls were built with soldiers' bones, and moats were filled with workers' blood". The first is a wordplay: Van Nien is a name, which also means 10,000 years, a salute to the emperor equivalent with "long live the king." So, the author asked rhetorically and satirically: "what 10,000 years [emperor] is Van Nien?". The construction was so costly and inflicted tremendous suffering, and was described by the second verse "The walls were built with soldiers' bones, the moats were filled with commoner workers' blood." This happened while Vietnam was being defeated North and South by France, and the country was in turmoil as the Nguyen Dynasty was a mere puppet, deluding themselves as royalty, while the Vietnamese people were subjected to abject misery under the French colonists' rule. There was a rebellion in 1866 associated with the mausoleum construction, and the revolutionists wanted to fight against the French, while modernizing Vietnam to catch up with the rest of the world - (roughly in the same time frame as the Meiji Restoration in Japan, which officially started in 1868). They failed, all were executed by Tu Duc. The fate was sealed, and Vietnam plunged into one and half centuries of darkness to this day.
I remember in 2007 I went back to Hue Most old buildings belonging to the king and queen l was visited all At that time was free to come inside For example; Lang Linh Mang ( the tomb ) in Hue Absolutely breathtaking
If you study the history Hampton Court Palace is very important. The ceilings of the great hall are amazing wood work in terms of being giant oak beams constructed in a very scientific way & very beautiful. Henry the 8th lived there, and his life was very wild. It's too expensive though!
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I love this video
Classic 😀
Just hooning around..
Your video is quite good
My wife got very depressed watching this vid. We were in Hue several years ago and had planned a whole day with a driver visiting various tombs and temples. Unfortunately due to a stomach bug she could barely make it out of the car let alone up dozens of steps. Anyway there's always next time! Love your vids by the way. Very inspiring.
I'm glad to show you both what you can check out next time & I hope it's inspirational! Going back to places again is pretty special, & Hue is one of the places worth going back to again! :)
A historical note. Tu Duc's tomb is at a site called "Van Nien" (10,000 years) and during its construction, there was a popular folk verse " Vạn Niên là Vạn Niên nào, Thành xây xương lính, hào đào máu dân," which can be translated as "What 10,000 year is Van Nien???, [when] walls were built with soldiers' bones, and moats were filled with workers' blood". The first is a wordplay: Van Nien is a name, which also means 10,000 years, a salute to the emperor equivalent with "long live the king." So, the author asked rhetorically and satirically: "what 10,000 years [emperor] is Van Nien?". The construction was so costly and inflicted tremendous suffering, and was described by the second verse "The walls were built with soldiers' bones, the moats were filled with commoner workers' blood." This happened while Vietnam was being defeated North and South by France, and the country was in turmoil as the Nguyen Dynasty was a mere puppet, deluding themselves as royalty, while the Vietnamese people were subjected to abject misery under the French colonists' rule. There was a rebellion in 1866 associated with the mausoleum construction, and the revolutionists wanted to fight against the French, while modernizing Vietnam to catch up with the rest of the world - (roughly in the same time frame as the Meiji Restoration in Japan, which officially started in 1868). They failed, all were executed by Tu Duc. The fate was sealed, and Vietnam plunged into one and half centuries of darkness to this day.
The royalty in Vietnam of that time remind me of the leaders in the West today...
I remember in 2007
I went back to Hue
Most old buildings belonging to the king and queen l was visited all
At that time was free to come inside
For example; Lang Linh Mang ( the tomb ) in Hue
Absolutely breathtaking
I would be happy to live in Hue.
Next time you should go to see Lang Minh Mang ( Minh Mang tomb )
It will make you relaxing
beautiful surroundings
It's one of my favorites!
I went inside to see the old building similar like that in London last week
Hampton court palace
2 people fare tickets 100 Pounds
But nothing special
If you study the history Hampton Court Palace is very important. The ceilings of the great hall are amazing wood work in terms of being giant oak beams constructed in a very scientific way & very beautiful. Henry the 8th lived there, and his life was very wild. It's too expensive though!