On December 2, 1992, the Royal Mausoleums was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
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The worshipping house of Grand Duke Pham Dang Hung was once the residence place of Queen Mother Tu Du when she was small. The worshipping house has arches decorated with flowers and leaves in the western architectural style that is combined with Chinese parallels in the oriental architectural style. The imposing wooden gate shows the position of the head of the family. The worshipping house has doors made from precious timbers in the traditional Hue architectural style. Carved images and a row of delicate handrails on each gate. In the middle of the worshiping house is the altar of members of the Pham Dang Family. The altar of Grand Duke Pham Dang Hung is placed in the middle of the house that looks like the altars of the Nguyen Kings in The Mieu in Hue Imperial Palace. The carved images of “Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise and Phoenix” on the altar of Grand Duke Pham Dang Hung are imbued with royal artistic features. Ancient ancestral tablets on the altar.
An ancient well built with wooden-hammer bricks in the precinct of Hoang Gia Tomb Complex. The tomb of Grand Duke Pham Dang Hung looks like a hat of court dress.
Legendary, the corpse of Grand Duke Pham Dang Hung has been buried in sitting posture in the tomb.
After 130 years of being lost, the stele presented by King Tu Duc is found and replaced on the tomb. |
