A stamp of crown prince under King Gia Long’s reign (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - King Minh Mang’s various administrative and royal documentsunder the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are on display at an exhibition thatopened in Hanoi on November 22.
WhenKing Minh Mang (1791-1841) ascended the throne in 1820, he released a royalproclamation announcing that served as a huge favour for all citizens andmandarins.
Accordingly,students of Quoc Tu Giam (a royal college built in 1803 in the imperial city ofHue) would receive allowances to encourage them in studying.
Inaddition, “thieves who confessed their guilty before being investigated wouldreceive clemency”, wrote the king.
Theexhibition is divided into various parts revealing the human source of managingdocuments, how the documents were compiled, stored and solved, and how royalstamps were used on the administrative documents.
KingGia Long established the first office in charge of compiling and managingadministrative documents in 1802.
“Ithelps visitors and researchers learn about the documents used under the Nguyendynasty, the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam,” said Ha Van Hue, Director of theNational Archives Centre 1. “Through the documents, we can understand howadministrative offices work and imagine the social, economic and politicalsituation of the country under reigns of Nguyen kings.”
“Thedocuments were written in beautiful handwritings and stamped with differentseals expressing different types of documents.”
Theexhibition also aims to show the value of these documents and the importance ofprotecting and preserving national heritage.
Administrativedocuments displayed at the exhibition are parts of the collection received thecertificate of the Asian-Pacific Region’s Memory of the World Programme, whichare currently stored at the National Archives Centre 1.
Inorder to protect the original documents, the exhibition displays only photosand replicas of the documents and stamps.
Thewhole documents, numbering nearly 200,000 pages, include laws, decrees, edictsand instructions for resolving problems in various fields such as politics,military affairs, foreign affairs, economy, society and culture.
Theexhibition will run until December 31.-VNA
WhenKing Minh Mang (1791-1841) ascended the throne in 1820, he released a royalproclamation announcing that served as a huge favour for all citizens andmandarins.
Accordingly,students of Quoc Tu Giam (a royal college built in 1803 in the imperial city ofHue) would receive allowances to encourage them in studying.
Inaddition, “thieves who confessed their guilty before being investigated wouldreceive clemency”, wrote the king.
Theexhibition is divided into various parts revealing the human source of managingdocuments, how the documents were compiled, stored and solved, and how royalstamps were used on the administrative documents.
KingGia Long established the first office in charge of compiling and managingadministrative documents in 1802.
“Ithelps visitors and researchers learn about the documents used under the Nguyendynasty, the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam,” said Ha Van Hue, Director of theNational Archives Centre 1. “Through the documents, we can understand howadministrative offices work and imagine the social, economic and politicalsituation of the country under reigns of Nguyen kings.”
“Thedocuments were written in beautiful handwritings and stamped with differentseals expressing different types of documents.”
Theexhibition also aims to show the value of these documents and the importance ofprotecting and preserving national heritage.
Administrativedocuments displayed at the exhibition are parts of the collection received thecertificate of the Asian-Pacific Region’s Memory of the World Programme, whichare currently stored at the National Archives Centre 1.
Inorder to protect the original documents, the exhibition displays only photosand replicas of the documents and stamps.
Thewhole documents, numbering nearly 200,000 pages, include laws, decrees, edictsand instructions for resolving problems in various fields such as politics,military affairs, foreign affairs, economy, society and culture.
Theexhibition will run until December 31.-VNA
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