From the Temple of Literature to West Lake
Eighty-two stone turtles still carry the names of Vietnam's old doctoral laureates, and the ground of the Imperial Citadel holds history in layers nearly 1,300 years deep. Start here and cross Hanoi from the old Imperial Academy to a lake the Red River left behind.
Five stories of Hanoi heritage: the Temple of Literature and its 82 doctoral steles, the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, Long Bien Bridge over the Red River, West Lake and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.
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Temple of Literature
A school first meant for the children of emperors and high officials, set beside a shrine to Confucius built in 1070, where 82 steles on stone turtles list more than 1,300 doctoral laureates.
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