TEMPLE OF LITERATURE OF HUÊ
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Temple on the Perfume River, home to 32 steles of the best scholars who passed their exams during the Nguyên reign.
Facing south, located above the Thien Mu pagoda on the left bank of the Perfume River, it was called by the Europeans "Temple of Confucius". A paved path leads from the river to a wide portico beyond which a first building is accessed through a central gate surrounded by low walls. Inside the enclosure, each small pavilion is surrounded by a garden. Still on the same paved path, each door of these pavilions is connected to the next building. The 32 stelae of the best literates who passed their exams during the reign of the Nguyêns are worth seeing. They bear the name, age and birthplace of the "deserving doctor". It was Gia Long who, in 1808, chose this small eminence to build a new Temple of Literature. The original temple was also located on the left bank, where he had decided to erect the royal road and the funerary city. The construction of the Temple of Literature began on April 17, 1808 and was completed on November 12, 1808. The framework of the buildings is made of limewood(Erythrophleum), which is resistant to insects and decay. In 1818, Minh Mang dedicated the temple to Confucius. In 1830, the temple was redesigned and embellished. Twice a year, with pomp and ceremony, the emperor and his followers came to sacrifice two animals in memory of the master of the place and his pupils. The place, which was not spared by war and natural calamities, has been restored several times.
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