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  2. Hoàn Kiếm Lake - Wikipedia

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    Hoàn Kiếm Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Hoàn Kiếm, chữ Hán: 湖還劍, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword"), also known as Sword Lake (Hồ Gươm) or Tả Vọng Lake (Hồ Tả Vọng), is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. In the past ...

  3. Hoan Kiem turtle - Wikipedia

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    Hoan Kiem turtle. The Hoàn Kiếm turtle, also Rafetus leloii, was an obsolete or controversial taxon of turtle from Southeast Asia, based on specimens from Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), although some Vietnamese biologists ...

  4. Turtle Tower - Wikipedia

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    The tower is located on an island in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake. Turtle Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Rùa / 塔𪛇), also called Tortoise Tower, is a small tower in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is one of the most iconic, symbolic and most recognizable pieces of architecture representing Hanoi and the ...

  5. Cultural depictions of turtles - Wikipedia

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    That is why Lục Thủy lake was renamed Sword Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Gươm) or Returning Sword lake (Hoàn Kiếm Lake). This action symbolizes taking leave of weapons for peace. This action symbolizes taking leave of weapons for peace.

  6. Thuận Thiên (sword) - Wikipedia

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    Thuận Thiên (sword) Thuận Thiên (順天, lit. "to obey, to accord with, to comply with Heaven ") was the mythical sword of the Vietnamese Emperor Lê Lợi, who liberated Vietnam from Ming occupation after ten years of fighting from 1418 until 1428. [1] Lê Lợi then proclaimed himself emperor of the newly established Lê dynasty.

  7. File:Áo dài, Hồ Gươm 2.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Derivative works of this file: Áo dài, Hồ Gươm 2-crop.jpg Personality rights Although this work is freely licensed or in the public domain , the person(s) shown may have rights that legally restrict certain re-uses unless those depicted consent to such uses.

  8. List of Buddhist temples in Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    Tây Hồ. Founded during the Lý dynasty on a scenic site along the banks of the West Lake, the temple houses over 40 statues of Buddha in various sizes, including one of Amitābha Buddha 1.34m high, as well as a bell cast in 1799. Classified as historic and cultural monument since June 1996. Sét Temple.

  9. Lê Lợi - Wikipedia

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    Lê Lợi (Vietnamese: [le lə̂ːjˀ], chữ Hán: 黎利; 10 September 1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first king [a] of the restored kingdom of Đại Việt after the ...