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Đại La (Chinese: 大羅城; pinyin: Dàluóchéng), means the Citadel of the Great Dike, or La Thành (羅城, means the Citadel of the Dike) was an ancient fortified city in present-day Hanoi during the third Chinese domination of the 7th and 8th centuries, [1] and again in the 11th-century under Lý dynasty.
In 1010, under the Lý dynasty, Vietnamese emperor Lý Thái Tổ established the capital of the imperial Vietnamese nation Đại Việt in modern-day central Hanoi, naming the city Thăng Long (lit. ' ascending dragon '). In 1428, King Lê Lợi renamed the city to Đông Kinh (東京, lit. ' eastern capital '), and it remained so until 1789.
Đại La Citadel: Ba Đình District, Hanoi: Đại La: 905–938: Jinghai: Khúc clan and Dương clan: Cổ Loa: 939–968: Ngô dynasty: Cổ Loa Citadel: Đông Anh District, Hanoi: Hoa Lư: 968–980: Đại Cồ Việt: Đinh dynasty: Hoa Lư Citadel: Ninh Bình Province: 980–1009: Early Lê dynasty: 1009 – 1010: Later Lý dynasty ...
This site consists of relics from the Đại La citadel under Gao Pian during the Tang dynasty, foundational and decorative remains from the Lý and Trần dynasties, remnants of Lê and Đông palaces, and structures indicating that the area was the center of the 19th century Hanoi citadel under the Nguyễn dynasty.
Politically, the dynasty established an administration system based on the rule of law rather than on autocratic principles. They chose the Đại La Citadel as the capital (later renamed Thăng Long and subsequently Hanoi). Ly Dynasty held onto power in part due to their economic strength, stability and general popularity among the population ...
Đại La was known as the city that the Tang general Gao Pian had built in the 860s after the ravages of the Nanzhao War. In 1010, Lý Công Uẩn published the edict explaining why he move his capital to Dai La. Lý Công Uẩn chose the site because it had been an earlier capital in the rich Red River Delta. He saw Đại La as a place ...
In 1010, Lý Công Uẩn published an edict explaining why he moved his capital to Dai La. [4] Lý Công Uẩn chose the site because it had been an earlier capital in the rich Red River Delta. He saw Đại La as a place "between Heaven and Earth where the coiling dragon and the crouching tiger lie, and his capital would last 10,000 years". [ 7 ]
The Ngọc Sơn Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Ngọc Sơn, chữ Nôm: 𪽛玉山) is located on a islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central Hanoi, Vietnam. History [ edit ]