From January to April, the pleasant spring weather, no rain, not too hot is the ideal time to visit Dong Khanh mausoleum.
The entrance is in a brick mausoleum, and the two sides of the pine forest are cool.
His reign was not long, the impression was not much, the story as well as the tomb of King Dong Khanh are rarely mentioned in the list of famous places of the Ancient Capital of Hue.
Most of the architectural works in the current Dong Khanh mausoleum were built under King Khai Dinh
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King Dong Khanh, whose name was Nguyen Phuc Ung Thi, ascended the throne with the name Nguyen Phuc Bien. He was the adopted son of King Tu Duc, who reigned from 1885 to 1889, the ninth emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnamese history.
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When the king died at the age of 25, he still did not have time to build a tomb for himself. Therefore, when King Thanh Thai succeeded to the throne, he used the previously unfinished palace as a place to worship King Dong Khanh's father and chose the land in the southwest, about 100m away, to bury him.
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In terms of architectural model, the tomb of King Dong Khanh is no different from the previous mausoleums of King Nguyen, in both the mausoleum and tam areas, there are about 20 large and small architectural works with a relatively thick density.
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The construction, repair, and construction of new works at the mausoleum of King Dong Khanh lasted for 35 years and went through 4 different kings, from the reigns of Dong Khanh, Thanh Thai, Duy Tan to Khai Dinh.
The road leading to Dong Khanh mausoleum is easy to walk, even for first-time travelers to Hue. Visitors can rent a car, take a taxi or drive their own motorbike to explore the peaceful countryside.
According to VOV