Hà Nội receives UNESCO world heritage certificate for doctoral steles
VGP – Representatives of Hà Nội’s authorities on April 7 received an UNESCO certificate for recognition of the Temple of Literature’s 82 stone doctoral steles as World Documentary Heritage.
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The certificate granting ceremony to recognize 82 doctoral steles in Hà Nội’s Temple of Literature as the UNESCO world documentary heritage, Hà Nội, April 7, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Kiều Liên |
Addressing the certificate-granting ceremony, Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng lauded that it is a meaningful moment for people of Hà Nội and Việt Nam to receive good news on the threshold of the 1000th anniversary of Thăng Long–Hà Nội.
The Permanent Deputy PM also appreciated the decision of the 35th UNESCO General Assembly in Paris (France) to pass the resolution on the participation in the grand ceremony of Thăng Long–Hà Nội.
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Doctoral steles at the Temple of Literature, Hà Nội – Photo: VGP/Kiều Liên |
The 82 stone steles at the Temple of Literature, the first university of Việt Nam, were recognized as world documentary heritage on March 9 at UNESCO’s meeting in Macau, China.
These steles bear personal information of over 2,000 doctoral laureates who passed the royal examinations between 1442 and 1779 under the Early Lê, Mạc and Restored Lê dynasties.
They form a precious treasure of Việt Nam’s educational history, providing not only general information about 300-year feudal-time education in Việt Nam but also specific details about the royal examination systems./.
By Kim Anh
