Mr. Son: Announcing detailed planning for the construction of Cua Luy relic site associated with tourism
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 2, the People's Committee of Anh Son district held a ceremony to announce the detailed planning for the construction of a project to preserve and restore the historical and cultural relic site of Cua Luy temple in association with tourism development in the area. Attending were representatives from the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Construction, and Department of Culture and Sports.
Cua Luy Temple was built about 600 years ago, and is a place to worship a female doctor who was instrumental in treating the soldiers of the Lam Son insurgent army. On September 6, 2011, the People's Committee of Nghe An province ranked Cua Luy Temple as a provincial-level historical and cultural relic.
In Decision No. 2237/QD-UBND dated June 5, 2018 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, the detailed construction planning at a scale of 1/500 of the project to preserve and embellish the historical and cultural relic site of Cua Luy Temple associated with tourism development in Anh Son district, with a land area of 15 hectares, was approved.
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| Delegates attending the announcement ceremony. Photo: Le Lam |
The functional zoning structure and landscape architecture space organization include: The main temple area, the mother worshiping area, the pagoda area with an area of over 1.87 hectares; the service area with an area of over 1.2 hectares; the festival yard area with an area of 0.5 hectares; the medicinal plant growing area with an area of 0.4 hectares; the green tree, hill, and water surface area with an area of over 9 hectares and the traffic land and parking lot area of 1.9 hectares.
The project is invested by Anh Son District People's Committee, consulted and planned by Viet Architectural Cultural Heritage Conservation Joint Stock Company; the planned land location is in Hoa Son commune.
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| Overall perspective of the historical, cultural and spiritual relic site of Cua Luy Temple. Photo: Le Lam |
The preservation and restoration of the historical, cultural and spiritual relic site of Cua Luy Temple has the significance of educating the tradition of patriotism and national pride for generations of Vietnamese people; contributing to improving the material and spiritual life, meeting the cultural and religious needs of the people, thereby developing the economy, culture, society and tourism of Anh Son district and the western districts of Nghe An province.
