Placing the statue of King Tran Quoc Tuan at Truong Sa
The statue is 1m59 high and 32cm wide, cast in the famous Chu Dau pottery village.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hop, Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Council, in addition to giving the statue, Hai Duong province's people also presented a Tran flag and many other copies of Tran dynasty products to encourage and boost the spirit of the island district's soldiers and people.
According to Dai Viet Su Ky Toan Thu, Tran Quoc Tuan, in 1257, 1285, and 1287, led troops three times to defeat the Yuan-Mongol invaders from the north, liberating the country.
In April of the year Ky Suu (1289), he was given the title of Hung Dao Dai Vuong. Near the end of his life, he retired to Van Kiep, where he was granted a fief (now in Hung Dao commune, Chi Linh town, Hai Duong province) and died in 1300, at the age of 70.
After Tran Hung Dao died, the Tran Dynasty court bestowed upon him the title "Grand Master, Grand Master, National Duke Nhan Vu Hung Dao Dai Vuong".
He was honored by the people of the whole country as "Saint Tran" and temples were built in many places.
After receiving it, the army and people of Truong Sa island district invited the statue of Hung Dao Vuong Tran Quoc Tuan to place at Truong Sa pagoda, Truong Sa district, Khanh Hoa province.
It is known that previously, the government and people of Nam Dinh province also presented a monolithic stone statue of King Tran Quoc Tuan, 11 meters high, to the army and people of Song Tu Tay island.
Both statues located on Truong Sa and Song Tu Tay islands are based on the prototype of the Tran Hung Dao statue currently located at Ba Thang Hai Square in Nam Dinh city.
According to Nhandan-M
