HA GIANG FLAGPOLE IN VIETNAM

 Ha Giang flagpole. Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole, history and present about Ha Giang flagpole.

Ha Giang Trip and Flagpole. Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole , history and present about Ha Giang flagpole . That day is a day of winter, dense fog, the night we sleep in Ha Giang, around 04h00 in the morning, comes to visit flagpole Lung Cu, flagpole Ha Giang  - A flagpole National was built on the top of Dragon Mountain (Long Son) - Cambrian limestone mountain of Chang Pung formation with an altitude of 1,700m above sea level, in the territory of Lung Cu commune, 24km from Dong Van district, Ha Giang city. 154km. There is Ha Giang Flagpole.

Ha Giang flagpole. Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole, seen from a distance

Start exploring Ha Giang Flagpole. Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole. Around 11 am, after a rather hard journey, passing nearly 200km of bumpy roads in dense fog, the visibility was only about 2-3m, we also "crawled" to the top of Lung Cu. This is a point on the Vietnam - China borderline, if relatively simulated, the shape of the Vietnam - China borderline is like a cone, then the two points with the lowest latitude are A Pa Chai. – Dien Bien and Sa Vi – Mong Cai is the bottom of the pyramid, and Lung Cu is the top of this cone and is also the highest point of the North Pole of Vietnam. Been to Ha Giang Flagpole. Lung Cu flagpole Ha Giang.

Due to the heavy fog like rain, the visibility is limited, which makes us unable to observe the mountainous landscape interspersed with terraced fields, a wild and typical beauty. of the Northwestern region of Vietnam . If the weather is nice, from the top of Dragon Mountain, you can observe the monolithic layered characteristics of the Chang Pung Formation sedimentary rocks, watch the two lakes that are considered as two dragon's eyes - traces of two Karst sinkholes in the Mekong Delta. East and West, are two rare lakes in the Dong Van rocky plateau.

Lung Cu flagpole has a very long history, history books also record, it was in this place that Ly Thuong Kiet had a flag hung when he gathered troops to the border town and since then, this place has been considered by the people as a place of worship. The highest landmark marks the border of the territory. At that time, the flagpole was made of sandalwood. The old people here also said, after flying the flag, Ly Thuong Kiet buried a boulder to mark the Ha Giang flagpole. Lung Cu flagpole Ha Giang.

Legend has it that, from the Tay Son period, after a great victory over the Northern invaders, Emperor Quang Trung had a very large bronze drum set at the flagpole position, and every hour the drum was sounded three times. to assert the sovereignty of the country. Therefore, when reading Lung Cu, when reading it off into the H'Mong sound, it is Long Co, which is the king's drum, and the H'Mong people here almost know how to play bronze drums. It is possible that for one of the reasons mentioned above, the Vietnamese government when constructing the flagpole, placed reliefs of Dong Son bronze drums at the foot of the Ha Giang flagpole. Lung Cu flagpole Ha Giang.

In 1887, when the French colonialists and the Manchu court carried out the demarcation and planting of landmarks, they intended to cut this part of the land for the Chinese side. Thanks to the people's steadfast defense and struggle, Ha Giang flagpole and Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole have been rebuilt.

In 1978, the Lung Cu border post embellished and rebuilt a Ha Giang flagpole, Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole over 10m high, made of sandalwood, on which a 1.2m2 flag was hung.

In 1991, the people of the Lo Lo, Mong and Dao ethnic groups in Lung Cu went all over the forest areas, to the highest and farthest peaks to find a Po mu tree nearly 13 meters high, with a vertical trunk like a nose. With the arrows facing the sky proudly, nearly 20 young men transported the tree trunk weighing several pounds to bring it to the top of Dragon Mountain as a flagpole.

In the following years like 2000 and especially in 2002, the flagpole continued to be restored or rebuilt many times with its size and scale gradually increasing over time, in which in 2002, the flagpole was erected with a height of about 20m, The foot and pedestal of the column have a hexagonal shape and at the foot of the column are 6 reliefs with surface motifs of Dong Son bronze drums. On the top of the pole is a 9m high flagpole with the Vietnamese national flag with a length of 9m, a width of 6m, and a total area of ​​54m2, symbolizing 54 ethnic groups living together in Vietnam. The road to the flagpole is upgraded, paved and built with stone steps.

In 2010, with the permission of the Prime Minister, the People's Committee of Ha Giang province commenced the restoration and upgrading of the Lung Cu national flagpole on March 8, 2010. After 196 days of construction, Lung Cu national flagpole was completed, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was inaugurated on September 25, 2010. This is the work to celebrate the XV Ha Giang Provincial Party Congress, the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi, and the 11th National Party Congress.

According to the design of the new flagpole, it was built with a height of 33.15m (10m more than the Ha Giang Flagpole, the old Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole) in which the foot of the pole is 20.25m high, the outside diameter of the pole is 3.8m wide. . The octagonal shape of the flagpole is quite close to the style of the Hanoi flagpole . Legs and pedestals Ha Giang flagpole, Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole has 8 reliefs made of bluestone, simulating the face pattern of Dong Son bronze drum and illustrating the stages through each historical period of the country. , as well as the people and customs of the ethnic groups in Ha Giang. The body of the Ha Giang flagpole, Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole has stairs to the top – We were honored to reach the top of the flagpole by this stairway. At the top of the pole is the Vietnamese national flag with a flagpole of 12.9m high and the flag, similar to the flags used before, has an area of ​​54m2.

The road to the top of the mountain Ha Giang flagpole, Lung Cu Ha Giang flagpole was also rebuilt with 283 stone steps going up according to the old way and at the same time building a new path with 283 steps going down. Along the way to the flagpole, visitors will admire a fossil specimen dating back 500 million years. At the foot of the flagpole is a souvenir house displaying labor tools, costumes, and cultural products of Ha Giang ethnic groups.

The way to the flagpole

During the war years and until later, the task of protecting the national flag was assigned to border guards of the Lung Cu border post, located at the foot of the mountain about 12km from the foot of the flagpole. According to soldiers specializing in protecting the flag, the flag must be replaced every 1 week or at most 10 days, because the wind on Lung Cu peak is so strong that the flag is easily damaged. Always have to back up dozens of large flags of 54m2.

It can be affirmed that: This Lung Cu peak has existed with the formation of the sacred strip of land with the letter S, which is the pride of the nation in the work of preserving territorial integrity.

Lung Cu - the first land of the Fatherland is extremely sacred and is the pride of every Vietnamese child. This is the best place for visitors to imagine the shape of Vietnam, with the north pole being Lung Cu and the south pole being the Ca Mau cape.

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