The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Hanoimunicipal authorities on Mar. 5 celebrated the completion of thecasting of a statue of the legendary hero of Thanh Giong (Saint Giong)in Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Deputy Chairman of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee Most VenerableThich Thanh Tu beat the drum as the last batch of metal was poured forthe casting.
On this occasion, President Triet visited Da Chong Mountain, where the statue will be placed.
Legend has it that Giong was born after his mother tried to fit herfeet into the footprints of a giant in the field. At the age of three,he suddenly grew into a giant himself, when invaders attacked thecountry. He asked the king for an iron horse and promptly chased theinvaders out of the country with an iron sword, wielding entire grovesof bamboo. After that, he and his horse flew into the sky from SocMountain in Soc Son district.
The cooper statue, depicting the hero with a thatch of bamboo in hishand flying onto the sky on his horse, is one of the major projects tocelebrate the millennial founding anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi in2010.
The 85-tonne statue is scheduled to be completed by September 2010.
The project required a total investment of some 50 billion VND (2.8 million USD), half of which will be spent on the cast./.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Deputy Chairman of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee Most VenerableThich Thanh Tu beat the drum as the last batch of metal was poured forthe casting.
On this occasion, President Triet visited Da Chong Mountain, where the statue will be placed.
Legend has it that Giong was born after his mother tried to fit herfeet into the footprints of a giant in the field. At the age of three,he suddenly grew into a giant himself, when invaders attacked thecountry. He asked the king for an iron horse and promptly chased theinvaders out of the country with an iron sword, wielding entire grovesof bamboo. After that, he and his horse flew into the sky from SocMountain in Soc Son district.
The cooper statue, depicting the hero with a thatch of bamboo in hishand flying onto the sky on his horse, is one of the major projects tocelebrate the millennial founding anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi in2010.
The 85-tonne statue is scheduled to be completed by September 2010.
The project required a total investment of some 50 billion VND (2.8 million USD), half of which will be spent on the cast./.
