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Vietnamese businesspeople with Thang Long-Hanoi

Almost 3,000 people flocked to the northern province of Ninh Binh on March 4 for a cultural programme for Vietnamese business people to celebrate the millennial anniversary of their country’s capital.
Almost 3,000 people flocked to thenorthern province of Ninh Binh on March 4 for a cultural programme forVietnamese business people to celebrate the millennial anniversary oftheir country’s capital.

The programme ofactivities, entitled “Vietnamese business people with Hoa Lu-ThangLong-Hanoi: 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development”,is the biggest to be held for the Vietnamese business community to markthe grand anniversary.

Among the participants, 1,000 business people offered incense to thetemples of Kings Dinh and Le and at a stele that honours King Ly ThaiTo. They also planted 1,000 Bodhi trees in front of the Bai Dinhpagoda.

Attendees also joined 100 Buddhist monks and followers in a festival topray for peace, prosperity and favourable weather for the whole nationat the Bai Dinh pagoda—the same site where King Dinh Tien Hoangconducted a ceremony to pray for favourable weather more than 1,000years ago.

Following the festival, the participants attended a vegetarian feast at the pagoda.

Hoa Lu means “Flowers of Reeds” and was the capital city of the Dinhdynasty (968-980) and the Tien Le (Early Le) dynasty (980-1009). The Lydynasty (1010-1225) was also formed from this capital city.

Hoa Lu, as a capital city, existed for only 41 years, from 968 to 1009,during which time the first 12 years belonged to the Dinh Dynasty. DinhBo Linh was crowned as King Dinh Tien Hoang and he named the countryDai Co Viet (Great Viet). The next 29 years were ruled by the Tien LeDynasty.

But in the year 1010, as the country stepped into a higher stage ofdevelopment, King Ly Thai To decided to move the capital city to ThangLong (now Hanoi), where it remains to this day. Since then, Hoa Lu hasbeen known as the former capital./.
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