{"id":3171,"date":"2020-01-24T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T03:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:50:43","slug":"3171-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/3171-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Special check-in spot for children at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the early days of the Year of the Rat 2020, the Imperial Citadel of Th\u0103ng Long reserves ample space for children to play around and take photos, such as the thematic decoration area titled \u201cPen Strokes of Spring\u201d with pinwheels, couplets, wind chimes, conical hat, etc. Especially noteworthy is the presence of massive and loveable mascots that serve as excellent background for children to pose in their photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Giant carp<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The carp is very popular to the quotidian life of people and in folk arts. In the Vietnamese culture, the saying \u201cthe carp feasted on the seventh day and rode the waves of V\u0169 M\u00f4n river on the eighth day\u201d champions perseverance and resilience to overcome hardship to win success in academic and entrepreneurial pursuits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3172\" src=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep01.jpg\" alt=\"cachep01\" width=\"650\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep01.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep01-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The red carp stands out significantly<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The giant toad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to popular belief, the toad is a clever, brave creature and a good omen of luck. Dubbed as \u201cthe Heaven\u2019s uncle\u201d, the toad is closely associated with the wish for propitious weather and bumper crops. A toad that holds coins in its mouth is also a symbol of wealth and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3173\" src=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep02.jpg\" alt=\"cachep02\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep02.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Children look really cute as they put on the traditional costumes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The immortal tortoise <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Together with the dragon, the unicorn and the phoenix, the tortoise is one of the sacred animals. It is a symbol of heaven and earth, longevity and knowledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The tortoise is linked closely to the making of the Vietnamese nation and country, as can be seen through myths and legends about the construction of the citadel by King An D\u01b0\u01a1ng V\u01b0\u01a1ng and his efforts to drive out the bandits, the return of sword in the Sword Lake by King L\u00ea L\u1ee3i. As such, the tortoise is also a symbol of aspirations for peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3174\" src=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep03.jpg\" alt=\"cachep03\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep03.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep03-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The giant and lovely tortoise<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3175\" src=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep04.jpg\" alt=\"cachep04\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep04.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/cachep04-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The new check-in spot attracts many kids.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong><em>Th\u0103ng Long &#8211; H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Heritage Conservation Centre<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of the Year of the Rat 2020, the Imperial Citadel of Th\u0103ng Long reserves ample space for children to play around and take photos, such as the thematic decoration area titled \u201cPen Strokes of Spring\u201d with pinwheels, couplets, wind chimes, conical hat, etc. Especially noteworthy is the presence of massive and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-news-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}