Overview
Currently, this place has been included in the list of 23 special national monuments by the Prime Minister of Vietnam. The complex of Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam architecture includes: Lake Van, Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam and Giam Garden and the subject architecture is Van Mieu - the place of worshiping Confucius and Quoc Tu Giam - the first university of Vietnam. Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam area is surrounded by brick walls, the interior is divided into 5 space layers with different architectures. Each layer of space is limited by brick walls with 3 doors to connect with each other (including the middle door and two side doors on either side).
There are gates from outside to inside: Van Mieu, Dai Trung, and Dai Thanh gates and Thai Hoc gate. With more than 700 years of operation, thousands of talents have been trained for the country. Today, Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam is a place to visit for domestic and foreign tourists and is also a place to praise outstanding students and also a place to hold a poetry festival every year on the full moon day of January. This used to be the place where the sons came to "pray" before each exam by swiping the turtle's head at the doctor's styles, however, today, to preserve the relics, a fence is set up and the knights are not also as a good ritual as before. This place is on the 100,000 VND polymer bill of Vietnam
