Online Travel Vietnam: Thua Thien – Hue Province is seeking US$30 million from Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) to renovate and reconstruct its ancient Forbidden Purple City, an official has said.
Phan Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center, said one-third of the amount would go to the reconstruction of Can Chanh Palace, which is Hue city's second largest place after Thai Hoa Palace, which was destroyed in wartime.Phan said that renovation had been planned for a long time.
In 1994, the center in cooperation with Japan's Waseda University conducted a research into the restoration of Can Chanh Palace as well as some works that were damaged in wartime.
What make Can Chanh Palace different from other ones are its engraved patterns, motifs, and poems that were made by Nguyen Dynasty kings and mandarins.
"We proposed borrowing ODA to execute the project, Hai told the Saigon Times Daily on Thursday on the sidelines of a seminar to introduce the National Tourism Year in the north central region and the 2012 Hue Festival.
"But if we fail, we will call for other sources." Hai said Long Duc, a small palace in Thai Mieu Shrine which was built under King Gia Long's reign and is as old as Can Chanh Palace, had been restored.
This, he said, would make Hue more experienced to restore Can Chanh Palace.
Hai said that it usually takes 20 years or more to go from research to restoration and that because the restoration of Can Chanh Palace has been planned for the past 15 years, it may take just 5 years to carry out the work.
In addition to Can Chanh, the center also plans to upgrade other works in the Forbidden Purple City such as Van Minh Palace, Dong Cac House, Can Thanh Palace, and Khon Thai Palace, Hai said.
Source: TBKTSG
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