Burial place of thousands of anonymous graves in Hue

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    HUE - Ba Don Pagoda is a place of worship for the anonymous deceased, including Nguyen Dynasty soldiers who died in the fall of the capital in 1885 in Hue.

    Toa lac ben duong Tam Thai, thuoc phuong An Tay (TP Hue), co mot ngoi chua nho co ten chua Ba Don duoc bao quanh la hang ngan nam mo khong co nhan than, lai lich khong ro rang.
    Ba Don Pagoda is located on Tam Thai Street (in An Tay Ward, Hue City), surrounded by thousands of graves with unknown identities and unclear origins.
    Nam 1803, de xay dung Kinh thanh Phu Xuan, vua Gia Long (1802 - 1819) cho giai toa 8 ngoi lang o bo bac song Huong, nha cua va mo ma phai di doi. Trong do, nhung phan mo khong co nguoi than duoc quy tap len vung dat nay, tu do Con mo tam lang xuat hien.
    In 1803, to build the Phu Xuan Citadel, King Gia Long (1802 - 1819) cleared 8 villages on the northern bank of the Huong River, houses and graves had to be relocated. Among them, graves without relatives were gathered on this land, from which "8 Village Graves" appeared.
    Cung nam, tai Con mo tam lang, vua Gia Long cho dung bia da ghi on va hop tang nhung nguoi khong ai tho tu, khac ngay 7 thang 3 nam Quy Hoi (tuc 27.4.1803).
    In the same year, at Con Mo 8 Village, King Gia Long erected a stone stele to honor and bury those who had no one to worship them, engraved on March 7, Quy Hoi year (April 27, 1803).
    Ben canh do, khi xay dung dan Nam Giao va lang Gia Long, cac mo ma vo chu tiep tuc duoc doi den noi day, tao thanh Con mo thu hai. Theo tim hieu, rieng Con mo thu hai co khoang 3.700 nguoi duoc chot cat. Ve sau co them mot Con mo thu ba, noi chon cat gan 2.300 nguoi.
    In addition, when building the Nam Giao Altar and Gia Long Tomb, unclaimed graves continued to be moved here, forming a second mound of graves. According to research, the second mound of graves alone had about 3,700 people buried. Later, a third mound of graves was added, where nearly 2,300 people were buried.
    Den nam 1835, vua Minh Mang cho lap mot ban tho o giua troi (dan) tai Con mo tam lang de hang nam nam to chuc cung te. Sau do cho dung them hai dan nua de cung te nhung co hon cua Con mo thu hai va thu ba.
    In 1835, King Minh Mang ordered the construction of an altar in the middle of the sky (altar) at Con Mo 8 Village to hold annual worship ceremonies. Later, he ordered the construction of two more altars to worship the wandering souls of the second and third con mo.
    Sau ngay that thu Kinh do (23 thang 5 At dau, 1885) Phap danh chiem Hue, nguoi dan va binh linh trong thanh bi giet hai khi chay theo vua ra cac cua Nha Do, cua Huu lam chet hang ngan nguoi.
    After the fall of the capital (May 23, At Dau, 1885), the French invaded Hue. People and soldiers in the citadel were killed when they followed the king to the Nha Do and Huu gates, killing thousands of people.
    Ban dau nguoi chet duoc dap hai ben le duong hoac ngay trong cac vuon nha. Sau do nguoi Phap bat dan chung phai cat boc het cac mo ma chon trong va ngoai Kinh thanh. Nhung mo vo chu lai duoc dua len Ba Don “hop tang” hinh thanh them mot so Con mo nua.
    At first, the dead were buried on both sides of the road or in the gardens. Later, the French forced the people to exhume all the graves inside and outside the Citadel. The unclaimed graves were brought to Ba Don for “combined burial”, forming a number of more mounds of graves. These were the resting places of soldiers, officers, and civilians who died in the Hue Citadel on May 23, At Dau (July 5, 1885), the number of which is unknown.
    Chu viet duoc khac tren chuong cua chua.
    The writing is engraved on the temple bell.
    Cuoi the ky XIX, mieu tho tai chua Ba Don xuong cap, ba Nguyen Thi Luu (ba ngoai cua vua Thanh Thai) bo tien trung tu.
    At the end of the 19th century, the temple at Ba Don Pagoda was in disrepair, so Mrs. Nguyen Thi Luu (King Thanh Thai's maternal grandmother) spent money to restore it.
    Thang 12. 2005, khu nghia dia va chua Ba Don duoc UBND tinh Thua Thien Hue xep hang Di tich cap tinh, thanh pho. Ngay nay, co rat nhieu nguoi ghe chua Ba Don de thap huong, cung le cau nguyen.
    In December 2005, the cemetery and Ba Don Pagoda were ranked as provincial and city-level historical relics by the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province. Today, many people visit Ba Don Pagoda to burn incense, worship and pray.

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