On the morning of December 30, at the conference on press and propaganda work in December and orientation of propaganda work in January 2025 in Ninh Binh province, representatives of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ninh Binh province reported the preliminary results of emergency excavation of the archaeological site in Tan Hoa village (Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh).
Accordingly, in mid-December 2024, Mr. Nguyen Tu Quy's family (residing in Tan Hoa village, Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district) while digging the foundation for their house, dislodged a section of the embankment that was likely the Hoa Lu citadel wall. Upon receiving the information, professional staff from the Department of Culture and Sports of Ninh Binh province worked with the family and relevant authorities.
The parties agreed to conduct urgent archaeological research to study the morphology of the relics in this area, collect documents as a basis for proposing a plan to preserve and research the relics in the next phase.
The excavation work was carried out from December 22-30, 2024, by the Department of Cultural Heritage Management, Department of Culture and Sports in coordination with experts from the Institute of Archaeology.
"The archaeological excavation was carried out passively and urgently, but basically followed all the steps of the archaeological excavation and research process. The collected documents were preserved through photos, drawings, and archaeological descriptions. The archaeological pit was digitized through 3D scanning to be able to reconstruct the research in the next stages. The excavation results provided new documents contributing to the study of the citadel wall and the process of building the Hoa Lu citadel wall, and also brought a more complete understanding of the Hoa Lu capital under the Dinh - Tien Le dynasty in the 10th century" - said a representative of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ninh Binh province.
The archaeological results also pose a number of urgent tasks such as: It is necessary to study and include the Northeast wall and locations related to the Hoa Lu citadel wall in the Hoa Lu Ancient Capital Special National Monument Planning; it is necessary to study and develop a project and action program aimed at clarifying the scale, techniques, distribution space, and construction methods of the Northeast wall and other citadel walls of the Hoa Lu ancient capital. From there, provide more research materials to clarify the appearance of the ramparts, the structure of the wall and the road leading to the Hoa Lu capital during the Dinh - Tien Le dynasties...
