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Lý Thường Kiệt (李常傑; 1019–1105) is among the most revered of Vietnam’s national heroes and the only Viet general to take the fight to China. In 1075, this redoubtable warrior mounted a pre-emptive invasion of Guangxi and Guangdong, defeating the Chinese armies and killing Truong Thu Tiet, the Guangxi governor. The Chinese reacted furiously, sending a huge force against the offending Viets, only to be defeated with losses estimated at 400,000 men.<br/><br/> Ly Thuong Kiet penned what is considered the first Vietnamese declaration of independence and is regarded as a Vietnamese national hero.
Lý Thường Kiệt (李常傑; 1019–1105) is among the most revered of Vietnam’s national heroes and the only Viet general to take the fight to China. In 1075, this redoubtable warrior mounted a pre-emptive invasion of Guangxi and Guangdong, defeating the Chinese armies and killing Truong Thu Tiet, the Guangxi governor. The Chinese reacted furiously, sending a huge force against the offending Viets, only to be defeated with losses estimated at 400,000 men.<br/><br/> Ly Thuong Kiet penned what is considered the first Vietnamese declaration of independence and is regarded as a Vietnamese national hero.
Lý Thái Tổ (birth name Lý Công Uẩn 李公蘊) was Đại Việt Emperor and was the founder of the Lý D‎ynasty, he reigned from 1009 AD to 1028 AD.<br/><br/> In 1010, Ly Thai To returned to Dai La (present day Hanoi). According to legend, as he entered the former capital a golden dragon took off from the top of the citadel and soared into the heavens. This was taken by the emperor as an extraordinarily auspicious sign, and he forthwith renamed the city Thang Long, or ‘Ascending Dragon’.<br/><br/> Ly Thai To is regarded as the founding father of Hanoi.
Thanh Hoa type ceramics, produced from the eleventh through thirteenth centuries, are unique in Asian ceramics, as they represent cultural influences emanating from both India and China.<br/><br/> Using advanced firing and glazing techniques from China, their forms were often influenced by Indian bronzes, sometimes filtered through Cambodian works, brought up through the southern trade routes. Several different Thanh Hoa forms and types are represented in this collection, the most prominent of which is a magnificent lobed jar with its original lid and reticulated foot, all highlighted by iron-oxide brown details.