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Submitted by ctv_en_7 on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 15:47
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is considering giving documentary heritage status to 82 doctor laureate steles at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature.
The Temple of Literature’s director Dang Kim Ngoc says the proposal is part of a worldwide programme named Memory of the World.

The 82 stone steles are carved with the names of 2,313 doctors who passed the court examinations between 1442 and 1779 (some material recorded the period between 1484 and 1514) under the Early Le, Mac and Late Le dynasties.

The steles, which bear the names of Trang Nguyen, Bang Nhan, Tham Hoa, Hoang Giap (the first, second, third and fourth winning categories at the royal competition), sit on top of stone turtles.
UNESCO has suggested changing the proposed title of the artifacts from “Doctor Laureates steles” at Vietnam’s Temple of Literature to “82 Doctor Laureates Steles of Le and Mac dynasties”.
The UN’s final proposal will be completed by September, says Mr Ngoc.


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