The royal stone bed in front of King Dinh Tien Hoang temple (Source: baoninhbinh.org.vn)
Ninh Binh (VNA) – Two royal stone beds at the temple worshiping KingDinh Tien Hoang in the northern province of Ninh Binh have been recognised asnational treasure.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam announced the Prime Minister’s decision on therecognition at the National Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival 2018 held inNinh Binh on October 28.
One of the stone beds dates back to the early 17th century and is the onlyversion created by the royal court of the Le-Trinh Dynasty as an offering.
The rectangular stone bed, which is 127cm wide and 187cm long, weighs about 1.5tonnes.
The other dating three centuries ago is 188 cm long and 138 cm wide, weighsabout 2 tonnes.
In the middle of the beds are carvings of a dragon.
King Dinh Tien Hoang was a national hero who defeated 12 warlords to unite thecountry. He founded the Dinh Dynasty in 968 and chose Hoa Lu as the capital ofthe Dai Co Viet state (the former name of Vietnam) - the first independentnation of Vietnamese people and first feudal state of Vietnam.
The Hoa Lu ancient capital was in Truong Yen commune, Hoa Lu district, NinhBinh province.-VNA
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The royal stone bed in front of King Dinh Tien Hoang temple (Source: baoninhbinh.org.vn) 
