Gao Pian and the Broken Dragon Vein: Was Dai La Built to Hold the South or Lock Its Future?
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads.
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads. This was a real military project, built after Gao Pian defeated Nanzhao forces and restored Tang control over Annam.
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads.
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads.
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads.
In 866, the Tang general Gao Pian rebuilt Dai La Citadel at Tống Bình, in present-day Hanoi. A Vietnamese government history records a wall more than six kilometres around and about eight metres high, with watchtowers, gates and water channels. The National Museum of History compares this with the Việt Sử lược description: 55 defensive towers, five gate towers, six protected entrances, three waterways and 34 roads.