Located in the central position of the country and in the key economic region of the Central, Hue has been identified by the Central Government as a grade -I city, a world cultural heritage city, a cultural and tourism center. Special, is the city of Vietnam Festival. Hue City is the last feudal capital of Vietnam, which has a long history and cultural tradition with unique values and identity. The values of cultural heritage here show the attractive features of a cultural region, both specific - indigenous, both national - popular, and selective absorption of the quintessence Asian culture.
The process of forming Thuan Hoa - Phu Xuan
The ancient history said that from the Hung Vuong period of this land of the Viet Thuong Ministry, one of the fifteen sets of Van Lang country. Under the North of the Han Dynasty in Nhat Nam, one of the three districts of Au Lac.
From the century. After the Bach Dang victory of Ngo Quyen, Dai Viet border expanded towards 192 AD of this land in Lam Ham country and then the Kingdom of Champa lasted nearly 12 men. In 1306, King Tran Anh Tong married Huyen Tran the princess to Che Man in exchange for two continents of O - Ri. The following year, King Tran changed to Chau Thuan, Chau Hoa and placed the official rule.
Thanh Hoa Chau (located 9 km from Hue downstream of the Perfume River) is the Department of Administrative and Military Political Center of Chau Hoa. After more than two centuries of expansion, in the middle of the sixteenth century, Lo Thuan Hoa became a "great capital of a direction". In 1636 Lord Nguyen Phuc Lan moved to Kim Long was the first step for urbanization in the history of formation and development of Hue city later. More than half a century later, in 1687, Lord Nguyen Phuc Thai moved the government to Thuy Loi village again, changed to Phu Xuan, in the southwest position in the current city of Hue, continuing to build and develop Phu Xuan into a Trung. The heart of the urban prosperity of Dang Trong. Except for a short time (1712-1738), the lord moved to Uncle Vong, but when Vo Vuong ascended the throne to move the main government into Phu Xuan but built in "the old leftover side", ie the corner now. The magnificence of the capital of Phu Xuan under the Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat was described by Le Quy Don in the book of the Luc Luc Bien Luc in 1776. It was a prosperous development of the two banks of the Perfume River, From Kim Long - Duong Xuan to Bao Vinh - Thanh Ha. Next, Phu Xuan was the capital of Dai Viet united under the Tay Son dynasty (1788-1801) and the capital of Vietnam nearly 1.5 centuries under the Nguyen Dynasty Dynasty (1802-1945).
When was Hue's name officially replaced by Phu Xuan?