The paper "Discovery on the design and planning principles of the mausoleum of Emperor Minh Mang (1791-1841), Nguyen dynasty, Vietnam" bases on the reliable historical documents of the Nguyen dynasty and the database sources which provided by the Heritage-Waseda (Tokyo, Japan) and the Hue Monuments Conservation Center (Hue, Viet Nam) in order to study about the construction and restoration history, planning principles and its Feng-shui (geomancy) conception that have been applied for designing and the construction of the Mausoleum. |