Historical landmark
Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theater
Carved wooden royal theater with tiered seating once reserved for emperors, envoys and court women.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theater in Hue centers on nineteen forty-nine, four years after Vietnam's last royal dynasty fell, when former empress Tu Cung set out to gather the court's scattered musicians. It moves between the theater's origins under Emperor Minh Mang in the eighteen twenties, its rigid seating hierarchy for emperors, foreign envoys and court women, and the decades of war and repurposing that followed. Stand at the raised platform at the center of the hall, once reserved for the throne alone.
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