Chi Lăng Park

Bordered by three roads, Trần Phú, Hoàng Diệu and Điện Biên Phủ, this nice park is named after the Chi Lăng victory over the Ming invaders on 10th October 1427. At Chi Lăng, now in Lạng Sơn province, the Vietnamese army defeated the reserve troops commanded by Liễu Thăng, leading to the liberation of Đông Đô (Hà Nội) two months later.

Chi Lang Park

Chi Lăng Park was originally a lake inside the Ha Noi Citadel (Trần Phú Road was the Citadel’s southern wall). This hike was where soldiers bathed and was called Elephant Lake. Under French domination, the Ha Noi Citadel was destroyed (1894-1897), and Hà Nội was subjected to re-planning. The lake was filled and this park was built. In the comer of the park on Hoàng Diệu Road there was a group of statues.

On the pedestal, two French soldiers were depicted, one pointing his rifle at the flag tower, the other throwing a hand-grenade. At four sides of the pedestal were representatives of the four classes of local society: man-darins, peasants, craftsmen and traders. At the front side was a peasant carrying a plough. For this reason, the park was commonly called “Farming Park”.

In 1985, a 5.2m high statue of Lenin was set up here on a 2.7m granite pedestal.