Once again, another bonsai tree. I made note of this one with its play of a building resting on the shell of a turtle. I thought perhaps it was in reference to Turtle Lake.

            Looking back across the Well of Heavenly Clarity, the center gate presented here is the first gate we went through. If you look at the reverse of a 100,000 Dong note, this is the location that is depicted. Rad.

            There are a collection of these place markers with an enormous stone turtle at the base. When a scholar, back in the day, completed what they came to do at the Temple, they would have their name engraved in stone. As we can see, many of the stones have undergone the effects of nature's weathering, however, we can still see the impact of education establishing a great importance from centuries ago.

            This is the view seen from entering the Temple of Literature through the first gate. The body of water presented in this photo is called the "Well of Heavenly Clarity." The Temple was a place for academic scholars to promote their education, such as with the ideas of Confucius, in addition to establish grand honour and nobility to their families. 

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