Hoa Lư royal court

Hoa Lư, in modern Ninh Bình province, northern Vietnam, was the capital of the Đinh and Early Lê dynasties and of the early Lý dynasty before the move to Thăng Long (Hanoi). The monk Vạn Hạnh served as a religious adviser at the Hoa Lư court and was instrumental in the rise of Lý Công Uẩn to the throne.