My Chau and Trong Thuy: The Tragedy of Co Loa Citadel
One of Vietnam's most tragic love legends tells the story of Princess My Chau and Prince Trong Thuy against the backdrop of the fall of the Au Lac kingdom. King An Duong Vuong built the spiral-shaped Co Loa Citadel with the help of the Golden Turtle God (Kim Qui), who gave him a magic crossbow that could fire hundreds of arrows at once. The king's beloved daughter My Chau married Trong Thuy, the son of the Chinese invader Trieu Da. Trong Thuy discovered the secret of the magic crossbow — that its power came from a turtle claw trigger. He secretly replaced the claw with a fake, then told his fa