Only about 44 km from Hanoi, Duong Lam ancient village is considered as a forgotten “ancient town” with its ancient beauty ready to defeat any heart looking for purity after stress and fatigue. fatigue.
Duong Lam ancient village located in Son Tay district is the hometown of Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung, so it is called “land of two kings”. This place still preserves many old architectural houses with brick streets, banyan trees, water wharves, communal courtyards, laterite walls and cultural features of the Northern countryside.
Mong Phu village gate
Mong Phu village gate is the only old gate remaining to this day in Duong Lam. The village gate was built under the Hau Le dynasty, with a different architecture from the traditional village gates. The shape is like a house with two sloping roofs, with pillars and roofs in the “upper house” style (above is the house, below is the gate). Mong Phu Gate with banyan tree, water wharf, lotus pond has created a typical scene of the old northern village.
The old houses are centuries old
If in China the ancient villages of Tay De and Hoanh Thôn are famous for their hundreds of years old houses. Duong Lam also has thousands of traditional roofs with the oldest house up to 400 years old. Duong Lam ancient village now has 956 old houses, many of which were built in the years 1649, 1703, 1850 … The old houses are built of laterite with red tile roof, oval wood, terracotta. The color of moss has the architecture of 3 rooms, 5 rooms, 7 rooms, which have been preserved for centuries by people here.
The most impressive stopover for tourists is the ancient house of Ba Dien. As soon as he entered, an ancient architecture appeared right in front of his eyes. This house is 200 years old. At home, the old woman is 94 years old this year but still very lucid that Mrs. Dien’s nephew was sitting right there to welcome, talk and share about the historic values of the house for visitors looking for understand about this house.
Mr. The Ancient House – An old house with a tradition of making soy sauce
Located in Xui hamlet, Mr. The’s house consists of 7 rooms that are traditionally attached. The house was built completely using a mortise, not using iron nails. This house has spent 14 lives here and is especially famous for its job of making soy sauce. As soon as we stepped into the yard, there was a very fragrant smell of soy sauce, along with the jars of soy sauce arranged close together in the yard. In the distant pavilion are tools to grind maize together with the clusters of maize hanging on the horizontal bar like a house in the northern mountains. In addition, there are also many traditional wine jars and earthen wines for a long time.
Mong Phu communal house – The hallmark of Viet-Muong
Mong Phu communal house was 380 years ago on a central plot of the village. The design of the communal house is imbued with the imprint of Vietnamese-Muong architecture, the temple is built of wood, inside the temple, there are still very delicate carvings of the crown and residue. The floor of the house is made of wood a few inches from the ground, simulating the architecture of the ethnic house on stilts. The courtyard has a giant junction where the village roads gather.
The communal house consists of two great buildings and harem. Dai Bai house is built by 48 wooden columns, above each column has a station carved many patterns of dragons and phoenixes. The inside of the communal house hangs a lot of anti-coupons. The most prominent is the “old dragon of death” diaphragm, ie the old dragon teaches his children and the “brave and thoughtful” panel given by King Thanh Thai. This place also preserves many unique architectural and cultural values, attracting tourists.
Ancient wells of Duong Lam, Mausoleum and Ngo Quyen temple
As before, the village well is the place where people get water for daily life. The old wells in the village are located in high, cool places, near the communal house, temple or the center of the village.
Ngo Quyen is the second king born in Duong Lam village. The complex of temples and mausoleums of Ngo Quyen was built in the most beautiful location on Cam hill, in front is a large rice field and Lob valley flowing into Tich river. The temple includes a place of worship, great worship, harem, and beer house. The temple is of a modest scale, built of bricks and roofed with red tiles. Inside the temple is a gallery of artifacts associated with Ngo Quyen’s life. At the bottom, about 100m from the temple is the tomb of King Ngo built in the shape of 4 roofs on high pedestals, surrounded by walls.
Mong Phu Catholic Church
Outstanding among hundreds of old houses is the Mong Phu Catholic Church. The church is newer than the pure Vietnamese old house, the religion cannot be compared with the old features accompanying the years of Duong Lam, but when talking about the history of Catholicism in Vietnam, Mong Phu really deserves praise. Maybe it is the neck of Duong Lam that made the neck of this Dao family.
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