Relic point Vietnam

Quang Ngai

An Dinh village communal house

An Dinh village communal house (An Dinh village, Hanh Dung commune, Nghia Hanh district) was built in 1820, with contributions from seven ancient families: Tran, Nguyen, Pham, Huynh, Vo, Phan, Le and villagers. to create. An Dinh village communal house not only has a rich history and is imbued with the nation's cultural identity, but is also a unique work of art. Over time and the changes of history, An Dinh village communal house has become a traditional cultural symbol of Vietnamese villages. The communal house is located on the highest and most beautiful land in the village, surrounded by rows of ancient trees, with a total area of ​​5,372 square meters. In which the construction area of ​​the communal house is 204m2. An Dinh communal house has undergone four restorations. In particular, in the second restoration period (1875), the communal house was rebuilt almost completely and has the same overall architecture as today. The communal house has a bold architectural style of the Nguyen Dynasty, reflected in a very unique wood carving technique. From the outside in, the architectural works are arranged in an inverted T-shaped axis. The main side of the communal house faces south. The embossing technique of visual art is expressed by artisans very sophisticatedly and vividly. An Dinh village communal house is one of the typical architectures in the village and commune architecture of ancient Quang Ngai people. The communal house takes on the role of both a cultural center and a common place of worship for the community, the administrative headquarters of the government, the village, and the place to handle all matters related to village members. In addition, the communal house also reflects the ability to conquer and build the homeland with the hands and creative minds of our ancestors, absorbing the knowledge of communal house building from the Red River Delta with a truss structure throughout the gong rack, stack of beds with gong shelves, developed into new structural elements with local elements, suitable for climatic conditions so that it is both dignified, spacious and unique, contributing to the traditional cultural identity of the country. Quang Ngai land. An Dinh village communal house has an important position in spiritual life, as a place to worship the ancestors of seven ancient clans that contributed to creating this land. Every year, at An Dinh village communal house, festivals take place such as: Communal ceremony with color procession (February 15), Thanh Minh (March 16), Lady Ngoc festival and harvest festival (August 2). The festival also operates according to general regulations on musical ceremonies of feudal dynasties, especially the Nguyen dynasty. But festivals also partly originate from everyday activities that suit local needs and certain cultural traditions. Furthermore, An Dinh village communal house also shows a unique, appropriate, and harmonious overall architecture from the Northern communal house style and the Central truss house style still remaining in the province. During the years of fierce war, especially during the two resistance wars against the French and the Americans, An Dinh village communal house was the site of secret activities of the revolution. This is where senior officials of the Party Committee and the Inter-Region 5 government meet to discuss battle plans. Not only that, officers, soldiers and people of An Dinh also dug a tunnel from An Dinh communal house to the riverbank to serve as a place to hide soldiers, wounded and sick soldiers. An Dinh village communal house is also a secret medical facility to treat injuries for officers, soldiers and people. An Dinh communal house has witnessed many ups and downs of history. The communal house embodies the will and strength of the Vietnamese community in building villages, and is a place where the traditional cultural beauty of the Vietnamese people converges. An Dinh village communal house has gone deep into the hearts of many generations, becoming a nostalgic memory for people living far away from home, wholeheartedly aiming for love for the Vietnamese countryside. An Dinh village communal house was recognized as a national historical, cultural, architectural and artistic relic in 2018. Source: Quang Ngai Newspaper

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Rating : National monument Open door

Sa Huynh culture

Sa Huynh culture is an archaeological culture of the Metal Age, formed at the peak of civilization in the Iron Age dating from 500 BC, ending in the second century AD, originating from formed and developed from the previous pre-Sa Huynh cultures of the Early Bronze and Middle Bronze Ages. The distribution of Sa Huynh Culture is in Central Vietnam, the North intersects with Dong Son Culture in Quang Binh, the South intersects with Dong Nai Culture in Binh Thuan, the West is the edge of the Central Highlands, the valley area. East of Truong Son, the east reaches out to the island near the shore. The basic burial formula of the Sa Huynh Culture is tombs with jars buried in large cemeteries. At the same time, jar tombs and earthen tombs are also found at burial sites of the Sa Huynh Culture. Typical jewelry of the Sa Huynh Culture are two-headed animal earrings, three-pronged earrings, agate beads, bracelets made from gems, glass, and sea mollusk shells. Glass making and iron smithing are outstanding achievements of Sa Huynh civilization, playing an important role in promoting the development of Sa Huynh society. Sa Huynh culture has extensive exchanges with other cultures in mainland and island Southeast Asia. Sa Huynh cultural special national relic is a type of archaeological relic, with 6 relic sites including:. An Khe Lagoon, An Khe Creek - Cua Lo River, Phu Khuong, Long Thanh, Thanh Duc, Champa Relics Complex. The two locations Long Thanh and Phu Khuong have been decided by the Ministry of Culture and Information to be ranked as National Historical and Cultural Monuments. 1. Location of Long Thanh relic. Long Thanh relic site (also known as Go Ma Vuong) belongs to Long Thanh 2 residential group, Pho Thanh ward, Duc Pho town. Long Thanh is a pre-Sa Huynh relic of the early Bronze Age, the direct origin of the development of the Sa Huynh Culture of the early Iron Age. Long Thanh relic stands out with its egg-shaped and spherical jar coffins, with lids that are covered with bowls or pot tombs with two pots buried face down. The collection of artifacts features cat tongue-shaped stone picks, buffalo tooth-shaped stones, and nephrite gemstone jewelry including 4-point earrings, scarf-shaped earrings, bamboo-shaped chains, and shaped chains. The pillar is elaborately and delicately crafted. The Long Thanh artifact collection is notable for its ceramics. Long Thanh's ceramic containers are diverse in type and rich in pattern. Long Thanh relics are characterized by an early period, representing a cultural stage of the early bronze age progressing to the early iron stage of the Sa Huynh Culture. 2. Location of Phu Khuong Relics. Phu Khuong relic is a very large Sa Huynh Culture jar tomb, distributed on a large sandy plain of Sa Huynh sand dunes along An Khe lagoon, in Phu Long village, Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho town. Relics belonging to the early Iron Sa Huynh period, jar tombs are always buried in clusters on sand dunes along the coast, next to freshwater lagoons and therefore somewhere nearby are the residential relics of the owners of the jar tombs. Phu Khuong. Inside the jars are many burial items, some jars contain human remains, burial relics in the jars include pots, bowls, ceramic vases, iron objects, jewelry including earrings, glass bracelets and semi-stones. precious. Phu Khuong relics are characterized by precious stone jewelry, which are dark red beads made of agate stone with many shapes such as flat squares, diamonds, diamonds, hexagonal polyhedrons, and bowls. sense. 3. Location of Thanh Duc Relics. Thanh Duc relic is the tomb site of Sa Huynh Culture jars distributed on the Sa Huynh sand dunes, between one side is the sea and the other side is the salt water lagoon of Tan Diem salt flat area, belonging to Thanh Duc residential group, Pho Thanh ward. , Duc Pho town. Thanh Duc jar tomb area has a very large number of burial jars, if we count the total number of jar tombs excavated, it reaches 175 jars. The jar contains burial relics such as bronze objects, iron tools, nephrite stone jewelry and earrings, and many ceramic containers. Thanh Duc bronzes have bronze rattles, this is evidence of exchange between Sa Huynh Culture and Dong Son Culture. Especially in Thanh Duc, there are bracelets made of copper and iron combined. This is a unique relic found for the first time in the Sa Huynh Cultural relic. 4. Champa relic complex in Sa Huynh space. The Champa relic complex in Sa Huynh space includes: Mot Mountain Tower, Go Da Tower, Stone Bridge, Champa Temple (Temple of Tho Chu), Champa inscriptions, Champa well system, ancient stone folding road (Sa Huynh - Champa - Vietnamese), Champa ancient irrigation ditch system. Regarding the current status: Champa towers such as Mount Mot tower only have ruins of the base of the tower left. Go Da Tower has traces of its base located next to Thien Ly route. Ancient stone roads, ancient irrigation ditches, and ancient stone bridges are still intact. 5. An Khe Lagoon. An Khe Lagoon is located next to National Highway 1A, in Pho Khanh commune, Duc Pho town, Quang Ngai province. An Khe Lagoon has outstanding value as the largest freshwater lake next to the sea in Vietnam, a transition place for terrestrial and marine ecosystems, coexisting in an overall ecosystem of freshwater, brackish water, and freshwater. salinity and agricultural production, playing an important role in the environment and socio-economic development of the region. 6. An Khe creek, Cua Lo river. To the east of An Khe lagoon, there is a small narrow creek draining into the sea with an area of ​​58.5 hectares. At the end of the creek is the lagoon mouth - local people often call it Cua Lo, this mouth is almost closed all year round. An Khe lagoon, creek and Cua Lo river are associated with the formation of Sa Huynh Culture, and are the basic natural conditions for the formation of Sa Huynh Culture, Champa Culture and Vietnamese Culture relics in the surrounding area. dress. Source: Duc Pho town cultural and sports information center

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Rating : Special national monument Open door

Outstanding relic site