The ancient Duong Lam village

The ancient Duong Lam village attracts visitors by the ancient houses and cultural space of an old Vietnamese village which has everlasting life over the time. Through its ups and downs, Duong Lam has kept a picture of Vietnam ancient village with the village gate, banyan trees, wells, lotus pond. Pass the ancient gates which is located under the a giant banyan tree over 300 years old are the alleys, roads, roofs, laterite  walls, and ancient architecture in a space of community with a bold identity of an agricultural village and are the mark of a rice civilization.

Duong Lam village consists of 5 hamlets: Mong Phu, Cam Thinh, Dong Sang, Doai Giap and Cam Lam lying together under the bottom of Ba Vi Mountain, next to the major rivers such as Day, Da, Red and Tich River. In particularly, Mong Phu has the most ancient village’s gate which was built in 1833. The significance in the village is Mong Phu temple built in 1684 under the reign of King Le Hien Tong, on a vacant land in the center of hill which is in the center of village. There are two old wells in two sides of the temple which are believed as two eyes of dragon. The fence around was built by the honeycomb stone, making a quaint beauty and quiet for the temple.

Mong Phu villagers said that “The lateritic stones have appeared since their ancestors and this type of stone is dug up from underground. Whenever the stone is dug up, it is really hard because its diameter is typically about 15-40 cm “. Time makes the stone become firmer and more rigid… as well as the Duong Lam villagers are more trust in their place through idyllic life.

The Duong Lam villagers are very conscious of the value of the village. They aware of the charm of the ancient houses attracting tourists who want to look for the beauty of the past.

The ancient Duong Lam village