The Sa Huynh Culture Museum

The Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An is a bearer of a legacy that is both rich and rare. The Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An is one of the most important museums located in Hoi An. Located in the Tran Thu Street of the Hoi An heritage center, the museum houses crucial and revealing relics of the Sa Huynh culture. The Sa Huynh culture is a pre historic Bronze Age civilization that occurred in Vietnam, and more particularly in the central region of the country near the coast.

The Sa Huynh culture specialized in metal wares – especially bronze and iron – and ceramics. The majority of the display in the museum comprises of articles like jewelry, weapons like daggers and useful implements like axes. All recovered evidence of these facts are seen preserved and displayed in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An. There is another feature that the Sa Huynh had perfected enough to the level of art; and that is the funerary rituals and rites. Discovery of jar burials of over 200 in number from 50 or more different sites are recorded in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An. Most of the articles on display in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An date back to the 1st Millennium BC which is better known as the Iron Age. There are a total of 216 exhibits in the museum. They were all acquired from the Hau Xa, Thanh Chiem, An Bang and Xuan Lam villages. Read more

Sightseeing Hoi An old town

Thị xã Hội An [nay là thành phố Hội An] nằm bên bờ sông Thu Bồn. Nơi đây xưa kia đã có một thời nổi tiếng với tên gọi Faifoo mà các thương nhân Nhật Bản, Trung Quốc, Bồ Ðào Nha, Italia v.v.. đã biết đến từ thế kỷ 16, 17. Từ thời đó, thương cảng Hội An đã thịnh vượng, là trung tâm buôn bán lớn của vùng Đông Nam Á, một trong những trạm đỗ chính của thương thuyền vùng Viễn Ðông.

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The Old House of Phung Hung

The Old House of Phung Hung – Hội An | Add: 4 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, Hội An, Quảng Nam
Hoi An is a beautiful town in Vietnam. While traveling in Hoi An, you will get to see various beautiful historical buildings and many other tourist attractions. The Old House of Phun Hung, Hoi An is one of the most famous architectural buildings hat are considered to be the cultural heritage of hoi An. Visit this ancient home in Hoi An and enjoy the old-world charm.

The Old House of Phun Hung is located in the 4 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street in Hoi An, Vietnam. The building stands on eighty columns. Some other features of the old house include the Yin and Yang style roof, which is traditionally made out of convex designs. On the other hand the tiles that interlock the roof are made in concave design. In the Old House, you will also find various handicrafts that reflect the culture and tradition of Vietnam.
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Japanese Covered Bridge

The Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An is one of the famous tourist attractions in Hoi An, Vietnam. The original Vietnamese name of this bridge is “Lai Vien Kieu”. The word can be interpreted as “Pagoda in Japan”. It is considered that the Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An is a possession of the Japanese community of Hoi An.

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Ong Pagoda – Quan Công temple

The small fishing town of Hoi An situated on the banks of the Thu Bon River, is a quiet and place that affords its visitors ample scope for relaxation. The town’s other claim to fame is its many pagodas and shrines. Of them is the Ong Pagoda in Hoi An. The Ong Pagoda in Hoi An like most other pagodas in the region is a place engaged in not just a place of worship and meditation, but also a cultural hub, preserving the heritage of the land. The Ong Pagoda in Hoi An is also popularly called the “Chua Ong Pagoda”.

Located in the Quang Nam Province, the Ong Pagoda in Hoi An is to be found in the Tran Phu Street of the town. The Tran Phu Street is a typically old and traditional Chinese district; and so the presence of this 17th century pagoda in such a location indicated towards its heritage. The Ong Pagoda in Hoi An which is dedicated to “Quan Thanh De Quan” – also known as “Quan Van Truong” – [Guan Gong or Guan Yu] was erected in 1653 in honor of its namesake, who was an ancient Chinese general. Quan Thanh De Quan was a prominent figure of the ‘three kingdom’ era of China. Because of its age and the subsequent resultant deterioration, the Ong Pagoda in Hoi An has undergone multiple renovations.
At Oct 29th 1991, Ong Pagoda – Quan Công temple had the national historial – cultural heritage certificate.
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