Duong Lam ancient village

Location: Situated in the village of Mong Phu, Cam Thinh, Dong Sang, Doai Giap and Cam Lam Duong Lam Commune, Son Tay, Hanoi capital, approximately 47km to the west.
Features: This is the only village preserved intact the structure and routine of a Vietnamese village northern midlands.
Duong Lam also known as the land two kings because it is the hometown of Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen, two national heroes had to expel the northern invaders in the 8th century and the 10th This is also home flavor of the angel Giang Van Minh, eminent diplomat (late 16th century early 17th century), who bravely sacrificed when national mission to be sure.

Today, Duong Lam has preserved most of the basic features of a traditional Vietnamese village to village gates, trees, water station, family courts ... The century old house 17-18, tinted moss style associated with golf, gardens, wells, located on roads that are arranged in a herringbone. Duong Lam housing built with traditional materials of origin Doai such as laterite (guaranteed for the cool in summer and warm in winter), bamboo, wood bead, cork, clay, straw, peat, sawdust, lime, sand, Wholesale straw. House is arranged in 5 rows plinth structures, consisting of 5 or 7 times 2 bottles. Inverted roof according kite shape, style is overlap nose rubs shoulders, set off, knit together as Nazi dragon scales. Carved roof beams dating; the picture barrel vault door that housed many elaborate decorations. Nave, which covers much of one, is where their ancestors board layout along the horizontal, parallel sentences, posters ... Underneath the altar set the contrast and the couch to sit. On the table which also has a built-brewed green tea warm inviting guests or the pottery, bamboo pipe to smoke cigarettes and pipe.

In addition to the old house, Duong Lam also their church system, shrines, temples, pagodas, shop, watch the same landscape whore lively environment with 36 hilly; Morocco 18 deep; 49 ponds, lakes, pools, chuom; dozens of old trees (mostly, threads, si, flies). These plots, hilly, bumpy beach in Duong Lam is an attractive location the photographer when the season or the season of gold to rice, corn or the "daughter" with smooth green color.

To Duong Lam, visitors do not miss the opportunity to enjoy or buy as a gift for a loved one characteristic countryside presents here as roast attack, hemp bread, donuts water, buds, blue tea, tea warehouse, peanut candy, sesame candy, sweets abundant, relatively ...

Date 11/28/2005, Duong Lam ancient village has been classified by the State as architectural relics countries. This is the first ancient village in the country is ranked national monuments.

To serve the needs of travelers to visit Duong Lam, Tourist Information Office Duong Lam ancient village organized tours such as tours of the historic - cultural, architectural tours of the neck, tour experience in agriculture (planting vegetables, harvesting vegetables - roots - fruits, fly fish - grilled fish, slapping the water, plowing, planting rice, tea pickers, so tea, harvest ...), experience working as TV tour system (cooked peanut candy, candy sausage, sesame candy; do buds) ...