During
the rainy season, most major tourist destinations are in the
"hibernation" state; however, a daily constantly
crowded-with-tourists address, especially at weekends, is the stop of Ancient Quang
Duc by the bank of Cai river, at the beginning of the road leading to Mang Lang
church, Da Dia reef...
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Journalist
Pham Le Quoc Cuong, owner of Ancient Quang Duc, introducing visitors to
cultural values in the Quang Duc pottery collection
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The
village of Quang Duc, Tan Chau
Cai river is the lower
section of Ky Lo river (Dong Xuan district) through Tuy An district flowing to
Tien Chau estuary. With the settlement concept of Vietnamese is "the best
is living near city, the second is living near river", along two banks of
river is always rich villages. Tan Chau silk village and Quang Duc pottery
village, the famous locations beside the two banks of Cai river, were formed
and well-known since long time ago.
According to the remaining
records, Quang Duc pottery village has a history of over 300 years, about the
end of the 16th century, early the 17th century. At that time, it
was a prosperous pottery village, the pottery kilns in the village were in red
fire all year round, on the wharf and the boat dock was always busy with people
and goods. Popular earthenware products, such as pots, buckets, to skilled
products requiring knack, expressing essence, such as jugs, jars..., which was
made in Quang Duc pottery village, was distributed throughout the province and
the Central region - the Central Highlands and the Southern provinces, even exported
by the French.
Ancient
Quang Duc - the cultural heritage place
"Memories of a
prosperous village storing and preserving the legacy of ancestors is the main
idea to open the door of Ancient Quang Duc with the purpose of introducing to
the public a famous village with the unique popular products in the past",
said journalist Pham Le Quoc Cuong - Le Xuan Tuu (working at the Vietnam
Television Center in Phu Yen province), owner, offspring of Tuy An land, Tan
Chau silk village and Quang Duc pottery village.
Located on the National
Highway 1, the first position of the road to Lo Gom bridge, to Mang Lang church,
to Da Dia reef, the Ancient Quang Duc appears with the dark brown wood gate; inside
is a romantic space decorated in the owner's intentions. A medium-size garden
is displayed with nearly 100 stone grinding mills, mortars, carving stone, tables
and chairs made of palm trees under mango trees, plum trees. The secret is in the
two old houses with the dark brown wood folds.
The first wooden bungalow is
decorated with the ancient weave of Tan Chau silk village along with river
fishing tools; household items such as: cake molds, pottery buckets, rice
grinding mills, plow and harrow and old sewing machines used as coffee tables, old
telephones... The second antique house is decorated with antiquities of Quang
Duc pottery village, a number of bronze antique furniture, which is priceless.
They are flower pots, aquariums of ceramic glaze. Among them is a pot that is
quite intact and inscribed with the words "1934 Village Quang Duc".
The fine detailing on terracotta has proved that the famous pottery of Vietnam was used and brought to Europe by French merchants.
To recreate an old Quang Duc
through the two ancient houses, a meticulous collection of Quang Duc pottery
and household appliances, the couple Quoc Cuong - Xuan Tuu have spent decades
collecting and raising ideas. Arriving at Ancient Quang Duc, visitors not only
enjoy pure coffee, eat “banh it la gai”, sip cups of fine tea, but also drop
into the old nostalgic space, learn the culture of a countryside. "The
culture of a land is always interesting to every visitor. Preserving and
promoting the unique culture of the land is what Ancient Quang Duc has done
meticulously, creatively and persuasively for tourists," said Professor
Raoul Francois from France
as visiting Ancient Quang Duc.
Source:
Phu Yen Newspaper
Translated
by TRINH THUY