Khum Bridge is located in the east of Yen village (Thach Xa Commune, Thach That, Hanoi City) adjacent to the Thach Xa – Huu Bang inter-commune road. In the past, the bridge spanned a stream flowing from Huong Ngai, Canh Nau, Dong Bui to Tich River, the water rushing all year round. Now people have adjusted the flow to make a large fish pond, and the bridge is also less crowded. Although, the bridge is no longer used for travel as before, but this is a spiritual place for people around the region in particular and throughout Hanoi in general. The bridge is designed in the form of “upper family, lower house”, meaning the upper is the house, the lower is the bridge. That’s why the people in the village gave this bridge the name Khum Bridge, which looks like an upside down bamboo boat from afar. When talking about the longevity of the bridge, the village elders all shook their heads, because they were born with this bridge. Only know that born in 1935, the bridge was badly damaged and was rebuilt by the people in the village as it is today. Mr. Do Duc Long (70 years old, Yen village, Thach Xa commune, Thach That district, Hanoi) a member of the Management Board of Yen village’s communal house and temple relics shared: “The bridge has the characteristic that the upper is the house, the lower is the bottom. is a bridge for water to flow through, so it is called upper house, lower house. The bridge is shaped like an upside down boat, so there is a verse: Crouching on the shrimp’s back / Squeezing the scales / Water flows through / Swallowing people in and releasing people. Now, this address has become a spiritual place, people often come to pray for health and fortune. In the past, Khum Bridge was the main way for people in the village. All production and living activities pass through this way. Later, people’s lives were more developed, and vehicles began to travel. When they felt that the road was no longer suitable, they began to build outside roads. The part on the bridge deck is built like the architecture of a house. The middle space is planned to be an altar with a set of 6-leaf door panels, the two sides are left empty to make a wooden stall that can be used as a place to rest. Thuong Gia’s house is made of wood, with 2 rows of female columns and 2 rows of military columns. The because of the connection by rafter, with momentum connecting 2 tops of the rafter, armpit beams connect the main column with the child column. The two sides of the middle compartment are sealed to make an altar to worship Quan Than Linh, the two borders are left empty to make wooden stalls. The architecture inside the temple is made of wood, roofed with tiles from ancient times, the Upper part is over 12m long, divided into 5 compartments. Inside the temple, there is also a place for the villagers and the guardians of the temple to sit and rest. The bridge over the flowing water leads to Dong Hoa Temple, both a bridge and a place of worship for the people of Yen village. The fish-scale tile roof of Khum bridge. The entire wall is built of ancient laterite. According to people here, the bridge was repaired in the year of the Pig 1935, in which the lower part of the country was completely redone. In 1948, the French invaders swept over, burned the bridge, the villagers came to put out the fire to save it, the dark gray burns remain to this day. Every day, especially on the full moon day, the first day, people around the area come to burn incense to pray for good luck.

Located in Yen village (Thach Xa commune, Thach That, Hanoi city), Khum bridge is a hundred years old, an ancient tile bridge with unique and rare architecture. This is a bridge made in the style of Thuong Gia Ha Kieu, which means the top is the house and the bottom is the bridge. From a distance, the bridge looks like a side-down boat, so it is called the Khum Bridge. The people in the village do not know exactly how old the bridge is, even the oldest people in the village were born to see this bridge. Khum bridge spans the stream of water flowing from Huong Ngai, Canh Nau, and Bui field to Tich river. In the past, the only path to Yen village had to cross the Khum bridge and the bridge acted as the village gate. All activities of production, daily life and communication of the villagers all pass through this bridge. The bridge was repaired in year 1935, in which the lower part was completely redone. In 1948, French invaders swept over, burned bridges, villagers came to extinguish fire to cure, the remaining dark gray burns are up to now. The entire front part of the bridge. Above the gable, there are concave boxes, thread edges, flowers and leaves, zucchini, lantern pillars, very sophisticated artifacts. The bridge roof is covered with funny nose tiles. The entire wall is made of ancient laterite, the rest of the truss system and rafters are made of solid wood, under the upper house there are 3 sluice gates which are swept with laterite, hewn orange, very strong. In the low water season, the middle drain is nearly 3m wide so small boats can pass. The Thuong Gia section is over 12m long, divided into 5 compartments, 2 of which are made of quartet wood, with 2 rows of pillars, 2 rows of pillars. The middle part is higher and lower to the 2 gable heads, creating a characteristic “cambered” shape for the project. Bridge frame structure is made of trusses throughout, with a bridge connecting the two trusses, the armpit beams connecting the female column with the child column, no screws, following the traditional construction style of the Vietnamese. Khum bridge structure. And the two sides of the nave were rebuilt to serve as a worshiping committee of Quan Than Linh, Than Kim Quy, and Than Dai Eagle. The three sides are left empty to make wooden stalls, which is the resting place of the villagers. Old man Nguyen Van Toai – 70 years old, the keeper of this bridge said that, in the last few decades, when the roads were built, the Khum bridge did not have much transport value but was still an important spiritual place. of the local people. People around the area still regularly come to the bridge to burn incense to pray for good things, especially on holidays and the full moon. Both a bridge and a place of worship, Khum Bridge makes many people think of the famous Japanese Covered Bridge of Hoi An ancient town.

Khum bridge photo Close-up of ‘unique bridge’ in Hanoi. Khum Bridge, also known as Moi Bridge, is located in the East of Yen village, Thach Xa, Thach That, Hanoi. The reason the bridge has a unique name because of its unique shape, like a boat upside down. There is a design in the form of “the upper house, the lower house”, the upper is the house, the lower is the bridge. This bridge no longer functions to travel as before, but is the sacred place of the village. In 1935 the bridge was badly damaged and remodeled by villagers to this day. Going through the two compartments is to the nave of the bridge, this is the worship hall “Spirit”, the middle is high and lower to the two gables. Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet (Thach Xa, Thach That, Hanoi) said: “The name of the new bridge has not been determined from where there is, it is all hypothesis, there is no concrete evidence”. Villagers in the village said that Khum bridge did not know when it was built, only known that the bridge was made of wood before. The wall was built of ancient laterite and the roof was covered with fish scale tiles. The two sides are making wooden stalls that can be used as a place to rest. The two sides of the outer gate are the opposite sentence: “Bodhisattva, a guest horse. Tuong Phung Tuong Tuong, ancient kim Huong “tells us that in the old days there were frequent wagons and horses, a place of cultural exchange in the four directions.