The green and ancient roads bend along the cool areca trees. The house is separated from the house by the green tea trees. Perhaps the cool steam from the Pho Loi River has made the old trees and orchards greener. Walking around the village under the blazing sun, without a hat, without an umbrella, without feeling hot. From time to time, I see a few children playing under the banyan tree, mothers and fathers are washing clothes by the river wharf. It feels so peaceful and refreshing when enjoying the fresh air, the smell of plants, the smell of moist soil, and the passionate scent of areca flowers and porcelain flowers attached to each step. Duong No Memorial House – where President Ho Chi Minh and his father and brother lived and studied from 1898 – 1900. A special place in Duong No village that any visitor cannot ignore is the national historical and cultural relic of Uncle Ho’s memorial house. Back in history, Duong No memorial house is the place where President Ho Chi Minh used to live during the period 1898 – 1900. In 1898, Nguyen Sinh Sac (Uncle Ho’s father) was invited by Nguyen Si Do. home to teach in Duong No village. Mr. Sac brought his two children, Nguyen Sinh Khiem and Nguyen Sinh Cung, to have the conditions to teach them. At his father’s kanji class, Nguyen Sinh Cung learned the first kanji. Currently, the house still keeps the memorabilia attached to Uncle Ho’s childhood. The two sides of the house’s entrance are still intact, with rows of neatly trimmed and neatly trimmed Chinese tea, and the orchard around the house is always fragrant, bearing fruit in four seasons. Water wharf – banyan tree in Duong No ancient village near Uncle Ho’s house in the past. Walking around the village, visitors can also visit the communal house, the water wharf, the Am Ba temple… the places where Uncle used to go, play and study with friends in the past. Returning to Duong No ancient village, although not much time to stay, just one day is enough for visitors to understand better about a village that once imprinted Uncle Ho’s footprints – the place that nurtured a great soul, a great personality of the Vietnamese nation. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/

Old village well… On hot sunny days, when it is hot, the well is only a little less, the sudden showers fill the well. The well surface is paved with fired bricks. The afternoon was full of laughter and laughter from the women, mothers, sisters, brothers and sisters carrying the laundry. The yard of the well is always wet, with moss on the edge of the yard. One day, my aunt went to the well to fetch water, avoiding her mother who was washing clothes, so she went close to the edge of the yard when she was pounced by a frog in the innocent laughter of her friends. I fell a few times, peeling off a large patch of moss, it was very painful, but I still tried because I was afraid that my mother would worry, tomorrow my feet will be scratched and swollen. However, only a few days of moss covered as if not wanting to leave the well. So on rainy days, my father wouldn’t let me and my sister go to the well, just afraid that the moss would hurt the kids. On a clear sunny morning, the friends gathered together to the well to pick moss to make fighting chickens. Crisp, carefree laughter from time to time. The soft, cool moss has made many children slip and fall, their foreheads are swollen, their clothes are covered with moss. One day, he was scolded again because he did not obey, escaped from napping to go out to the well to play with his friends, chased around the well and then stepped on the moss lying on the ground, his face was smeared but still forced a smile to cover the problem. pain. Growing up, we left the village to study, and then got married in a faraway place. Haven’t visited the village well for a long time. The smooth paved road replaces the old dirt road. Tap water, pump wells in every house should have a sad well. There was also a time when the power went out, the house was not ready yet, so I went to the well to draw a few buckets of water for temporary use. How do children now feel the cool water when bathing in the well? Then go away from the village well! Well, no one does laundry anymore. The moss died a lot, each patch was curled on the ground. When I return to my hometown, I often go to the well to draw water to wash my face, drop the bucket down, there are no dark green mosses mixed in the clear blue water. The way back is no longer the path of the grass. I don’t understand why in the past they liked to go back and forth so that the grass was filled with nostalgia, a reminder, a silly love when standing blankly looking at each other, meeting those eyes as clear as well water but the grass without pinning more wishes… There are afternoons when we sit down to remove the grass and let it go with the wind… Now the old neighborhood has changed. The road no longer has a place for grass to grow. The children of the past are now like birds flying everywhere. Someone flew to the western sky. Everyone is busy with life. I don’t know if they think like me. I owe this land a lot, a place that is always full of laughter, a place where I always receive the fullest love, a peaceful place where anyone who goes far will return. This afternoon it was very windy, roaming with a bicycle to the dyke to receive the fresh and peaceful air of the homeland. Missing the grass flowers sewn by the roadside, remembering the moss-stoned chickens, remembering the innocent laughter of friends, remembering someone else’s eyes… Roundabout and then back. Go to the well to borrow a bucket to wash your face, slowly feel the water seep into the cool skin. Looking down at the well, well, there was still a beautiful little moss trying to cling to the strong ferns. I was dumbfounded… Well, the moss still exists there. Glittering smile, look at yourself to see the moss at that time, why remember it strangely.

Peaceful life in Phuoc Tich village (Photo: Lam Phan/Vietnam+) Phuoc Tich ancient village is located in Phuoc Phu village, Phong Hoa commune, Huong Dien district, province Hue . According to some historical documents, this village was formed in the 15th century. The name Phuoc Tich It means wishing that the people in the village will accumulate many blessings to leave for the next life. What makes Phuoc Tich village special is the system of ancient houses and traditional garden houses from the past. Currently, in the village, there are about 117 households, with nearly 30 old houses (including 10 churches, the rest are mostly typical ruong houses of Hue). In which, there are 12 houses ranked with special value. Interestingly, the houses all have a large garden, separated by rows of neatly trimmed tea. Besides the unique ruong houses, ancient and majestic worship works, Phuoc Tich ancient village has a traditional profession of making ceramic extremely special. Products created from Phuoc Tich pottery village in the past have become precious products dedicated to giving to King Nguyen Dynasty. True to the meaning of the name of the village, generations of people here continue the tradition left by their fathers. From generation to generation, they still work hard and creatively to create great values ​​for the village. The unique ancient architecture, the cultural features of the clans, villages, and craft villages have created a bold cultural beauty of the central region.