On the afternoon of the first day of the "Returning to the land of white rice and clear water" experience, actor Quoc Truong and the Amazing Tour 8 crew visited the ancient house of Binh Thuy. Born and raised in Can Tho, this was the first time the actor had the opportunity to visit this place due to his busy schedule.
"This is also an opportunity for me to have time to learn and explore the beauty of Can Tho through ancient architecture and love and be proud of my hometown even more," actor Quoc Truong shared.
Actor Quoc Truong and Amazing Tour 8 crew visited Binh Thuy ancient house.
Miss Tourism Can Tho City Thuy Vi and her companion Peugeot 3008 of THACO AUTO.
With an age of more than 150 years, Binh Thuy ancient house is one of the unique architectures that still retains the ancient beauty typical of Can Tho. This place is considered the intersection of three architectural styles: Vietnamese - Chinese - French.
Passing through the main gate, the three-entrance gate stands out, built in Chinese architectural style with a system of wooden beams and a blue-tiled roof above. The top is decorated with many vivid shapes such as unicorns, goldfish, flowers and leaves. In particular, there are two large signs: one in Chinese "Phuoc An Hieu" and one in Vietnamese "Phu Tho Ho Duong".
With an age of more than 150 years, Binh Thuy ancient house is one of the unique architectures that still retains the ancient beauty typical of Can Tho.
This place is considered the intersection of three architectural styles: Vietnamese - Chinese - French.
The ancient house of Binh Thuy overwhelmed the members of Amazing Tour 8 with its extremely sophisticated architecture with meticulously carved sculptures from the pillars, door arches to the house border. In particular, this place also impressed by the two prominent arched staircases leading into the house and two large bronze lamps cast from the French period placed in front of the facade.
The ancient house was built on a fairly high foundation to prevent flooding in the old Western region. An interesting thing is that during the construction of the main house, the owner, Mr. Duong, laid a layer of salt about 10 cm thick under the tile floor. This is a folk experience that people in the South often apply in building houses because laying salt under the floor is intended to repel insects, bring ventilation to the house, and avoid evil spirits according to feng shui.
The architecture is extremely sophisticated with meticulously carved patterns from the pillars, arches to the house borders.
This place also impresses with two prominent arched staircases leading into the house and two large bronze lamps from the French period placed in front of the facade.
The architecture of Binh Thuy ancient house bears a strong East-West fusion mark. This is a house that breaks the traditional three-room rule familiar in the West with an area of 6,000 m2, designed into 5 rooms. The dark brick floors in the house were all imported from France. The front house, middle house and back house were built consecutively and separated by delicately carved wooden arches.
The house contains many antique objects that are displayed and arranged in a very symmetrical manner. The living room is in a classic European style with a French Louis XV sofa set, a classic chandelier made of white vine... Other spaces in an extremely luxurious ancient Vietnamese style include: a wine cup set from the Ming and Qing dynasties, a set of green-veined marble tables and chairs from Yunnan province in China, a 1.2 m high green-glazed jade vase or an extremely luxurious porcelain tea set... All of these created a prosperous family at that time that many people envied.
The house contains many antique objects that are displayed and arranged in a very symmetrical manner.
One special thing that made the tour group admire and love the owner of Binh Thuy ancient house is that the house blends Eastern and Western cultures but the place of worship is still purely Vietnamese. This shows the sophistication and aesthetics of the owner, Mr. Duong, when accepting new things but still keeping the soul of the nation.
When arriving at Binh Thuy ancient house, Amazing Tour 8 group not only admired the beautiful architecture but also learned about the rich history of this place.
When arriving at Binh Thuy ancient house, Amazing Tour 8 group not only admired the beautiful architecture but also learned about the rich history of this place.
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Amazing Tour is a series of destination promotion trips initiated by Travellive Media Group since 2013. Up to now, Amazing Tour has cooperated with international tourism promotion agencies such as Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, Taiwan... to successfully organize real-life experience trips, promote tourism and quickly make a strong impression.
Amazing Tour has a new and youthful format with the desire to inspire people who are passionate about traveling to explore the world. Accordingly, each program will include many practical activities aimed at providing information about services and destinations based on the real experiences of famous people, people who have a profound influence on the community in the field of tourism and photographers.
Following the success of the first domestic journey organized in road trip style, the Amazing Tour 8 program "Returning to the land of white rice and clear water" is organized by Travellive Media Group in collaboration with the Can Tho City Tourism Development Center. The program takes place from August 28, 2023 to August 30, 2023 with the accompanying partner of the car brand of THACO AUTO and Sheraton Can Tho Hotel.
