The image of the countryside always has a rustic, familiar beauty, like a spiritual medicine that helps people calm down after all the worries and fatigue of daily life. If you have the opportunity, you should visit one of the 10 ancient, poetic villages in Vietnam, hoping the trip brings a sense of relaxation, peace, and a little nostalgia.
Duong Lam ancient village, Hanoi
Only about 50km from the center of the capital, Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay is a typical image of the Northern countryside. Duong Lam ancient village is also one of the few villages in Vietnam that still preserves the banyan tree, the ferry, and the communal house yard.
If anyone wants to return to the past and live in the ancient space of the 80s of the last century, then Duong Lam ancient village is definitely the right choice.
The “specialty” of Duong Lam ancient village that no other village has is laterite. This is a type of stone taken from deep underground, and is also the main material used to build many unique architectural works in Duong Lam ancient village.
Although more or less affected by the harshness of time, Duong Lam still has some ancient houses made of laterite, and some roads leading to the village are paved with this ancient stone. In Duong Lam, there are currently 956 traditional houses; the ancient houses are mainly in the villages of Dong Sang, Mong Phu, and Cam Thinh.
Bat Trang pottery village, Hanoi
Bat Trang pottery village is located in Gia Lam, more than 10km southeast of the center of Hanoi. The first impression when coming to Bat Trang is Bat Trang communal house – the place to worship Thanh Hoang, and also the place to hold festivals all year round.
This place preserves the unique and ancient architecture almost intact. Going to the end of the village, there is Van Van ancient house – a wooden house with a roof covered with green trees. Inside the house, there are more than 400 ancient ceramic items from the 15th to 19th centuries. Van Van house was built by Mr. Tran Ngoc Lam, a member of the UNESCO Center for Research and Conservation of Vietnamese Antiquities, in 2002.
Currently, Bat Trang pottery village is a bustling place for pottery business and trade. This is also a good sign: as the ancient craft village continues to develop, households are doing well, and their lives are improving thanks to the pottery profession. However, this bustle does not take away the rustic, rural atmosphere.
Nom village, Hung Yen
It is not without reason that Nom village in Hung Yen is known as “the place that preserves the soul of an ancient Vietnamese village”. Over the decades, Nom Village (Dai Dong Commune, Hung Yen Province) has long been highly regarded for its cultural space, imbued with the characteristics of villages in the Red River Delta.
The 200-year-old village still retains its typical rural character. Coming to Nom Village means coming to an ancient space with banyan trees, ancient wells, and communal houses, and it is also an opportunity to immerse yourself in poetic and dreamy things, to slow down and keep a calm mind before the storms of life.
Kin Chu Phin Village, Bat Xat, Lao Cai
Kin Chu Phin Village in Bat Xat, Lao Cai, is likened to a fairy-tale village, with its highlight being mushroom houses with green moss roofs. This is a small village of the Ha Nhi ethnic community, located in a valley of overlapping mountain ranges with an altitude of more than 1000 m.
Nowadays, this village is gradually becoming more spacious, and the beautiful moss-covered thatched houses are disappearing. The number of houses like that can now be counted on the fingers. However, this special village still attracts many visitors.
Lao Chai Village, Sa Pa (Lao Cai)
Lao Chai Village is about 7km from Sapa town. This place is famous for its terraced fields and majestic and poetic natural scenery.
Not as bustling and noisy as the center of Sa Pa town, Lao Chai village is hidden between two mountain slopes, leaning against the majestic Hoang Lien Son range, in front of which is the Muong Hoa stream flowing through.
Lao Chai evokes a sense of being lost in a fairyland, but perhaps the most impressive aspect is the lives of the ethnic people here. The rustic, sincere features in the culture of ethnic minority villages in the highlands make Lao Chai a village that anyone who visits once will remember forever.
Dong Ho Village, Thuan Thanh, Bac Ninh
Dong Ho Village is a famous craft village with folk paintings, located in Thuan Thanh Ward, Bac Ninh Province, about 30 km from Hanoi.
Nestled on the southern bank of the gentle Duong River, Dong Ho Painting Village has endured many historical ups and downs while preserving the precious values of Vietnamese culture to this day.
Binh An Village, Lam Dong
Binh An Village is the name of the resort on Tuyen Lam Lake, Xuan Huong-Da Lat Ward, Lam Dong. The design of the resort is inspired by classical French architecture, combined with the quintessence of local architecture. As the name suggests, the village brings a sense of peace with a calm lake surface, hundreds of flowers blooming, and birds chirping every morning.
Binh An Village has the beauty of a fairy-tale countryside, so impressive that when you come here, you will feel as if all the fatigue in life has disappeared.
Mui Ne Fishing Village, Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan
Mui Ne Fishing Village is about 30km from Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan), located along a coastline more than 1km long. The beach here is especially calm and windy year-round, making it an ideal place for ships to take shelter.
Mui Ne fishing village is like a miniature image of the peaceful sea of Binh Thuan. The fishing village not only contains the bustling, joyful melodies of coastal life but also has an undeniable charm.
Come to Phan Thiet and visit Mui Ne fishing village, where you will be immersed in the shimmering silver of the ocean, with simple, rustic boats, or, as the sun sets, in the magical blue sky, quietly among hundreds of sleeping boats.
Cu Lan Village, Da Lat
Cu Lan Village is located in Suoi Can hamlet, Lang Biang-Da Lat Ward, Lam Dong province, covering an area of over 20 hectares. There is a stream flowing around here, which is the main water source for the K’ho people’s village.
This beautiful little village is said to be named after a species of cu lan tree that grows among the mountains and forests, and also from the rare cu lan animal listed in the Red Book.
Sa Dec Flower Village, Dong Thap
Sa Dec Flower Village is located in Sa Dec Ward, Dong Thap Province. This is a traditional craft village for hundreds of years, located on the banks of the Tien River, which is windy all year round, rich in alluvium, full of sunlight, and is known as the land of ornamental flowers.
In the early 20th century, the village had only a few households engaged in the profession of producing decorative flowers for the traditional Tet holiday. Realizing that the flowers bloom beautifully because of the fertile alluvial soil deposited by the Tien River, the people have multiplied the flower-growing model into an entire craft village.
Currently, the village covers about 500 hectares and has more than 2,300 households growing about 2,500 species of ornamental flowers. Unlike most other flower-growing areas, the hundred-year-old flower village impresses visitors with flower beds that “do not touch the ground”. The flower pots here are arranged or hung on bamboo and rattan racks above ground, with shallow water flowing along the beds below. During the flood season, farmers use boats to move between the rows to tend the flowers.
Linked to the childhood of many people
Mentioning the Vietnamese countryside is, in turn, mentioning the childhood sky of many generations of many people. Before the changes of time, although the city’s modern pace of life was gradually creeping into the countryside, the image of the countryside remained intact.
I dare say that anyone who visits at least one of “the 10 beautiful ancient Vietnamese villages“ will share the same feelings of nostalgia and emotion. Moved by the ancient and poetic beauty of the villages, still standing firm and steadfast in the face of the harshness of time or moved by the return of a complete childhood? Just know that if you want your heart to calm down and be more gentle, then return to the Vietnamese countryside – the safest and most peaceful place.
Source: collected by An
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