The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho – a famous tourist destination of Tay Do

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho is not only a famous tourist destination of Tay Do but also a relic of the Western culture. Up to now, the old house of the Duong family has received many visits from near and far.

Binh Thuy ancient house address

Binh Thuy ancient house is located about 10km from Can Tho city center. This famous house is located at 144 Bui Huu Nghia street, Binh Thuy ward, Binh Thuy district, Can Tho.

The way to the old house area is quite easy to go, just cross Binh Thuy bridge, turn left to the market and run straight to arrive. If you are from another area coming and completely “blind of the road”, do not hesitate to ask locals here to know the way to the ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho.

Overview of Binh Thuy Can Tho ancient house.

Entrance fees and opening hours

The ticket price to visit inside the old house is 15 thousand VND / person. If tourists just stand on the campus outside to enjoy or take pictures, it is completely free.

Two opening hours in Binh Thuy ancient house are: morning from 8:00 to 12:00 and afternoon from 14:00 to 18:00.

Beautiful architecture in harmony with surrounding plants create beauty for the whole house.

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho is associated with mysterious anecdotes

Rach Binh Thuy in ancient Can Tho was chosen by many wealthy families as a place to build a business and settle down, including the Duong family, specifically Mr. Duong Van Vi (of the 3rd generation). decide to choose the location to build the house. Up to now, this family has gone through 6 generations.

The house of the family in Binh Thuy was first built by Mr. Duong Van Vi with wooden materials and tiled roofs in 1870 for the purpose of ancestor worship. Over 30 years of color coating, the house has been redesigned and rebuilt.

Not only attracting many tourists to visit, Binh Thuy Can Tho ancient house is also a favorite photo spot for many young people because of its vintage atmosphere.

After his death, Duong Van Vi’s youngest son, Duong Chan Ky – also a wealthy landowner, continued this important work from 1904 to about 1911. The famous architectural work, after being completed, has a unique shape that brings both the ancient and solemn features of the East, while demonstrating the generosity and Western elegance. Can Tho people often call it Binh Thuy ancient house because this is a rare remaining old house model that is quite intact in Binh Thuy.

Tourists who travel to Can Tho and visit the old house are often told about an anecdote associated with the house-building contract between owner Duong Chan Ky and teacher Ba Nghia (who designed and renovated the house). later: Master Ba Nghia is also known to people around the area as Mr. Lu Ban because he built a very beautiful house. All year round this talented builder spends a pair of short black pants, a red scarf on his head. Wherever he went to do anything, he only brought two indomitable objects, an ink crack and an ax, to hew round iron pillars to build houses.

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho has hundreds of beautiful pictures. When signing a contract to rebuild the ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho with the Duong family, Mr. Duong Chan Ky made a condition with Mr. Ba Nghia that the house must not only be beautiful, but also make the owner rich. However, according to the old beliefs, if the house is completed, the owner becomes richer, the poorer the master worker is. Therefore, the homeowner and the house builder have made a covenant with each other, when the house is built later, but he always maintains his wealth and prosperity, each month the builder of the old house is always provided with money and rice every month. to the end of life.Binh Thuy ancient house is decorated in the typical architectural style of the Southern people.

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The unique architecture of the ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho

Different from other old houses in the southwestern tourist provinces , all bearing the resonance of Western architecture because most of them were built at the time of transition, the old house of Binh Thuy brings the intersection of the two platforms. East – West culture has a bit of the French style of ancient villa architecture.

The architecture inside the building has a combination of Western and Eastern construction styles. The house is designed in the way of five compartments with surrounding fences and iron gates with decorative motifs in the style of a European mansion. On the rooftop and gable, a series of decorative motifs are made of goldfish, unicorns or flowers, and beautiful cement leaves.The iron entrance is decorated with a French mansion motif. Unique and strong impression, capturing all the eyes of visitors when first coming here are 4 arched stairways connecting from the courtyard to the main house with a series of windows, always ensuring ventilation. and bring light to the house.The windows of the ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho have European style combined with Asian culture The more you visit and observe, the more you realize that the owner is extremely interested in the law of symmetry when decorating the details because this is evident on each of the iron wooden pillars to the way the room is decorated. furniture. Besides, all the floor tiles of the ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho were transported directly from France.The ancient ceiling of Binh Thuy Can Tho is decorated with different motifs. In addition to details with Western influences, other areas of the house show clear oriental architecture, most notably the old church altar still maintained by the owner of the Asian spirit to preserve. traditional culture. In addition, visitors to the old house can ask the owner to explain more about the layout as well as the implications of each detail or the arrangement of items of the house.All floor tiles are shipped directly from France.

Binh Thuy orchid garden and precious antiques

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho is not only famous for its unique architecture but also widely known to visitors from far away by the garden of Binh Thuy orchid and rich antiques of great value located right in the house. neck.

Since ancient times, the Duong family has been very famous for its antiques while in the pavilions still preserving and preserving a series of precious antiques collected through the descendants such as furniture from Yunnan. (China), French satin set from Louis dynasty, cup cup from Ming – Qing dynasty, ..

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho owns a valuable antique warehouse.

This orchid garden and precious antiques are even more plentiful when Mr. Duong Van Ngon, the fifth descendant of the house, collected and preserved more. With the passion for playing, enjoying flowers and cacti of all kinds, he has found countless rare orchid varieties from all over the country and abroad. From just inviting friends and relatives to enjoy flowers, until today this place has become a meeting place for those who share the love of flowers, ornamental plants, especially orchids. The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho is famous near and far, partly because it owns many kinds of beautiful orchids, precious ornamental plants, especially Mexican Kim cactus that is over 40 years old.

Films of many famous movies

The ancient house of Binh Thuy Can Tho has architectural, historical and cultural value of a period of many events, so it has been recognized as a “national level artistic monument”. Especially, this place not only attracts more and more visitors, but is also borrowed by many film crews who travel far away as a setting for their films.

The famous Vietnamese films that have been filmed here are very familiar to audiences who love movies, TV, such as Tay Do Beauty , Alluvial roads, debt of life, … Aside from Vietnamese films, a foreign classic called The Lover was filmed here in 1992.

Binh Thuy Ancient House Can Tho is the filming location of the famous movie The Lover (The Lover).

The film revolves around a real cross-border love affair of a young man named Huynh Thuy Le (who is the son of a wealthy Chinese businessman in Sa Dec) and a French writer in Vietnam. The movie The Lover has the participation of famous Hong Kong actor Luong Gia Huy and becomes a famous film in the world.

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