Phuoc Loc Tho – The village of ancient chalets of Vietnam

10:10, 20/10/2015

The village is the home for a collection of ancient wooden houses of Vietnam and hundreds of unique antiques.

The village is the home for a collection of ancient wooden houses of Vietnam and hundreds of unique antiques.

 

Phuoc Loc Tho old village is recognized as a tourist site with the largest number of old wooden houses with the most diverse architecture in Vietnam by the Vietnam Record Book Center. The construction of this village began in 2006.

The main entrance to the village looks like an ancient citadel gate. Behind the gate is a big bonsai and a waterfall. From the main entrance, on the right, is a set of marble statues of Phuoc Loc Tho (Happiness-Wealth-Longevity).

There are 22 wooden houses representing architecture of the North, the Central, the South and the Central Highland of Vietnam. In the picture is a northern-style house.
 

A Hue-style wooden house, called Nha Ruong.

Inside the nha ruong house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southern-style house.

There are also six houses-on-stilts of the Central Highlands.

Unique antiques are on display in the houses.

 

Ancient Buddha statues in the house of a mandarin of the Nguyen Dynasty.

 

The green space inside the village.

The village is located on Highway 824, in Hamlet 2, Huu Thanh Commune, Duc Hoa district, Long An province, about 30 km from Ho Chi Minh City.

(Source:VNNet)