Tour of Dong Son Ancient Village launched

Dong Son Ancient Village

Thanh Hoa City People's Committee held a ceremony on March 2 to launch a tour to one of ten of Viet Nam’s most beautiful ancient villages – Dong Son Ancient Village, at Ham Rong Ward, Thanh Hoa City.

Dong Son village offers visitors the chance to learn more about the country's archaeology, countryside, culture, history and architecture.

Participating in the tour, visitors will have an opportunity to study and experience Dong Son culture, visit the national relic of the Le Uy - Tran Khat Chan Temple, Dong Son archaeological relics, a relic of Dong Son Pagoda, an over 200-year-old ancient house of Luong Trong Due's family, the Ancient Village’s four hamlets, namely Nhan (Humanity), Nghia (Righteousness), Tri (Wisdom), and Dung (Bravery).

According to Vuong Thi Hai Yen, Deputy Director of Thanh Hoa Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the tour will help Thanh Hoa city to preserve and promote cultural values, as well as effectively exploit tourism potential, and create typical tourism products of Thanh Hoa city. Dong Son Ancient Village is expected to become an attractive cultural tourist destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Also during the ceremony, Thanh Hoa City People's Committee officially announced Ham Rong Cultural and Historical Site as a provincial-level relic site and Dong Son archaeological relics as a tourism site.
Source: NDO