Under the foot of Tien Son village lies Dong Son village. The village is a few thousand years old...

Under the foot of Tien Son village lies Dong Son village. The village is a few thousand years old. The entrance of the village and its communal house remain unchanged. There are tens of ancient houses in the village with lanes paved with gravels or tiles running torturously under the foot of the mountain. The old walls covered with green moss bring back the images of the old days. In 1924, a fish man happened to come across several ancient relics on the bank of Ma River which resulted in several excavations conducted by a French archaeologist named Lpai Jot. The traces of ancient human who lived there around 3000 years ago were revealed. The relics founded included production tools, weapons, jewelries…of which kettledrum is the most unique relic which was typical of Dong Son civilization.


Photo: Tran Dam