Published:  15:46 Monday - October 03, 2016

Duong Lam ancient village is a famous village near Hanoi with many houses dating back up to 400 years. Nowadays, the village becomes a tourist destination that attracts both domestic and foreign tourists.

Duong Lam is a commune of Son Tay town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Duong Lam becomes the first ancient village in Vietnam.

Duong lam village still retains most of the basic characteristics of a village of Vietnam with port village, trees, courtyard, temples, well, water fields… 

 The roads of Duong lam were special because they have the shape as the bones of fish. 

Some features are still kept in Duong Lam ancient village is the old village gate in Mong Phu village.

For a tangible culture relic, Duong Lam has 21 relic sites, consisting of temples, pagodas and tombs and ten of which have been classified as national and provincial relics. 

 Characteristics of the old traditional houses are all built from blocks of laterite.

Duong Lam has 956 traditional houses, Dong Sang has 441 houses, Mong Phu has 350 houses and Cam Thinh Has 165 houses.

The trade village here is also famous and quality of the village is not inferior to the same village such as: Ban village, Cu Da…

Duong Lam has preserved various festivals, customs and literature on the people and land of Duong Lam through different period of time.