The famous 1,000-year-old 'scientist' village in Vietnam

Hanoi has always been famous for its antiquity - a quintessential feature that many world admirers praise. To make this beauty, it is definitely impossible not to mention the historical witnesses and the vestiges of the ancient villages here.

The 1000-year-old village located on the Red River is attracting the attention of international friends and young people in the capital not only because of the mossy color of time that is preserved intact, but also because of its studious spirit. the birthplace of many layers of knowledge in the North.

CNN describes Dong Ngac village - a village located along the Red River about 10km from the center of the capital as follows: "Located on the outskirts of Hanoi capital, it usually does not appear in the list of destinations for tourists. history, the thousand-year-old academic village has hardly changed over the centuries",

Fond of learning

Dong Ngac village is known as Ke Ve village. Since ancient times, the village has been famous in the song of the Kinh people: "The land of the truss, the man of the Ve".

The origin of this saying is because Ve village has many mandarins, from the Tran dynasty to the Nguyen dynasty, in about 500 years, Dong Ngac village has produced 22 doctorates, longan, deputy board and over 400 bachelors, baccalaureate. But according to the regulations of the feudal court, a village with 10 or more people who passed a doctorate was considered a scholarly village.

Especially, the clans in Dong Ngac village, such as the Phan, Pham, Do, Nguyen, Hoang, and Le families, all have graduated from the university, at least one person, at most 9 people.

According to the record: "The person who passed the doctorate for the village was Mr. Phan Phu Tien - the Doctor of the two dynasties (ie the doctor of the two dynasties: the Tran dynasty and the late Le dynasty). The most prominent in the village was the Pham family with to 9 doctors, followed by Nguyen with 6, Phan with 5, Hoang with 4, Do and Le with 1 doctor".

Therefore, Ve village ranked third in the feudal country in terms of doctorate after Mo Trach village in Hai Duong (36 doctorates) and Kim Doi village in Bac Ninh (25 doctorates). Since then, in the village, there are many anecdotes related to learning, for example, there is an anecdote about the village gates also called Frog Dong because students are famous for reading books in the village. frog call.

Another anecdote that villagers often tell about a typical example of studying hard is Pham Quang Trach. Every day he went out to the garden, holding his hand around the areca trees reading books, making all the smooth and shiny areca trunks worn out.

"Although the small village has less than 1,000 inhabitants, Dong Ngac has a large number of successful scholars, including many PhDs. Former Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and patriotic scholar Hoang Tang Bi since the turn of the century 20 also came from this village," - CNN praised the ancient village's studious tradition.

New check-in location attracts young people

Today, young people come to this ancient village as a vestige of history and eagerness to learn. Dong Ngac village is becoming a 1-0-2 check-in place for young people in Hanoi. The mossy red brick wall, the faded tile roof, the sacred ancient communal house, the bustling people's market and the sounds of the country are the things that young people in the capital look for.

Scattered throughout the village are nearly 100 old houses dating from the early 1600s. The narrow alleys tinged with mist make us relive the past amidst the hustle and bustle of city life.

The dark ironwood color with elaborately carved eaves beneath the terracotta tile roofs creates a heartwarming scene in every young person's photo. Not only is an emerging check-in place, Dong Ngac ancient village is also famous for its "delicious-healthy-cheap" dishes, which promise not to disappoint visitors.

Perhaps it is also thanks to the love of the villagers that the village still retains its ancient integrity without being lost in the modernization process of society. Then the academic village remained dormant, both a testimony of the past and a driving force for the future descendants born here.

The hustle and bustle of modern society makes people seem to want to return to long-standing cultural values. Ancient villages like Dong Ngac are probably one of the top choices for tourists in the capital. It does not take too much time to go far, and at the same time, you can find your roots and understand more about Vietnamese culture in the river of long history.

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