The Dong Hoa Hiep Village (in Cai Be District, Tien Giang Province) is well-known for its poetic, airy scenery. Along with two other ancient villages of Duong Lam in Hanoi and Phuoc Tich in Hue, Dong Hoa Hiep Village has been selected and invested in to develop into a countryside tourism model by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Tourists go along the highway 1A to Cai Be T-junction, then turn into Provincial Road 875 about 4km, after that tourists will go to the center of Cai Be district, go 2km further to the bridge No. 2.From here, tourists will see signs to the ancient houses: Ba Duc 100m, Mr. Xoat 3,000m, Mr. Tong900m...

Dong Hoa Hiep village was established in the 18th century, there are currently more than 3,000 households, scattered in 6 hamlets with the main source of income from the specialty fruit orchards of the South: Hoa Loc mango, oranges, blue-skin grapefruit, longan,Vinh Kim star apple, etc. Dong Hoa Hiep also has traditional craft industries such as making rice, rice paper, rolling milk cake...

Unlike the ancient Lam village and Phuoc Tich ancient village, the ancient village of Dong Hoa Hiep has a poetic, airy setting with ancient houses looming among the green orchards surrounded by peaceful Cai Be river. Tourists can enjoy the village's tranquil beauty by taking a canoe on the river or strolling along the winding path between the shady orchards.

One of the most impressive destinations for tourists in the ancient Dong Hoa Hiep village is the Ba Duc ancient house with the East-West architecture. The house was built in 1850 among a garden of more than 2 hectares with longan, milk, grapefruit, oranges, etc, creating a rustic scene that is no less poetic and romantic. If the front of the house is French style with round columns and curved dome, the interior is a special Vietnamese architectural space. The house still retains many precious and beautiful items, showing an elegant and great hobby of rich families in the ancient South

The main part of the house has a sophisticated set of antique tables and chairs. The two auxiliary cabinets have two ancient churches carved with nacre. Couples, lacquer, blue, edge of the door are carved sophisticated patterns. Memories of the owner, such as the moon guitar, pictures, kerosene lamp, vase, bell, round tables which are scattered in the house and they will make visitors like step into the space of ancient times. Ba Duc's ancient house is also a homestay destination attracting international tourists.

On occasions, Tet or when guests request, there will be groups of musicians to serve. Guests will enjoy the special performances with cast, musicians are the local people. Ba Duc's ancient house on average receives nearly 100 visitors per day or up to 500 times in peak time. In the ancient house complex in Dong Hoa Hiep, there is an ancient house of Tran Tuan Kiet built in 1838 with an area of nearly 1,000m².The house has architecture and textures in the style of the traditional garden house marking the ancient village in the northern delta has varied with the style of Dinh word, including 5 rooms. The house also preserves many precious objects such as: the set of tables and chairs with elaborate carvings, items made of Chinese ceramics (the Qing Dynasty). The wood things in the house are engraved with elegant patterns. Especially, there are 108 wooden pillars, the Japanese archaeologist ranked very highly groups of great beauties eternal country" in Vietnam. Mr. Kiet's ancient house on averagehas100 visitors each day.

           Local authorities, every year, Dong Hoa Hiep village has more than 100,000 visitors to visit the architecture of the ancient houses and explore the orchards, learn the traditional craft, float on the Cai Be floating market.

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