Hundred-pillar house

Hundred-pillar house

The hundred-pillar house, also known as Mr. Hoi Dong's house or Mr. Ca's house, is located on the left bank of the Vam Co Dong river, in Long Huu Dong commune, Can Duoc district, Long An province. This house was built by Mr. Tran Van Hoa, who was then Huong Su of Long Huu village, Loc Thanh Ha district, Cho Lon province. He worked in the French government's Cochinchina Colonial Council and was a prestigious person in society. Although it is called a hundred-column house, the truth is that the house has up to 120 columns, of which 68 main columns and 52 small auxiliary square columns. The hundred-column house has the style "Quoc", 3 compartments, 2 double wings with an area of ​​822m2 in a garden of 4,886m2. This house was started in 1901, completed in 1903, and in 1904, the decorative carvings were completed by a group of 15 workers from My Xuyen village - a famous carpentry village of Thua Thien - Hue using quality materials. The main materials are precious woods such as rosewood, ebony... the roof is covered with yin and yang tiles, the floor is made of 0.9m high boulders, and the floor is tiled with hexagonal Chinese tiles. The house consists of two parts: the first part is the internal and external part, the second part is the living and living part. The last rice granary was completely dismantled (1952), now only the foundation remains. The main side of the house faces Northwest, around the house there is a large yard used to dry rice and flour. The hallways, porches and floors are tiled with Chinese tiles, the spacious space faces a large garden so it is always cool. The main door and windows have slats and wooden panels. The main structure of the Hundred Pillar House is the Xuyen Dinh style (also known as the Dab Trinh house or the Ruong house), with an eight-pillar style frame, positioned in the West - East, Early - Later direction. Parts of the main structure such as trunh and truong are threaded and curved like a ruong house in the Central region. The junction between the main part and the bamboo to support the roof of the house is stylized in the shape of a "pestle and mortar", symbolizing the harmony of yin and yang (so it is also called the mortar and pestle house style). This is a traditional house style that has many advantages because the frame is very sturdy. In particular, the architectural decoration at the Hundred Pillar House shows that the sculptural art of past artisans was at a high level through layout, theme expression as well as technical processing. The entire system of trusses and rafters is elaborately embossed and carved with the themes "clouds turning into dragons", "four times" like "strings turning leaves" typical of Hue. The internal and external rooms are where the highest concentration of aesthetic value of the building is concentrated, to which the ancients engraved brocade on every touch. It is a diverse and rich collection of classical themes such as "four sacred things", "four times", "eight results"; Motifs representing Phuc - Loc - Tho alongside Western themes such as roses, squirrels - grapes, and Southern elements such as custard apple, bowl bowl, starfruit, mangosteen, have been expressed by artisans. Elaborately on the panels, box frames, partitions, wind-leaf walls, altars, chairs, round tables, long tables, using the techniques of parasol carving, embossment, canal carving, and embossed on parasol carving. , extremely skillful and ingenious. With that value, in 1997 the Hundred Pillar House was ranked by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a National Historical and Cultural Monument. Source: Long An Tourism

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