ld\U
If

B i n h T h u a n l a m i e n da't c u o ' i c i i n g c i i a

miln

Trung, phia N a m giap m i e n D o n g , phia T a y la rifng nui
g i a p L a m D o n g . B i n h t h u a n c 6 b d b i e n d a i , c 6 ca h a i
dao v a Viang d o n g b a n g , m i e n n i i i . C h i n h nhCng

da'c

d i e m v e t i f n h i e n d o l a d i e u k i e n t h u a n Icti. d e t i j ' l a u
d d i t r e n V U n g d a t n a y d a C 6 r n n n g i f r t i » ; i n h >inno

T i e n sur v a Sd sur m a n h S n g

(i th(-fj

h7lf4?i/kJ(^J:fa^' l ^ ^ ^ f j ^ c p [j^ji^

phat h i e n , khai quat da chiJngtminh sinh d^ftg v e nhGngnen v a nhoa khao c d da qua
Vac

dau cong nguyen

cung da c6 nhieu d a n

t o e , n h i e u viTOng quo'c v d i n h i f n g n e n v a n h o a p h a t
t r i e n d a d e l a i d e ' n n g a y n a y . T r o n g so' d o c 6 vUcfng

culture developing through each historical period on the
basis of our Ancestors' cultural customs and habits creating
a united culture in variety. For over 300 historical years,
the generations of our ancient Forefathers have left
hundreds of valuable places of historical interest on Binh
Thuan land. Those are architectural projects such as:
towers. Communal houses, pagodas, temples, shrines,
mausoleums, royal tombs...etc. In the old times, these were

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factors contributing to make the peoples' spiritual and mental
cultural lives in the community.
The institutions of reHgions, religious beliefs and cultures
are the heritages crystallized by our fore-fathers' hands and minds
through a lot of generations and they have been improved and
preserved until now to form the cultural and historical places of
interest and scenic beauty and famous ancient relics. With brief
information combined with illustrated pictures, the content of this
small book " Binh Thuan's cultural - historical places of interest"
brings the readers the pride of Binh Thuan people's history and
tradition for over 300 years of construction and development
besides its cultural and historical content and meaning about these
places of interest. We hope that the cultural historical places of
interest and beauty spots recommended in this book will contribute
to attract lots of people as well as domestic and foreign tourists to
come for sight-seeing as well as to enjoy the traditional and cultural
values expressed in the places of historical interest and famous
scenic beauty in Binh Thuan - our native land.

ang Thanh DiJc nay la so'nha 39
du'dng Tru'ng Nhi, phu'dng DiJc
NghTa, TP. Phan Thiet, de hu^dng
iJng phong trao Duy Tan do cu
Phan Chu Trinh, Tran Quy Cap
va H u y n h Thuc Kha'ng k h d i
xUdng. Tru'dng do cac cu Nguyen
Trong Loi, Nguyen Quy Anh (hai
ngUcfi con cua nha van - thd yeu
ntfdc Nguyen Thong) thanh lap.
Muc tieu cua phong trao Duy Tan
va cua tru'dng la md mang dan
tri, thiJc day y thiJc dan toe, noi
gio'ng. Day la tru'dng tu" thuc c6
noi dung giang day tien bo nhat
d Binh Thuan liic bay gid.
Nam 1910 tren du'dng di
tim phu'dng citu nu'dc, Thay giao
Nguyen Tat Thanh (sau nay la
Chu tich Ho Chi Minh) du'dc cu
nghe Tru'dng Gia Mo gidi thieu
da den Phan Thiet va diTng chan
day hoc d tru'dng Due Thanh. Hoc
sinh cua tru'dng c6 khoang 60
ngu'di cung 7 thay giao giang day
cac bp mon : Han van, Phap van,
the due the thao ... Thay Thanh
day Idp nhi, chu yeu la day quo'c
ngii', Han van. Trong thdi gian day


Thanh xu'a de to long biet dn Bac Hoj
kinh yeu va giao due truyen tho'ng yeul
nrfde cho eac the he hien nay va mai|
sau.
Nhd nhu'ng ky iJc, ky niem eiial
edc eu, vj tri ngoi tru'dng va nhu'ng thanhl
phan kien true noi, ngoai that du'de hinhl
thanh qua eac ban ve va difdc difng laij
tijfnhffngnam 1978 - 1980.
Nha Ngif du'de xay diTng naml
1906 va tiif nam 1908 trci di dung la ml
ndi noi trii ciia hoe sinh cung du'de khi
phuc lai.
8

Bao Tang Ho Chi Minh - Phan Thiet

Ngpa du sao la ngoi nha du'de xay difng vao nam 1880 cua cu
Nguyen Thong. Vap nhilng nam eup'i ddi cu Nguyen Thong d tai can nha
nay ngam thd binh van va luan ban cong viec vdi eac sT phu yeu nUde. Liic
ci tru'dng Due Thanh thay Thanh doe sach, soan bai 5 Ngpa du sao, ngoi nha
nay eung difdc tu bd lai, hien vat ben trong bi xao trpn va mat mat kha
nhieu.
Cay Khe, gieng nifde gin bo vdi cupe ddi lam Thay cua Bac Hp cl
Due Thanh nen np eung la diem chinh trpng Khu di tich.
Nhu'ng hien vat gpc lii thdi thay Thanh day hpc den nay van cpn
lu^i gill lai : Mpt bp tru'dng ky, mpt bp van, chie'e an thu, mpt chiee tii diJng,
trap van thu', nghien mai mUc, 3 ehiec ly nhp,l chie'e khay. Tat ea deu cu ky
nhu'ng diTdc ca't gii? bap quan tPt. D P la nhu'ng ky vat thieng lieng gan lien
vdi thdi gian va lieh siJ cua nhu'ng ngay day hpc ngan ngui d Phan Thiet cua

luXi tai thon Tinh My - xa Phan Thanh - huyen Bac Binh, each thanh pho' Phan
Thiet 62km ve hu^dng Bac.
SuXi tap bao gom hPn 100 hien vat la phiTPng tien, do diang, trang phuc
trong cung dinh, da phan la loai doc ban quy hiem nhu': vu'dng mien ciia Vua, la
loai vu'Png mien diic bang vang, cham trd dieu khac tinh vi va cong phu, theo
nghe thuat truyen tho'ng cua ngu'di Cham xu'a danh cho nha vua. Khac vdi
vu'dng mien cua Vua Trung Quoc va Vua Viet bieu tu'dng la rong, con d day
tren vu'dng mien la 2 con MaKaRa qua'n quyt tren vu'dng mien the hien uy
quyen ciia nha Vua. Vu'dng mien cua Hoang Hau Cham cung bang vang va c6
hinh dang nho, dep vdi loi trang tri nghe thuat rieng. Canh do la nhieu loai
trang phuc cua nha Vua : Ao mac trong trieu, ao tran, hai, bp vu khi gu'dm, dao,
1 so' do dijng bang bac va siJ cd nguon go'c tuf Trung Quo'c, Nhat Ban. Trang
phuc va trang site cua Hoang Hau Cham cd hinh dang la va trang tri dep thbo
phong tiic truyen thong, trang phuc cua Cong chua va Hoang t i l Cham cung
khac la. Nhieu loai hien vat khac bang bac nhu' do difng trau cau, bang dopg

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costumes: Imperial robes with dragon designs worn in the Royal
palace, in royal court, in the battle, boat - like shoes or curly toed boots, weapon sets of swords and knife - scimitars, some
silver and chinaware utilities made in China and Japan. The Cham
Queens' costumes and jewelleries have strange figures and
beautiful decoration according to their customs and traditions,
the Cham princesses and princes' costumes are also strange. Many
kinds of other exhibits are made of silver such as containers for
betel and areca, of bronze such as musical instruments together
with many other sorts of materials related to royal estate, land
court affairs' activities, .some nominations of Nguyen dynasty's
Kings offered to the King Pdklong Mdhnai, seals and so on.
This is Champa Royal Dyna.sty's only collection left

(1841-1847) da ban tang
l O s ^ c T h a n l a dieuhiem
thay so vdi cac di tich
khac.
Van Thuy Tu da
du'cfc Nha nU'dc xep hang
di tich lich siJ cap Quo'c
gia nam 1996.
Van Thuy Tu -

Dijrc T h i n g - Phan Thik

THirvIEN.TI
17


Xuong Ca Vol trong Van Thuy Tu

Since the
I day of finishing
until now, Thuy
Tu fishermen's
assiciation has
contained
nearly 100 bone
skeletons of
w h a l e s and
many other
species of the
s a m e family.


ft:

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Thon Luang Binh - Luang San - Bdc Binh
Khac vdi den Thap Cham dUdc xay diTng bang ky thuat va
chat ket dinh dac biet ma hcfn ca ngan nam sau den nay van lam dau
dau cac nha nghien ciJu ciing vdi mot nen nghe thuat va dieu khac
vdi nhCfng gia tri tuyet vdi.
Doi lap nen nghe thuat va ky thuat xay di/ng thap Cham tiif
the ky XVII trd ve trUdc, tir the ky XVII trd ve nhiJng the ky sau khi
dat ntfdc bi suy kiet, nhan tai vat life va ky thuat bj that truyen, ma
nhu cau thd phung to tien va ton giao van la nhu cau thu'dng triTc
nen ngUdi Cham chuyen sang xay difng dang kie'n true den thd va
sur dung vat lieu g6, ngdi, voi nhU ngUdi Viet va hinh dang nhU mot
ngoi chiia du'dng thdi. Tieu bieu cho dang kien true nay la den thd
Vua Cham PoKlong MdhNai.

THE TEMPLE TO THE CHAM KING
POKLONG MdHNAI'S MEMORY.

Different from Cham tower temples constructed by special
techniques and sticking binding substance which have hurt the
researchers' minds for over thousands of years until now together
with the art and sculpture having wonderful values, different from
the art and building techniques of Cham towers before the
seventeenth century, since the seventeenth century when the
country was weakened, lack of talented men and these techniques
were lost but the need to worship the ancestors and religion were

B)nh

Den thd Vua Cham PoNit difdc ngiTdi Cham xay difng giiJa the ky X V I I
vdi long kinh trong va biet dn vi vua c6 nhieu co'ng hien cho dat nu'dc. Den thd
tga lac tren ngon mot doi cat canh dong song Cai (no'i dai ciia Song Luy) den
thd CO dang nhuden thd PoKlong MohNai. Do chien tranh ac liet va de tien
viec thd cung Ngai, trong khang chien chong My den thd dUdc ddi ve vi tri
hien nay thuoc lang Thanh Hieu xa Phan Hiep huyen Bac Binh each thanh pho'
Phan Thiet 68km ve phia Bac.
Den thd xay difng de thd TiTdng Vua PoNit va hai ba Hoang Hau Viet
- Cham mot gian khac thd mot v i tu^dng, con ben ngoai thd hai day tu'dng Kut
Idn d ve ben ta va ben hiJu cua den thd.
Vua PoNit lam vua tif 1603 - 1613 sau do nhu'dng ngoi cho em trai la
PoChaiPran. Tong the ngoi den giong nhtf ngoi chua ngUdi Viet. Gian thd
trung tam thd tu'dng Vua PoNit - do xuat than tCr 1 vi tu'dng nen pho tu'dng the
hien tinh oai phong, pho tifdng Idn nhu'tifdng PoKlong MOhNai, ngoi tren mot
be da c6 ranh va pheu, lu'ng ti/a vao mot be da dtfdc cham trd dieu khac ti my,
du'dng net cua pho tifOng va nhiJng bo phan hOp thanh tao nen tac pham dieu
khac tuyet my. Tren thiTc te la be thd linga - yoni each dieu (truT phan than va
dau cua pho tu'dng).
Gian thd ben canh c6 cuTa trd thong vdi gian thd nha vua, la ndi dat
tu'dng thd Ba Hoang Hau, ngu'di Cham PoMu'k Cha, tu'dng Ba Hoang Hau ngu'di
Viet (con ciia 1 vi chda Nguyen) ciing 1 so' tu'dng Kut khac tu'dng tru'ng cho
ngu'di da khua't trong Hoang toe. c6 mot gian thd tach biet de thd 1 phie'n da
tu'dng tru'ng cho vi tiTdng tai PoKayMach ngu'di Hoi giiio.

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T H E T E M P L E TO T H E CHAM K I N G PONIT'S
MEMORY.

Royal Family's people with different forms and details of these worshiped
people, but all of them are the sculpture works with their values of art history.
Seen under the architectural corner, this temple is the same as a
pagoda; but opposite to it's inside architecture, the worship content, the
worshiped statues, its formalities are also the same as the previous Cham
people in their prosperous centuries.

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Ben ngoai c6 nhieu tifdng Kut Idn bang da tiTdng trifng cho nhCfng
ngirdi trong Hoang toe vdi nhCfng chi tiet, hinh dang khac nhau ciia nhiTng
ngudi dUdc thd phung, nhUng tat ca deu la nhiTng tac pham dieu khac c6 gid trj
lieh siJ - nghe thuat.
Den thd PoNit nhin dUdi goc do kien true thi gio'ng nhu' ngoi chua,
nhu'ng doi lap vdi kien true, ben trong noi dung thd phung, tu'dng thd, nghi
thiJc khong kem gi ve noi dung cua nhiJng the ky hifng thinh cua ngu'di Cham
tri/dc kia.
R a~' I
nhieu
nghi
thifc, le hoi
difdc to chitc
quanh nam tai
den thd. Dang
chil y la tc I
Kate vao dau
thdng 7 Cham
lich, ngay dau
n a m mdi dan

T h i e t city.

hai vO chong dao sT que d l a n g L a Qua, phii D i e n B a n , tinh

A c c o r d i n g to the f o l k

Quang N a m . D a o sT la ngu'fti giau tai diJc, hay g i u p d9 ngUCli

under K i n g T u D u e ' s Dynasty, there was a

ngheo k h o , c a m ghet bon quan l a i hay iJc h i e p dan l a n g , cho'ng

Taoist couple from L a Qua village, Dien Ban

legend:

l a i che dp dU'Ong t h d i , ong bi t r i e u dinh T i f DiJc k e t t p i gay r o i ,

d i s t r i c t , and Q u a n g N a m p r o v i n c e . T h e

muXi toan bao l o a n va chju hinh phat " T a m ban T r i e u D i i n " .

Taoist was a w e l l - talented and moral person

TrUdc luc bi hinh phat nay, D a o sT da " b i e n " dai lua d i e u thanh

w h o often h e l p e d the poor, hated

r o n g bay ve phu'dng N a m . H a i v d chong diifng chan cl lang T a m


ngay 5 thang g i e n g a m l i c h , ngiTdi ta thu'dng thay m o t d o i h d

ribbon into a dragon to fly t o w a r d the South.

thu'dng ve v i e n g mp T h a y .

This couple stopped at T a m T a n v i l l a g e ,

D e n d d i T h a n h T h a i thiJ 18 nam Binh N g p (1906), nha

e v e r y d a y they prepared the m e d i c i n e to

vua da x e m x e t l a i cong diJc T h a y T h i m nen quyet dinh xoa an

cure the local people and cut f i r e w o o d in

va ban sac phong " C h i diJc T i e n Sinh, chi ditc nu'dng nUdng ton

order to earn their l i v i n g . T h e i r talent and

Than".

virtue were famous everywhere in the area;
D e to l o n g ton k i n h va biet On cong lao cua T h a y T h i m ,

since then the local villagers have called

dan lang da lap dinh tai dia d i e m ngay nay de ton t h d . N h a n dan

this Taoist couple the f a m i l i a r names o f "


XU^N en VILLAGE'S COMMaNfIL HOUSE

I
DiNH

xm

Dinh lang Xuan An difcJc kien tao vao nam Giap dan 1794 va hoan
thanh vao nhCfng nam sau do. Dinh toa lac d thon Xuan An, thi tran Chd Lau,
huyen Bac Binh, each thanh pho Phan Thie't 65km ve hiTdng Bac.
Dinh lang Xuan An la mot tdng the bao gom nhieu kien triic : dinh
chinh th6 Than, dinh thd Tien Hien, Hau Hien, nha tien vang, nha nhom va
cdng tam quan. Hcfn 300 nam tru"dc, trong trao Itfu di dan tijf cac tinh mien Bac,
mien Trung va phifcfng Nam dudi su" dieu hanh cua cac chiia NguySn, mot bo
phan dan cu" dUng lai lay vilng daft nay dinh cif lau dai. Sau khi cong cuoc khan
hoang da hoan tat va cuoc so'ng cua nhan dan da on djnh, dinh lang diTcJc xay
di/ng theo truyen thong cua ngu"di Viet de thd Than Thanh Hoang lang, cac
bac Tien bdi c6 cong xay difng xdm lang, gop cong cua dt/ng dinh lang.
Cac nha dia ly xUa da xem dat va difa vao thuye't phong thuy cua
phu"dng dong xifa de chon the diJng cua dinh, vi day la dieu he trong, anh
hifdng rat Idn den cuoc song ciia dan lang ve sau. Dinh di/dc xay difng d vi trI
trung tam lang Xuan An, mat chinh quay ve hiTdng Nam, each dinh khong xa ve
phia Nam la con song Luy, trifdc mat dinh cd nhieu dong cat cao dilng la an
phong.
Dinh lang Xuan An la mot trong nhifng ngoi dinh cd c6 quy m6 rong
Idn, va cd idi kien triic nghe thuat doc dao. Dinh thd Than bao gom 48 cot Idn
bang nhCng loai gd dac biet, chia ngoi dinh thanh 7 gian 2 chai, dinh cd kieu
kien trdc "nha kep", tren mot nen nha cd 2 bo khung nha, nha trifdc va nha sau
lien nhau va nd^i vdi nhau bang he thd^ng tran thila \iiu lam cho ngoi dinh rong

thcii vua T i f DiJc nam thiJ hai ( K y
D a u 1849) va 8 sSc phong do cac
Trieu Vua Nguyen ban tang cho cac
vi T h a n du'dc thd d D i n h va giao
cho chinh q u y e n dia phu'dng phai
b a o q u a n va t h d p h u n g . T h e o
t r u y e n t h o n g va p h o n g tuc t a p
quan cua ngiTcfi V i e t , cl day hang
n a m nhan dan thifc h i e n cac nghi
le T e X u a n vao 16-17 thang 2 A m
lich va T e t h u vao 16-17 thang tam
a m lich.

facing t o w a r d the southern direction; not
far away from it i n the South is the r i v e r
L u y ; in front o f it there are several high sand
caverns used as w i n d stops.

Xuan A n village's communal house
is one o f the ancient ones with its large scale
and unique o r i g i n a l art architectural .style.
T h e house for worshiping the G o d consists
o f 48 big poles made o f special w o o d sorts,
d i v i d i n g this c o m m u n a l house into 7
compartments and 2 wings. This communal
house has got the a r c h i t e c t u r a l style o f
"double house" w i t h 2 house frames on one
base, the front house and the back one
l i n k i n g and connecting w i t h each other by
D i n h l a n g X u a n A n da

boards inscribed w i t h ancient figure Square characters whose contents
and meanings have not been k n o w n yet until now.
T h e c o m m u n a l house for w o r s h i p i n g " T i e n H i e n " also has
the structure o f 48 poles but only one roof; here there are several
shrines for w o r s h i p i n g the generations o f T i e n H i e n , H a u H i e n .
X u a n A n v i l l a g e ' s c o m m u n a l house now still has preserved
hundreds o f horizontal boards inscribed w i t h Chinese characters,
couplets w i t h a lot o f humane values, w h i c h advise e v e r y o n e to
r e m e m b e r his o r i g i n and ancestors a l l the t i m e .
I n this communal house, they have still kept its ancient Great
B e l l o f the epoch in K i n g T i f DiJc the second's t i m e ( K y D a u 1849)
and 8 nominations offered to the Gods worshiped i n the communal
house by N g u y e n Dynasty's Kings and now they have been preserved
and worshiped by the local authority and people. A c c o r d i n g to the
Vietnamese tradition and customs, here every year the local people
carry out the rituals o f Spring offering sacrifices on the 16'^ and 17* o f
L u n a r February and the rituals o f A u t u m n one on the 16"' and 17* o f
Lunar August.
X u a n A n v i l l a g e ' s c o m m u n a l house was classified as the
National A r t - Architectural place o f historical interest i n 1993 by the
Government.


?r ARCHITECTURAL PLACE OF HISTORICAL
REST: BiNH AN VILLAGE'S COMMUNAL
HOUSE.
Binh An village's communal house (or Binh Thanh
temple) was built at the end of the eighteenth century by
Binh An villagers, in King Tif DiJc the 13""s year (1832) it
was rebuilt strongly and it has been kept integral until now.

is a big stone tombstone with the height of 1.40 metres and the
width of 0.60 metre - the only one left in Binh Thuan's village's
communal houses.
According to a folk legend, at the end of the eighteenth
century, when Nguydn Anh was once followed and attacked by
Tay Sdn's soldiers, he took his men and his wife across this sea
area, when they came to the sea channel in front of the communal
house - building area, Nguyen A n h ' s wife had a labor pain and
gave birth to a child safely thanks to a local midwife's help at
Binh An village. Later, when taking the throne, King Gia Long
offered to Binh An village's communal house 2 big white feather
fans, 2 parasols made of gold thread - embroidered stuff, 2 Great
Bells - each was 100 kilos heavy in order to remember and
compensate on the local people's merit to help the King before.
Nowadays, Binh An village's communal house is a large
and beautiful one, typical for Binh Thuan's folk art architectural
style.
The Government classified Binh An village's communal
house as the National Art - Architectural place of historical interest
in 1996.

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THA BEN HOA BANG THEN SONG

CATY


B\HH L A N G

45


bl TfCH KIEN TRUC NGH| THUJ|T
DiNH LANG DUTC NGHTA
^hUcfng Diic Nghia - Phan Thiet - Binh Thudn
Dinh la

DiJc

DiJc NghTa diTdc xay difng vao nhiTng thap nien dau the ky
Dinh lang DiJc Thang, vi nhCfng ly do khach quan ve phong tho
ang dcfi dinh len dong cat lang Thanh DiJc va lay ten la Dinh
khi sap nhap lang Thanh DiJc vdi Van Nam NghTa mdi c6 ten la
ay difng tren dong c^t cao, phia trifdc c6 ao sen Idn.
DiJc NghTa co dang kien true gio'ng nhu'dinh lang DiJc Thang,
ng phan trang tri nghe thuat dac sac nhat trong tdng the dinh
han xu'a da dung nghe thuat ghep manh sif, sanh de tao nen
hinh tu'dng "TuT linh", nhiJng phan du'di cua mai ha,
cac hi1 noc bd quyet cung du'dc trang tri nghe thuat
lam cho ngoi dmh vCfa co kinh viTa trang nghiem.
Nha thd Tien Hien, Hau Hien cung cd loi
kien true nhtr dinh chinh nhimg chieu dai cd phan
k^o ra hdn. Day la dac trifng cua kie'n true dinh lang
niVa sau the ky XIX d Binh Thuan.
Noi that cua DTnh lang DiJc NghTa, nhat la d
phan trang tii nghe thuat cham khac ben trong dinh
chinh vdi he thong bao lam bang go, nhu'bu'crem nhu'
xuong cac kham thd Than song dong bdi nhiTng day
leo, hoa la, chim muong tiif nhttng cham khac cua ngifdi

of its lower roof and housetop ridges have also been decorated in art, making the
communal house both ancient time - honored and solemn.
The houses for worshiping " Tien Hien, Hgu Hien' also have the same
architectural .style as the main one but a little longer. This is the architectural
characteristic of the village's communal house at the second half of the nineteenth
century in Binh Thuan province.
The interior of DiJc nghTa village's communal house, especially the
sculpture art decoration part inside the main one with the system of wooden
balustrades, such as the curtains hanging down the God - worshiping shrines, has
been very vivid and
lively with braces,
flowers, leaves, birds
carved and sculptured
by t h e ancient
handicraftsmen. T h e
decoration art of DiJc
NghTa
village's
communal house both
in t h e exterior and
interior parts combined
with each other has
made harmonious
ancient architectural
lines and got the high
\w^m
top c o m p a r e d with ||j§|jf'i^il^
'-^ligiii^^iggg^mi^ '
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