Ancient house in classic short story

An older than a century house of Ba Kien – a character in classic short story “Chi Pheo” by writer of Vietnamese realism Nam Cao has become a tourist attraction.
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 1The house is located on an area of nearly 900 m2 in Dai Hoang village, Hoa Hau commune in Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 2The first owner of the house was Tran Duy Hanh, a wealthy merchant. In the 1910s, he hired 20 talented carpenters to build the house in Ly Nhan district (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 3The house now welcomes visitors to learn about writer Nam Cao's career (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 4The house now welcomes visitors to learn about writer Nam Cao's career (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 5The house now welcomes visitors to learn about writer Nam Cao's career (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 6(Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 7In the past, there were many valuable things such as paintings, pictures, ancient couplets in the house. The house was nearly burned by the French but it then got saved (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 8This is also a particularly elaborate wooden house that cannot be seen in neither Ly Nhan district nor the surrounding provinces (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 9The house has three compartments designed in traditional Vietnamese rural style, with 16 big pillars (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 10The house is over 100 years old but the roof is still in good shape (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
Ancient house in classic short story ảnh 11Up to now, the house still retains its ancient architecture and becomes an ideal attraction for visitors (Photo: Minh Hieu/Vietnam+)
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