Village well in Vietnamese people's life

The village banyan tree, water well, and communal house yard have become common symbols of a Vietnamese rural village. A village well not only provides water for the villagers’ daily use but also maintains its important role in the local people’s social life.

A water well in the rural district of Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh province (Photo: VNA)

The village well provides water for the villagers’ daily use (Photo: VNA)

The village well plays an important role in the local people’s spiritual life (Photo: VNA)

A water well in Hoa Lu district, Ninh Binh province (Photo: VNA)

The village well provides water for the villagers’ daily use (Photo: VNA)

The village well plays an important role in the local people’s spiritual life (Photo: VNA)

Rural water wells have been part of rural people’s lives for thousands of years and have become an eternal symbol of rural Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Rural water wells have been part of rural people’s lives for thousands of years and have become an eternal symbol of rural Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

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