Thursday, 20/06/2019 18:34 (GMT+7)
We have made a visit to poet Nguyen Khuyen relics site in Vi Ha village, Trung Luong commune, Binh Luc district, the northern province of Ha Nam. The site was recognized as national historical relics in 1991.
Nguyen Khuyen (1835-1909), childhood name was Thang, also known as Mien Chi, branded Que Son, borned in his mother’s hometown, moved to his father’s hometown in Vi Ha village to live when he was 8 years old.
After 20 years of studying and attending examinations, he top three big examinations, including Huong, Hoi & Dinh. From there, he was honored “Tam nguyen Yen Do” (Yen Do's first-rate graduate in three times).
He worked in Hue royal court. Then he was appointed Governor of advance education, district governor in Thanh Hoa, Quang Ngai. He retired at the age of fifty (1884) and passed away in his hometown.
He has left more than 800 poetries in both Han and Nom letters. Half of them was published.
Way to Vi Ha village, Trung Luong commune (Yen Do commune in the past), Binh Luc district, Ha Nam province
The relics site in the village
The lane is full with bamboo trees like in his poems.
There are many lotuses in the pond in front of his house
Nguyen Khuyen's descendent Nguyen Thanh Tung introduced the stone stele carved his poems in Nom, Vietnamese and English.
Stairs down the pond
The traditional house where Nguyen Khuyen lived
The displaying area in his house was upgrade in 2004.
Parallel sentences in the house (Photos by Tran Quang Chien)
Compiled by BTA