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My Son Sanctuary
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations, Travel Blog on December 30, 2009
Around 70km from the central city of Da Nang, the world cultural heritage My Son Sanctuary in Quang Nam province, is located in a valley. My Son is one of the significant holy lands of the ancient Cham dynasty, between the 4th and 12th centuries.
My Son Sanctuary is a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 70 architectural works. They include temples and towers that connect to each other with complicated red brick designs. The main component of the Cham architectural design is the tower, built to reflect the divinity of the king.
According to records on the stone stele, the prime foundation of the ancient My Son architectural complex was a wooden temple to worship the Siva Bhadresvera genie. In the late 16th century, a big fire destroyed the temple.
My Son Ruins
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations, Travel Blog on December 22, 2009
This morning we got up early for the drive to My Son (pron. me son), ruins from the Cham empire 45 km south of Hoi An. The drive down was fascinating. School starts at seven (we left at 6:30) so everyone was out and about and we got to see the country “wake up.” Children and parents sped around on scooters, beautiful ao dai clad girls rode to school on bicycles. White ao dais are the uniform of all secondary school girls in the country and apparently children are not allowed to ride scooters until sixteen, and most families cannot afford scooters for their children anyway, so they ride bicycles. I’m sure it takes some practice to keep one’s ao dai out of the bicycle spokes, but all the girls we’ve seen have looked quite graceful.
We arrived at the site around 7:30 and began the trek in. First stop is the ticket booth, excercising local and foreigner prices, like most other sites in the country. Our tickets were the standard 50,000 VND, approximately $2.50 US. Following ticket purchase, you take a jeep in the first part of the way to the ruins. The driver of our old US military jeep drove along quite happily singing Ho Chi Minh propaganda songs to himself.
My Son tourism to drive socio-economic progress
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel Tips on December 20, 2009
The development of tourism at My Son heritage site will be a major motivation for socio-economic progress in Duy Xuyen district in the central province of Quang Nam in the coming years.
Duy Xuyen People’s Committee vice chairman Le Trung Hoa made the announcement on Dec. 2, as the district celebrated the tenth year since My Son was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a World Culture Heritage site.
Hoa said that over the next five years, the district will concentrate on protecting and restoring My Son relics and developing infrastructure as well as human resources to promote tourist potential, in a bid to generate more jobs, reduce hunger and erase poverty.
My Son
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations on December 10, 2009
My Son, located 69 km southwest of Da Nang, was an imperial city during the Cham dynasty, between the 4th and 12th centuries. My Son Sanctuary is a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 70 architectural works.
My Son, located 69 km southwest of Danang, was an imperial city during the Cham dynasty, between the 4th and 12th centuries. My Son Sanctuary is a large complex of religious relics that comprises more than 70 architectural works.
They include temples and towers that connect to each other with complicated red brick designs. The main component of the Cham architectural design is the tower, built to reflect the divinity of the king. Read the rest of this entry »
My Son World Cultural Heritage Site in Central Quang Nam Province Being Preserved
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations, Travel news on December 9, 2009
According to the Management Board for My Son Relics, Vietnam has begun coordinating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the start of the second phrase of the project on the preservation of My Son world cultural heritage site.
The Cham ethnic minority group built My Son between the 4th and 13th centuries in a valley in Duy Phu Commune, Duy Xuyen District in the Central Province of Quang Nam.
My Son was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in December, 1999. However, because of natural and environmental effects, and numerous wars, the relics have been heavily damaged, especially the G temple complex. Read the rest of this entry »
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