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MR. KIET’S ANCIENT HOUSE - DONG HOA HIEP ANCIENT VILLAGE

Located in Phu Hoa Hamlet, Dong Hoa Hiep Village, Cai Be District, Tien Giang province. Mr. Kiet’s Ancient House is one of the most popular kind of house in Dong Hoa Hiep village. he house accounts for 1000 sqm and located between 1.8 ha of orchard garden. Kiet’s house is divided into 5 parts with more than 108 wood pillars. Both design and furniture in Mr. Kiet old house are built and arranged as the traditional structure of the South of Vietnam.

The house accounts for 1000m2 and located between 1.8 ha orchard. The house was divided into 5 parts with more than 100 wood pillars. Both its design and furniture in Mr. Kiet old house was built and arrange as the traditional structure of the South.

The pattern decorations were carved meticulously on the rafters and walls. That brings the distinctive style of the upper class of the South. Ms. Chinh, wife of Mr. Kiet, shared that in the past, her father in law has a hobby is collecting antiquities. Therefore, until now there is a range of antiquities and priceless ceramic products were displayed in the traditional old house.

“DAI MY GIA” IS THE NAME WHICH JAPANESE EXPERTS AND TOURIST CALL MR. KIET’S ANCIENT HOUSE

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The house has a very unique architecture in the style of Hue communal house, but it has Southern nuances from the rafters, doorways, wooden carvings carved with gilded lacquer. With the subtle images of the four most precious floral in Vietnamese culture, it shows the talented hands of an old workman.

The roof was tiled with yin and yang shape. Column trusses are designed in a typical style. The liễn of the house in front of the house is made of staggered square wooden spokes for light and air.

The interior and wall paintings are inlaid with magnificent nacre. Connecting the main pillars of the house is a large system of elaborate carvings from square wooden boards with motifs simulating the forms of folk activities and cultural beliefs of the South.

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONAL FOLK-HOUSE OF VIETNAM

In 2002, JICA Japan surveyed and determined that Mr. Kiet’s old house is one of the most beautiful houses in Vietnam. However, it is seriously degraded, so they decided to invest in restoration. In 2004, after more than 1 year of hard working of the reconstruction, the house was completed and became one of the favorite destinations for international visitors.

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Recent customer feedbacks

Visited as part of our private tour. We were told to expect a local lunch but we ended up with a feast. The setting is very peaceful and the staff were lovely. Started off with some soup that was tasty but a little bland. A selection of starters was served, spring rolls and battered flowers. Really good. Whole fish was then served and our waitress picked the meat off and made pancakes with rice paper. By this time, we were getting full but there was still fresh prawns and a chicken curry with rice. Really good food in a lovely setting. Toilets and washing facilities could be greatly improved.

Mill Newcastle, 2019

We dined at Mr. Kiet’s Historic House, during our visit along the Mekong river. It’s a lovely old house that dates back to 1838. The restaurant’s specialty is Elephants Ear fish, that is put on a rack, you can then make a rice paper roll with it and add some pineapple and veg. Very nice relaxing place for lunch, along with soft drinks and local beer.

Ann, 2019

We visited this lovely old house as part of our trip to the Mekong Delta. We started with a chicken and sweetcorn soup which was tasty. We were then served Elephant fish which has to be served in a frame to hold it that way or it’s bad luck! It’s a lovely firm fish and was served in rice paper with pineapple and mint, which we had to make ourselves using chopsticks…great fun! We also had a curry served with the ubiquitous sticky rice.

Robbins, 2018

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Visitors are able to make special dishes of the Southwest
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