The ancient house named Ha Gun is more than a hundred years old located in Ha Gun village, Lung Apple commune (less than 3km from Sà Phin junction, Dong Van, Ha Giang). The house is built on a high mound overlooking the valley, the ascent is stretched with stone, and the appearance is quite similar to the Cat King's mansion.
The house was built with the architectural intersection of the Hmong people with the South Chinese (Chinese) including 3 blocks. The main door of the house is made of wood with high doors, an architecture familiar to the Mong people. Two large square stone blocks at the foot of the gate pillar are carved with a feat pattern that is no longer clear due to time. In particular, the yin-yang tile gate awning is exquisitely carved, with high aesthetics.
Ha Gun ancient house is more than 100 years old, owned by the Vu family. Little is known about this house. People around the area only know that it has gone through 7 generations, built by a group of workers in South China (China). The house they built was completed, then the new team built the Cat King mansion, so the architecture of both buildings is quite similar.
The whole house consists of three large blocks put together, of which the two houses on the left and right sides are horizontally indented, the middle house protrudes forward. According to the people's description, it is the shape of an eagle fluttering its wings.
In the middle of the house is the skylight space, surrounded by all the spaces: bedroom, living room, kitchen ... The entire wall has an ethnic "wall" type structure. In addition, rest mats, balconies and corridors are made of precious wood.
Indoors, poppy motifs appear everywhere, from wooden truss poles to stone pillars. But opium at that time only powerful families had the right to grow poppies and trade opium. In the middle of the courtyard there is also a monolithic perforated bathtub, a testament to the rich family of the owner.
The reception room of the nave of the house has an ancient altar, the foot of the altar is in the shape of a goat's foot, jet black, covered with dust. The 2nd floor is where food is stored.
It is currently home to 4 Hmong families. According to Mr. Vu Sua Bu (80 years old), the house is more than a hundred years old and has never been restored or repaired. Looking at the architecture, it can be seen that the previous owner of the house must have been an influential figure in the area and closely related to King Cat Vuong Chinh Duc.
Kitchen smoke still wafts on the moss-covered yin-yang tile roofs, the pace of life for generations in this house is completely isolated from the outside world, slow and full of nostalgia.
Over time, many items of the house are seriously deteriorating, peeling walls are in danger of collapsing at any time. The most urgent thing today is to plan the conservation and restoration of this historically valuable building.
According to VNN