Phuoc Tich ancient village is a little lovely corner of Hue nestling on the gentle O Lau River. It is particularly attractive by the peaceful beauty, old houses of over 500 years old and the traditional pottery which has been famous for hundreds years. Phuoc Tich is also the second oldest village in Vietnam which is classified as a national historical and cultural monument. Let’s take a trip to explore another side of the old capital to get away from urban life with Hue scooter rental and look for the peaceful moments in the bustling life.
Phuoc Tich ancient village
Location and history of Phuoc Tich ancient village
Phuoc Tich is about 40 km in the North of Hue city located between Thua Thien Hue and Quang Tri province. It’s quite easy and convenient to rent motorbike in Hue so that you can drive for nearly 1 hour to come there.
Historically, the ancient Phuoc Tich village was built in 1470 under the rule of King Le Thanh Tong. There is a ancient tree that more than 500 years old and the worshiping Confucius. At the end of the village, there is a shrine that worshiping Hoang Minh Hung who was promoted to be the goddess of the village.
What to see in Phuoc Tich ancient village?
Phuoc Tich ancient village still retains 27 ancient houses and 10 ancient shrines of the family parentage. The style of “Ruong” house with 3 rooms and 2 roofs is the typical building of the ancient North Central Viet’s people. With the appearance and characteristics of the North Central of the ancient. The houses are organized, arranged in the middle of the village road made a special combination of the residents.
“Ruong” House
Each house has a large garden of about 1,000 – 1,500m2, planting fruit trees by the season. Surrounding the house and entrance, there are tea plantations, straight cuttings. Inside the house is decorated with fine carvings due to the talented hands of craftsmen My Xuyen carpentry.
There are many famous places such as Phu Mong – Kim Long, Thuy Bieu, Lai The that well-known for typical “Ruong” house. However, they only find the original structure of this special house in Phuoc Tich. There are 12 houses in the ancient village are listed in the works of special cultural value.
Pottery in Phuoc Tich ancient village
Phuoc Tich ancient village is famous for its traditional pottery making. Previously, the village had 12 kilns making the steady and fascinating pottery products . These then were transported by boat from O Lau river wharf in order to sell in neighboring provinces like Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and spread throughout the country.
For a few hundred years, pottery has been closely associated with the people in the village and became famous brand. But around 1989, the pottery trade in Phuoc Tich village began to decline and disappeared since 1995.
The recent years, during the Hue Festival, tourist have chance to enjoy “Traces of ancient Phuoc Tich ancient village”. This has attracted the attention of many tourists domestically and internationally. Thanks to that, after twenty years of disappearing, Phuoc Tich pottery has been revived today.
The ancient Phuoc Tich tourism has become typical in the ancient villages of Hue. Visitors have chance to see the house, enjoy the local delicacies, historic cultural sites.
Motorbike – the best way to visit Phuoc Tich ancient village
With the convenient location, tourist will easily visit Phuoc Tich by cheap Hue motorbike rental. Especially, this would be a nice stop for those who do Hue to DMZ motorbike trip. Hue scooter rental would love to provide the most reasonable price, multi-types, support in English and recommendation for you to have a memorable trip.