(Baonghean.vn) - After nearly 30 years of collecting, Mr. Vi Van Phuc's stilt house (Block 2, Con Cuong town) now houses a collection of over 800 artifacts from the Thai ethnic community. The collection includes tools for production, hunting, and gathering, as well as traditional tools, religious artifacts, and funeral items.
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| Besides a house where his family lived, he built a stilt house to display items associated with the daily life of the Thai people. From plows, harrows, hoes, shovels, knives, crossbows, bows, and arrows, to mills and looms... Everything was arranged and divided into groups like a museum display. |
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| The group of tools used in daily life and production includes: traps, snares, etc. |
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| Hunting tools. |
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| Weaving tools. |
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| Rice storage bin. |
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| Antique wine vessel. |
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| Buffalo bells. |
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| Traditional costumes group (Pictured are traditional Thai dresses). |
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| A Thai woman's personal belongings basket. |
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| The musical instrument group includes a full range of instruments such as mouth organs, drums, gongs, flutes, pipes, etc. |
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| The gong set... |
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| The group of everyday household items includes cups, glasses, bowls, plates, etc. |
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| Copper pot. |
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| Basket for sticky rice. |
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| Oil lamp. |
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| Spit pipe (used when chewing betel). |
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Even the fortune teller's tube. According to Mr. Phuc: To make that tube, the ancient Thai people had to travel through nine streams and ten ravines to find the materials. |
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| Mr. Vi Van Phuc said: "I started consciously collecting artifacts related to the Thai people in 1990. Some items I had to collect from relatives and friends in various communes and districts. Some they gave me, some I had to buy... Besides the passion of being a son of the Thai people, I hope that future generations will be able to understand the value of the life and culture of our ancestors by looking at this collection..." |
Quang An
