(Baonghean.vn) - The stilt house of the district chief of Tuong Duong Lang Vi Nang in Phuc village, Don Phuc commune (Con Cuong) still preserves dozens of antiques from the time when his Lang Vi family was a great power in western Nghe An with 3 people succeeding each other as district chiefs and 5 people as district chiefs.
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| The Lang Vi family, originally from the Vi family in Quy Hop (Nghe An), has been wandering for 8 generations. According to the descendants of this family, Mr. Lang Van Bang had the merit of leading the army to defeat the Pho Kham rebels, so he was appointed by the Hue court as "local district chief" according to the hereditary system. Lang Vi Nang was the third successor and also the last district official. In the photo, Mr. Lang Vi Tinh, the eldest son of Lang Vi Nang, is burning incense in front of his father's altar. |
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| Portrait of Lang Vi Nang, who died in 1975. According to his family, when he died, he was 78 years old. According to his children, Lang Vi Nang was the third successor of Lang Van Bang and also the last district chief of Tuong Duong. In addition, there were 5 people in the family who were district chiefs. |
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| The tablet of an ancestor in the Lang Vi family is written on red cloth. |
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| The family still preserves many relics such as royal decrees and royal edicts of the dynasties of Thanh Thai, Khai Dinh, Bao Dai and King Luang Prabang... All are carefully preserved in two scrolls. |
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| In 1941, Lang Vi Nang was awarded a royal edict by the King of Luang Prabang and the White Elephant Order certificate. |
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| Currently, this family is preserving 7 royal decrees of the Hue court. Although they do not understand Chinese characters, the family members consider these as family heirlooms and are carefully preserved. |
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| A memorial plaque for King Khai Dinh. |
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| The Lang Vi family still preserves dozens of ancient parallel sentences. In the picture is the sentence: "A hundred miles of scenery exalts the noble family/ A thousand miles of grace contains the whole family" |
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| In addition to Chinese texts, the Lang Vi family also preserved an ancient Sangrit book. |
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| The texts on the leaves, known as "butter orchids", have yet to be deciphered. It is speculated that they could be in ancient Thai or Lao script. |
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| The ancient incense burner is about 100 years old. |
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| Bronze turtle and crane pair. |
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| Mr. Lang Vi Tinh said that in the past, there were many artifacts of our ancestors in this house, but since the family moved back to their hometown in 1945, most of the artifacts have been lost or destroyed. |
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