The Diep Dong Nguyen House (80 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.)

This house was built in the late 19th century. The ancestor of the present owner was a Chinese merchant. Many of the antiques of different ages displayed in this house are from China, Japan and Viet Nam. There is an opening in the ceiling that is one of the characteristics of most old houses in Hoi An. Through this opening, goods and other things were pulleyed up to the second floor.

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The house at No. 85 Tran Phu St.

Thanks to the excavation work carried out in the courtyard of this house, the development history of the Hoi An town has been partly cleared up. The findings prove that the Japanese settled in Hoi An at the end of the 16th century. Together with other relics located at Tran Phu Street, this house has helped archaeologists to find the previous Japanese quarter in Hoi An. It has been quite well preserved.

The house at No. 77 Tran Phu St.

The house at No. 77 Tran Phu St., formerly known as “Quan Thang” shop-house, is one of the most beautiful houses in Hoi An. It is a typical example of a one-storey house with two facades, one facing Tran Phu St. and one Nguyen Thai Hoc St. This house is one of the oldest in the town. Entering the house, you can see many architectural characteristics of Hoi An such as the “ke chuyen” truss style of the main building, and a small space covered by a short roof facing the courtyard where there is the beautiful “chong ruong” rafter. Facing the courtyard, you will also find a very fine “crab shell-shaped” truss. The enclosure walls of the courtyard are finely embossed with beautiful animal-shaped Chinese ceramics, and the stonework inside the house have made this place more attractive.

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The Tran Family Home and Chapel

The Tran Family Home and Chapel – 21 Lê Lợi Hội An – is an oldest old house in Hội An ancient town.

The Tran Family Home and Chapel, Hoi An is one of those chapels in Hoi An, Vietnam that belong to the early nineteenth century. The chapel is a reflection of Vietnamese aristocracy and it also bears cultural and traditional values in it. To the visitors, The Tran Family Home and Chapel is a famous tourist attraction. People from all over the world come to visit this chapel.
Cuối năm 1802 vua cử ông và một số người khác đi sứ sang Tàu. Trước khi đi ông đã xây dựng nhà thờ tộc Trần cho con cháu mai sau và cũng để báo hiếu tổ tiên. Hiện nay gia đình vẫn còn giữ gìn hai di vật của ông là kiếm và bộ triện. Read more

Fukian(Phúc Kiến) Assembly Hall

Among the various popular assembly halls in Hoi An, Vietnam, the Fukian Assembly Hall (Phuc Kien), Hoi An is the exceptional one. Hoi An is a small town in Vietnam that is full of excitements and tourist attractions. You must visit this assembly hall to encounter an excellent work of architecture that is also considered as a heritage of historical significance.

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The Sa Huynh Culture Museum

The Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An is a bearer of a legacy that is both rich and rare. The Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An is one of the most important museums located in Hoi An. Located in the Tran Thu Street of the Hoi An heritage center, the museum houses crucial and revealing relics of the Sa Huynh culture. The Sa Huynh culture is a pre historic Bronze Age civilization that occurred in Vietnam, and more particularly in the central region of the country near the coast.

The Sa Huynh culture specialized in metal wares – especially bronze and iron – and ceramics. The majority of the display in the museum comprises of articles like jewelry, weapons like daggers and useful implements like axes. All recovered evidence of these facts are seen preserved and displayed in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An. There is another feature that the Sa Huynh had perfected enough to the level of art; and that is the funerary rituals and rites. Discovery of jar burials of over 200 in number from 50 or more different sites are recorded in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An. Most of the articles on display in the Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An date back to the 1st Millennium BC which is better known as the Iron Age. There are a total of 216 exhibits in the museum. They were all acquired from the Hau Xa, Thanh Chiem, An Bang and Xuan Lam villages. Read more

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