Located in the rural area of Hanoi,
just about 20 km to the south-west of the capital, Song Phuong village is very
famous for its beauty as well as for many green garden and clean vegetable
field. All of the products here are made by the local people with the total
area of more than 20,000m2. Most of the area is covered by various kinds
of fruits and vegetables like orange, grapefruit, mango, lychee… Normally, in
the middle of the garden, there usually has a small house for some special
events and performance; it is also the place for restore their products during
the whole harvests. Many tourists come there and they were really impressed by
the knowledge they got. They have chance to experience the life there with some
class of growing vegetables and fruits. Song Phuong village is very famous for
the quality of their products. Visiting this village, we can enjoy the fresh
atmosphere as well as enjoy many fantastic landscapes that is the feature of
Vietnamese traditional village.
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| Song Phuong Map |
Nowadays, Song Phuong is improving
itself to attract more and more tourists. Each year, there are about 10,000
visitors come to visit it. Currently, this village has many modern equipment
like swimming pools for kids, the house of tennis and billiards, outside stage
for special events. It is becoming a real eco-center of Hanoi.
Another special thing of this village
is the pagoda with ancient architecture. Song Phuong has two big pagodas:
Middle pagoda and Upper pagoda. The middle pagoda has another name is Phuong
Tien Tu or Phuong Tien Pagoda. It is the place to worship the bodhisattva. The
Upper pagoda is also used to worship Bodhisattva. Besides the pagodas, it is
also well-known for a beautiful and ancient temple. However, because of the
war, the main part of the temple was destroyed and later it was rebuilt to show
respect to the God and ancestors.
The first thing
that we can easily see when visiting this village is the Temple with many
ancient banyan trees. It is a very beautiful temple with unique architecture. |
| Song Phuong Temple |
Not really far from the temple is the
Upper pagoda, the center religion of the village. After being rebuilt, the new
pagoda is much more modern but it still keeps the ancient beauty with the bell
tower, tower of relics and many statues inside. Upper pagoda is an example for
unique structure of pagoda and temple in the North of Vietnam.
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| Bell Tower of Upper pagoda |
The most interesting that attract
many tourists come to visit Song Phuong village is the garden of clean vegetables. Coming there, they will have chances to see themselves the way the
local people grow clean vegetables. No toxic chemicals are allowed to use to
protect the products here. What they use are very clean and friendly to the
environment. That is the reason why a lot of people want to buy the products
there to ensure the quality and protect their health also.
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| Clean vegetables garden |
