The 400-year-old house is built with traditional materials in Duong Lam which are laterite and ironwood to keep it cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
![]() Most old houses in Duong Lam are built with laterite bricks. |
The house has a kite-shaped tile roof and is divided into five parts. There are 30 wooden props arranged in five rows with a green stone base to ensure a firm structure for the house. Many wooden parts are engraved with beautiful decorative patterns.
The middle part of the house, which occupies the largest area, is used for ancestor worship with horizontal lacquered boards, parallel sentences and ancient paintings. This area also has a couch to receive guests. The two parts on the two sides of the house are for living.
The old house was last renovated in 2008 with professional conservation methods that kept the house intact.
Duong Lam has 956 old houses, mostly in Dong Sang, Mong Phu and Cam Thinh hamlets. The traditional houses, many of which date back to the 17th and 18th centuries, are built with laterite and ironwood and have exquisite engraved patterns.