Series of mysterious ancient wells across three regions of Vietnam

1. Located in lane 189 Nguyen Ngoc Vu, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Trung Kinh Thuong village well is a centuries-old well. The well wall is made of large stone slabs. The well is about 2 meters deep, consisting of stone mortars stacked on top of each other in many layers.

Not only a source of domestic water for villagers for many generations, Trung Kinh Thuong ancient well is also associated with the custom of asking for milk - a unique custom, imbued with the folk culture of the ancient Northern Delta region.

According to legend, women who lack milk to feed their children prepare offerings and bring them to the well to pray. After that, the mother picks branches of milk flowers from the well, hangs them on both ends of a shoulder pole, and then brings them home to hang in her room. In any house that does this, the mothers will have plenty of milk to feed their children.

After many ups and downs of the times, Trung Kinh Thuong well still plays an important role in the spiritual life of the community. The altar of the well god with the three words Thien Quang Tinh (well welcoming sunlight) is still burned with incense and kept solemnly by the people.

2. Located in a small alley leading to Phan Chu Trinh Street near the center of Hoi An ancient town, Ba Le well is an ancient well that has existed since the time when the Cham people settled here.

Although the well wall has been rebuilt, deep inside the well are still layers of ancient Cham bricks firmly bonded together without mortar. At the foot of the well is a wide ironwood frame that has existed for thousands of years.

Ba Le well water is very clear, clean, sweet, can be drunk directly without treatment and is considered a local “specialty”. Many Hoi An specialties such as Cao Lau, Quang noodles, Xi Ma… are said to only have the authentic taste of Hoi An ancient town if processed with Ba Le well water.

It can be said that Ba Le well is both a valuable historical relic of the daily life of the ancient Champa community and an inseparable part of the elements that make up the value of the modern Hoi An World Cultural Heritage.

3. Located on Ngu beach in An Thoi town, Phu Quoc island district, Kien Giang province, Tien well , also known as Ngu well or Gia Long well, is an ancient well associated with the mysterious historical legend of King Gia Long - Nguyen Anh.

Legend has it that once, while fleeing to Phu Quoc to escape the Tay Son army, Nguyen Anh was desperate because there was no fresh water for his soldiers. He cried out to heaven and stabbed his sword into the ground. From the stab wound, a stream of fresh water gushed out... Today, Tien Well is only a few meters from the sea's edge, always full of fresh water.

Besides the strange well, this area also preserves many other equally mysterious vestiges, such as a foot-shaped indentation on the rock, believed to be the footprint of Lord Nguyen Anh, or a rock shaped like a chair facing the sea, called the king's throne by the locals.

Fairy Well is not only attractive because of its historical anecdotes, but also because of its beautiful wild landscape with white sand beaches, clear water and strangely shaped rocks...

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