After 6 years of implementation, the project to preserve and restore the 3 groups of towers A, H, K My Son (Duy Xuyen) has ended, opening up new opportunities in the journey to revive the architectural works here.
New look
Launched in 2017, the My Son Temple Conservation Project funded by the Indian Government has achieved many positive results. At the two groups of towers K and H, the excavation process has revealed many artifacts and underground architecture such as stone lion statues, corner decorations, tower tops made of stone and terracotta, some artifacts have been displayed on site for visitors.
Following the excavation, in the period of 2017 - 2019, experts from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) coordinated with Vietnamese technical staff and the My Son Cultural Heritage Management Board to restore and reinforce a number of architectural works in the two areas H and K such as the tower walls, tower body, tower base, door steps; clearing the drainage system, treating the foundation and paving the inside of the entire excavation area of the tower.
Particularly at Tower A, since 2020, experts have focused on reinforcing and renovating the main items of the project, helping to successfully restore the western door frame and 2 eastern door pillars of Tower A1, forming the main entrance steps to the A1 worshiping area; repositioning part of the fake pillar at the northwest corner, especially rearranging the A1 worshiping platform as a basis for preparing a scientific dossier to propose recognition as a national treasure.
Throughout the restoration process, the main method of implementation is to reinforce and preserve the original elements firmly, ensuring the authenticity of the relic. Almost throughout the restoration process, the mortar used in the surface layers is mainly otter oil and brick powder, the materials used are old bricks combined with new bricks suitable for each location.
Mr. Phan Ho - Director of My Son Cultural Heritage Management Board acknowledged that after 6 years of implementation (2017-2022), the project to preserve and restore My Son World Cultural Heritage has basically completed the main contents, ensuring the principles of relic conservation, and has been well evaluated by the Department of Cultural Heritage (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and experts from the National Cultural Heritage Council.
“The completion of the restoration and embellishment work at the three towers A, H, and K not only overcomes the damage and degradation of the relics, but also helps restore and perfect the architectural space of the My Son temple complex, contributing to expanding the tourism space for the heritage,” said Mr. Ho.
Strengthening solidarity
It can be seen that the selection of 3 groups of towers A, H, K for preservation has shown the interest of the parties in the restoration of My Son Cham relics, because this is a group of architectures that was heavily damaged by time and war. The project was carefully implemented by experts, from simple to complex, using restoration methods that comply with the principles of archaeological restoration, emphasizing the preservation of original elements, repositioning, reinforcement, and reinforcement as the main thing, the newly built blocks to protect the original blocks are also only at the allowed limit and create a difference between new and old.
At the recent closing ceremony and handover of the project to preserve and restore towers A, H, and K of the My Son temple complex, Mr. Subhash Prasad Gupta, Deputy Ambassador of India to Vietnam, acknowledged that the success of the project not only contributed to the revival of Champa architectural works, but also helped to strengthen and further tighten the solidarity between the two nations.
“The India-Vietnam relationship dates back more than 2,000 years, based on similarities in traditions, rice culture, ancestor worship, as well as aesthetic perspectives and outlooks on life… These are important pillars for the relationship between our countries.
In particular, the system of temple towers scattered in Central Vietnam is a story, a vivid proof showing the spiritual connection between the two nations, and the My Son temple complex is the best representation of the cultural and civilizational connection between Vietnam and India in history" - Mr. Subhash Prasad Gupta shared.
At the same time, he affirmed that Vietnam is a very important pillar in India's Eastward foreign policy and the two countries have upgraded their diplomatic relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership since 2016. This is the foundation for the relationship between the two countries in many different aspects and the project to preserve and restore the My Son temple complex is a symbol of the joint efforts between the two governments to protect the heritage site. However, this is just the beginning, in the coming time, India will continue to commit to preserving and restoring the F temple complex and the Dong Duong Buddhist Institute (Binh Dinh Bac commune, Thang Binh district).
According to Vice Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Tan, the greatest success in the process of preserving the tower groups is not only reviving My Son, attracting a large number of visitors, but also a strong testament to the tradition of excellent cooperation between Vietnam and India. In particular, the commitment to support the restoration of the F tower group and Dong Duong Buddhist Institute will bring many expectations in the process of preserving Cham architectural works in Quang Nam, helping to preserve and effectively promote the unique values of Cham cultural art as well as Champa architectural works serving tourism. Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/trung-tu-thap-cham-my-son-gop-phan-mo-rong-khong-gian-du-lich-cho-di-san-3026789.html
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