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Keeping Rường house – Keeping the beauty of ancient village culture

TTH.VN - Along with the support of the province, recently, many ruong houses in the province have been repaired and renovated, contributing to maintaining, beautifying and newering Hue ruong houses system.

Hue city installs 39 Rường and bamboo houses for the Traditional Craft FestivalFive ancient Ruong houses in Phuoc Tich restored and renovated to welcome visitorsInvestment in the project of Hue Ruong house production and restoration center

Today, tenono the trend of urbanization, not many people have the interest of building ruong house. This is partly because of the large budget of building ruong house, and partly it does not meet the needs of the younger generations who like modern houses. The result is that fewer and fewer ruong houses are built in the countryside. However, in many ancient villages such as Phuoc Tich (Phong Dien) or Thuy Bieu, Thuy Xuan ... (Hue city), many families and clans are still keeping ruong house as a cultural beauty of their families and clans and passing it down to their descendants.

Along with the support of the province, recently, many ruong houses in the province have been repaired and renovated, contributing to maintaining, beautifying and renewing Hue ruong houses system. Thanks to that, the ruong house builders have more jobs and stable income, even though this job requires a certain level of skill, mastery and artistry that not everyone can do.

THUA THIEN HUE WEEKLY would like to present the step-by-step process to build a ruong house through a photo report of Nguyen Khoa Huy.

Materials are prepared at the sawmill before turning into products

Materials are prepared at the sawmill before turning into products

Skilled workers are responsible for the harder steps

Skilled workers are responsible for the harder steps

Carefully carving

Carefully carving

The joy of a young carpenter

The joy of a young carpenter

Completed rafters

Completed rafters

Fixing tenon

Fixing tenon

Joining hands

Joining hands

The house begins to take form

The house begins to take form

Ruong house in Phuoc Tich attracting guests

Ruong house in Phuoc Tich attracting guests

 

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