Long Son Big House

Long Son Big House, also known as Ong Tran Temple, is a national cultural and historical monument of Vung Tau and is a favourite destination for tourists on tours in Vietnam. Located on the eastern slopes of Nua Mountain, Long Son island commune, Vung Tau city, Long Son Big House is not only a famous spiritual destination for locals but also preserves many architectural and cultural values. If you have a chance to travel to Vung Tau, don’t forget to visit and learn about Long Son Big House.

The process of building Long Son Big House

The Long Son Great House was built between 1910 and 1929 by Mr Tran, his real name is Le Van Muu (1855-1935), a country patriot in Thien Khanh village, Ha Thanh district, Ha Tien province, Tan Khanh Hoa commune, Giang Thanh district, Kien Giang province now.

Born and lived in the context of a volatile country, Mr Tran once joined the Ngo Loi insurgent army in An Giang to join the anti-French resistance movement. In 1890, Ngo Loi died, the insurgent gradually disintegrated, Mr Tran returned to his hometown to hide in 1900, and then 20 people in the family went to another place to rebuilt their career.

When coming to the south of Nui Nua island, it was found that the area had not been exploited yet, so he decided to stay in this land.

According to the record of the Vietnam Tourist Information, in 1910, approved by the French authorities, Mr Tran built the Big House to worship Confucius. After that, he continued to build many other works as places of worship such as the Heaven temple, the Buddha pagoda, the Fairy temple, etc.

In addition, the works he built also included schools, market houses, cultural houses, accommodation for newcomers … These works are located in a large area so people often call Big house. After Tran’s death, this place was called Ong Tran Temple.

The unique architecture of Long Son Big House

Located on an area of about 2 hectares, Long Son Big House is divided into 3 areas: temple, tombs of Mr Tran, and the area including works of schools, synagogues and communal house and the conservation area of Ghe Sam.

In general, Long Son Big House was built according to the old architectural style like the Vietnamese community house, however, it does not follow any rules but the houses are interspersed, unbalanced and do not follow any rules.

The church area includes works such as the Lau Cam (Tien Dien – Front Temple), Lau Phat (Chanh Dien – Main temple), Lau Tien, Lau Dai, Lau Troi, Holy House and Nha Hau (Hau Dien).

Book Vietnam Small Group Tours to discover Vung Tau tourist destination, visitors can not only see the unique architecture of the Big House but also learn about Mr. Tran and admire the precious relics like the image of Nom script of Luc Van Tien story, the elegant tables and chairs encrusted with granite and nacre that King Thanh Thai used during his time in Bach Dinh, the set of worshipping boxes of 33 pieces were carefully encrusted with nacre and distich and ancient picture.

For about a century, Long Son Big House still retains its original architectural features. Booking Vung Tau tour of Travel Companies in Vietnam to come here, visitors will feel all the architectural beauty of the building and the traditional cultural values of the local people. There are many tours to visit many of the famous spiritual destinations of Vung Tau such as Long Son Big House, Buddha Statue, Statue of Christ…

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