Discovering ancient Vietnamese tombs dating back thousands of years

The tomb is made from a large ironwood trunk, with a length of 3.6m, the diameter of the grave of 0.7m, a hollow body, the inside of which has remains and many bronze burial items .

On January 26, 2013, Nghe An Management Board and Scenic Area discovered at Bach Ma temple an ancient boat grave.

It is known that this ancient boat grave was discovered by Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh, residing in hamlet 2, at a depth of 4m, while renting a excavator to dig fish ponds at Ru Lang Coc, north of Bach Ma temple to the north. 400m at the end of 2011.

The grave is made of a large ironwood trunk, with a length of 3.6m, the diameter of the tomb body of 0.7m, a hollow body, the inside of which has remains and many brass burial items. In which there is a copper pot with a diameter of 49cm, quite intact, 2 pots with 2 round straps, the bottom has a cross-shaped pattern.

After discovering this grave, Mr. Vinh hired people to move all the remains in the grave to the commune's cemetery and donated this precious object to the traditional house of the second village to preserve and display for the people to attend. mandarin

Some residents said that in 1986-1987, during the construction of irrigation in the area near the back of Bach Ma Temple, people also discovered many similar graves. Most likely, the area around the old Bach Ma temple was the burial place of the ancient Vietnamese?

Remarkably, this Bach Ma temple is also an ancient temple according to the people who said it was over a thousand years old, built by Uy Minh Vuong Ly Nhat Quang to worship King Ly Thai To and Hoang Thai. Miss Le Thi Phat Ngan, Uy Minh Vuong's father during his time as tri tri in Nghe An.

According to Mr. Phan Van Hung, Deputy Manager of Monuments and Danh Thang Nghe An and a son of Lien Thanh land, this may be a grave of ancient Vietnamese dating back thousands of years.

Tombs of ancient boats are kept carefully.

Copper pots, burial items are buried according to the deceased.

There are many objects in the temple that serve agricultural life.

Bach Ma Temple where the ancient boat tomb is kept.