Discovering Cham thousand-year-old relic in Da Nang

Many vestiges and artifacts show that a large temple complex in Qua Giang 2 village (Hoa Phuoc commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang) dates back to the 10th century.

Delegation unearthed the Da Nang Sculpture Sculpture Museum in collaboration with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi National University) excavating on the people's houses ground larger than 1,000m ² in Qua Giang 2 village (Hoa Phuoc commune) .After nearly a month, many traces of Cham people were found.Relatively clear is the foundation of a tower and foundation of two large towers just below the land of Mr. Nguyen Doi and Le Quoc Lap.After being dug, scooped and cleaned, the archaeological team collected many bricks and valuable artifacts.

Mr. Nguyen Doi (54 years old) said that when his parents were alive, he often told them that there were many ancient statues, building houses to be careful not to damage.Five years ago, he discovered many large statues and stone pillars, so he told the Danang Museum of Cham Museum to transport them to study.Most recently, he dug the ground and discovered a large stone slab with steps.

In addition to the two illuminated locations, the tower foundation, the archaeological team measured, continued to dig new positions right next to Mr. Lap's house and found the ancient brick floor about half a meter deep beneath his heart. land.

Archeology was carried out very meticulously.The land above was dug up with a shovel, but when touching the old brick floor, it was necessary to use small trowel to cut each part of the soil on the brick.

Ancient bricks with ancient carvings of ancient Champa were carefully cleaned.Talking to PV in the morning of August 5, Mr. Nguyen Chieu, an archaeological lecturer at Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, said that the carved bricks were built together with other bricks showed that the Cham people had take advantage of the material of a collapsed old tower to build this tower.

"This is a definite help to determine the age of this tower. The material for building this tower is that of a tower that was overthrown in the Xth century," said Nguyen Chieu.

Valuable objects selected by the archaeological team, washed to record images.In particular, many artifacts can be put together to show that the temple tower is quite complete.

The statues, sandstone artifacts are arranged separately in the land of Lap.Accordingly, there are two parts of the corner tower, two heads of people praying to decorate the walls of the tower .

Especially the head of the Siva god relief, bearing the belief of the Champa over 1,000 years ago.The statue with the "third eye" in the forehead but according to Mr. Nguyen Chieu, the Cham people believe that when the eyes open, there will be destructive power.

The newly discovered tower sections are carefully measured and mapped.Representatives of the archaeological delegation said that the excavated remains are very similar to the traces of Cham people in Khuong My relic (Nui Thanh district) and Dong Duong (Thang Binh district) in Quang Nam province.

Many villagers and children in the village came to see the tower being revealed.According to experts, this land is the busy living area of ​​the ancient Cham people.However, because the budget is limited, it is not allowed to fully exploit the scale of the tower, because the weather condition in Da Nang is about to be in the rainy season, so the excavation will stop in the coming week.

A large stone block is the base of a excavation pillar at the excavation area, which is displayed at the top of the village. usually reported to authorities.