Cu Chi Tunnels were built entirely by human power, with rudimentary tools and based on traditional experience and folk knowledge during the war period.
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Cu Chi Tunnels is an underground defensive tunnel system in Cu Chi district, about 70km northwest of Ho Chi Minh City center. The tunnel system here was built entirely by human power, with rudimentary tools and based on traditional experience and folk knowledge during the Indochina War and Vietnam War.
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The tunnel system includes an infirmary, living room, kitchen, dining room, storage, meeting room... with a length of about 250km. Today, Cu Chi tunnel relics are preserved in two areas: Ben Duoc (Phu My Hung commune) and Ben Dinh (Nhuan Duc commune). Some tunnels have been renovated and opened wider for tourists to visit.
The tunnel is located in a laterite clay area so it is highly durable and less prone to landslides. The tunnel system is located deep underground and can withstand the destructive power of heavy bombs. Different areas of the tunnel can be isolated as needed.
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A water well more than 10 meters deep was dug inside the tunnel.
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The underground tunnel is 3-8m deep, the height is only enough for a person to bend over when moving. The tunnels follow the shape of a spine, radiating long and short branches that connect with each other, with some branches reaching out to the Saigon River.
"I really admire the talent of Vietnamese people. They move very flexibly inside this narrow tunnel. For us, this is extremely difficult," Ellie (27 years old, British tourist) share.
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From 1975 to present, due to the influence and impact of time and nature, some sections of the tunnel have been degraded, collapsed, and have no traces left. Some sections are at risk of being affected by the process of farming and building construction.
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The meeting room area under the tunnel is quite large, this place was used to organize meetings during the resistance period.
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The kitchen and dining area are arranged next to each other. The most prominent is the Hoang Cam stove, this is a type of field stove used a lot during the war with the effect of diluting the kitchen smoke emitted when cooking to avoid being detected by aircraft from above and close by. .
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Inside the Cu Chi Tunnels, the paths lead to floors with living and working basements for leaders, surgical tunnels, kitchens, food and weapon storage bunkers, fighting nests, water wells, and engineering workshops. , military clothing tailor...
Cu Chi Tunnels was ranked a special National Monument in December 12.
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Engineering workshop area with models of soldiers making weapons, household utensils... from bomb fragments, bullets... seized from enemy soldiers.
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Vents are built on the ground to direct air into the tunnels. Every few meters there are vents disguised as termite mounds.
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A battlement hole in the Cu Chi tunnels, the holes are small enough to place gun barrels. When they detect an enemy approaching, the soldiers will open fire to destroy them.
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Models of the Cu Chi tunnels are displayed in documentary film screening areas so that people and tourists can easily visualize.
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The grounds of the Cu Chi tunnels also display many fighter planes, tanks, armored vehicles... used in the war. Ben Duoc area has a memorial temple for martyrs who died in Cu Chi.
According to Dan Tri
