Material culture stream along Cau River

The Cau River continues to flow through Hiep Hoa, Viet Yen, Yen Dung districts (of Bac Giang province) and Yen Phong, Bac Ninh city, Que Vo (Bac Ninh province) and then flows into the Luc Dau River. At one time, the Cau River was an important trade route, making Bac Ninh, especially the Cau River basin, soon become a gathering place for ancient Vietnamese people. Through the historical process of thousands of years until now, along the Cau River there has existed an extremely rich and unique tangible and intangible cultural stream.

Most of the villages along the Cau River today have a very early history. In the Cau River basin in Yen Phong district, many relics containing traces of ancient Vietnamese people have been discovered. At the Noi Gam site in Phu Cam village (Dung Liet commune, Yen Phong district), many artifacts of an on-site stone processing workshop were discovered. Based on the processing techniques and types of artifacts, the Noi Gam site belongs to the Dong Dau culture period - the pre-Dong Son culture, especially the discovery of weights - a testament to the economic exchange and trade of goods in the Cau River area during the Bronze Age. The upper layer of the Noi Gam site is pottery pieces from the following periods, many of which are celadon pottery from the Ly, Tran, Le dynasties...

The relics and artifacts of the villages along the Cau River are tangible cultural markers that demonstrate the existence and continuous development of the residents here. They are unique works of art, demonstrating the talents of successive generations of people throughout the thousands of years of national history, creating a rich and unique cultural stream of the countryside along the Cau River. The people along the Cau River are proud of the achievements of their ancestors, together preserving, protecting and promoting the value of heritage to contribute to building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity./.