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The tower house was built by the old man over 20 years.


The old man built a house and made a statue by himself.

According to Mr. Mai Huyen, when he was young, his parents sent him to the temple to practice Buddhism and learn Khmer. Later, even though he returned to secular life, he always studied Buddhist scriptures during his free time. In 2000, when his children had settled down, he began his journey of collecting Buddhist books. To date, he owns more than 100 books written in Khmer.

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The tower house was realized by Mr. Huyen from the teachings in Buddhist scriptures and built over 20 years.

Also since 2000, Mr. Huyen has been determined to realize the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures by building a cool house as a resting place for travelers and a tower house for villagers to deposit the ashes of their loved ones.

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Cool houses were built for travelers to rest.

“The Khmer people who follow Buddhism all live altruistically, so they build cool houses along the road for passersby to rest. The Khmer also have the custom of becoming monks to show filial piety, building tower houses to worship the deceased. From there, I built these two structures as a way to realize what I learned from Buddhist scriptures and preserve the traditional cultural values ​​of my people,” Mr. Huyen said.

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The statues arranged in the tower house all tell a story or a teaching of Buddha.

When building the cool house and the tower house, Mr. Huyen received wholehearted support from the villagers. Many people came to contribute money and construction materials. Many people even wanted to join in the construction, but he refused because he wanted to do it himself. “I want to do this project myself to ensure its meaning and to reflect the scriptures. I have focused all my efforts working day and night to build it, for more than 20 years, but there are still many items that have not been completed,” Mr. Huyen shared.

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All the Buddha statues in the tower were handcrafted by Mr. Huyen.

Tower house attracts international tourists

The cool house is 3m wide, 4m long, 5m high, surrounded by many Buddhist reliefs, inside the house there are stone benches for passersby to rest. Passing through the cool house is the tower house about 100m wide.2, inside worship Buddha and place ashes. In particular, the roof and walls of the house are decorated with hundreds of large and small reliefs. Inside the house are arranged more than 300 Buddha statues of various sizes.

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The roof of the tower has thousands of small towers and four-faced Buddha statues, weighing up to more than 4 kg.

“On the roof of the tower, I placed thousands of small towers and four-faced Buddha statues, weighing more than 4 kg. I manually moved them all to the roof,” said Mr. Huyen.

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The four-faced Buddha statues placed on the roof of the tower are extremely special.

The Buddha statues are placed according to careful calculations, each statue is a different image. The reliefs placed one after another all tell stories in Buddhist scriptures such as: Buddha entering nirvana, Buddha begging for food, Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree... With his natural talent, Mr. Huyen did not attend any sculpture or painting school, but the hand-made statues are very vivid.

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Buddha statue with glass stickers in 4 places on the face to illuminate the viewer

Besides the tower house, Mr. Huyen also built a 3-room house for his family to live in. The house has a unique architecture, painted mainly in yellow. The walls and ceiling are decorated with many paintings with different stories and meanings. On the left of the house, there is a stone bed about 10 meters long and 3 meters wide to organize parties, funerals or perform arts for visitors.

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The architecture of the 3-room house where Mr. Huyen lives is also built and decorated like a pagoda.

Recently, many people have come to visit this unique tower house, including tourists from Germany, Belgium, France, America... Currently, Mr. Huyen uses the 3-room house as a place to serve visitors who come to visit and stay overnight. From there, it helps visitors enjoy the feeling of living in the traditional cultural space of the Khmer people in the countryside, discovering the daily life, cuisine here.

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Until now, Mr. Huyen continues to carry out his life's work.

Mr. Do Thanh Hoang, Head of Bung Coc Hamlet, said that Mr. Mai Huyen has 12 children. The family has more than 7 hectares of rice fields, everyone works hard and is well-off. Mr. Huyen is a very special person who built a cool house, a tower house, as well as the 3-room house he is living in. Neighbors and children only helped with material things like sand and cement. These projects are still being completed by him.




Sources: https://thanhnien.vn/nhung-ngoi-nha-doc-nhat-mien-tay-nha-thap-duoc-cu-ong-gay-dung-hon-20-nam-185241012102557023.htm

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