Oc Eo - Traces of ancient culture

- Oc Eo culture is one of three ancient cultures in Vietnam, including: Dong Son, Sa Huynh and Oc Eo. Since the Oc Eo culture became known, there have been many relics, artifacts, scientific documents, research results of experts, archaeologists at home and abroad contributing to prove and clarify the history of formation and development of ancient culture in Vietnam.

An Giang leaders survey the special national relic site of Oc Eo - Ba The

Oc Eo culture is a scientific term for an archaeological culture, formed and developed from the 1st to the 7th century, possibly lasting until the early 8th century in the lower Mekong River, in the Southern region of present-day Vietnam. This is the material culture of the Kingdom of Funan, an early state in Southeast Asia, with a wide influence in the region and Asia. This culture has indigenous origins, formed on the foundation of pre-Oc Eo culture.

On September 27, 2012, the Prime Minister issued Decision 1419/QD-TTg on ranking the Oc Eo - Ba The archaeological and architectural relic (Thoai Son district) as a special national relic, to honor the great values ​​of one of the three ancient cultures in Vietnam.

From 2017 to 2020, the Institute of Archaeology and the Institute of Social Sciences of the Southern Region conducted large-scale archaeological excavations at the Oc Eo - Ba The relic site. The results of archaeological excavations at Oc Eo - Ba The have discovered many important types of relics, such as: Temple and tower architecture, stilt house residential sites, wells, lakes built with bricks, stones and wooden objects, along with many traces of handicraft production, jewelry made of precious stones, glass, gold... These valuable and important sources of documents have contributed to convincingly proving that the Oc Eo culture existed for nearly 8 centuries (from the beginning of the Common Era to the beginning of the 8th century), in which the 4th - 6th centuries were the most brilliant period of development of the ancient city of Oc Eo and the Kingdom of Phu Nam.

Currently, in addition to preserving, protecting, embellishing and promoting the values ​​of the relic, An Giang province is actively developing scientific dossiers to submit to UNESCO to recognize the Oc Eo - Ba The Special National Monument as a World Cultural Heritage.

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