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Introduction
Located right next to the romantic Perfume Riverbank, An Hien garden house is a typical ancient garden house of Hue with high cultural value.
After more than a century, An Hien garden house Hue still retains its distinct beauty with aristocratic architecture. If you have the opportunity to travel to Hue, do not miss the opportunity to visit, feel the space and landscape of ancient times at this traditional garden house!
An Hien Garden House Location
An Hien garden house is located at 58 Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Street – Xuan Hoa Village – Huong Long Commune – Hue City. The house faces the Perfume River and is right next to Da Vien Bridge.
Thanks to its convenient location, from the garden house, visitors can see glimpses of Thien Mu Pagoda in the distance as well as easily visit many other famous tourist attractions in Hue.
How to get to this garden house?
According to the guide of Hue tourist map, An Hien garden house is only about 5km from the city center. Visitors can choose to go along Bui Thi Xuan Street to Da Vien Bridge. After going through the Le Duan intersection, turn onto Kim Long Street and get to address number 58.
Currently, most tourists use motorbikes or Hue Private Car to conveniently visit this garden house as well as Hue highlight attractions.
If not, you can book our Hue City Private Tour or Hue City Tour Half Day via Hoi An Private Taxi Travel and we are willing to customize the itinerary following your requests.
An Hien Garden House Hue History
An Hien garden house in Hue was built in the late 19th century, the first owner of the old house was the 18th princess of Emperor Duc Duc.
The An Hien garden house in Hue was built in the late 19th century, the first owner of the old house was the 18th princess of Emperor Duc Duc. By 1895, this entire property belonged to Mr. Pham Dang Khanh, the son of a great minister of the Gia Long Emperor reign period.
Until 1920, Mr. Khanh transferred the old garden house to Mr. Tung Le, a famous rich man in the area with a benevolent heart. In 1936, the house was officially sold to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chi. After Mr. Chi died in 1940, his wife Dao Thi Xuan Yen continued to manage the house.
Currently, this Hue ancient house is inherited by daughter-in-law Phan Thi Hoang Oanh and four grandchildren. Although it has existed for many years, this garden house still retains the original landscape and ancient architecture.
What makes Ancient An Hien Garden House attractive?
Beautiful Garden Campus
An Hien garden house was built on a square campus with an area of 4,608 m2 with the main face facing the South. Surrounding the old house is a large garden planted with many cool trees.
The first welcome to visitors is the archway with an ancient shape built of lime brick. Along the entrance to the garden house is a driveway paved by bluestones about 34m long with two rows of green plum trees planted in layers.
Turning left towards the An Hien garden house, you will see an ancient Fengshui screen decorated with the word “Longevity” with the meaning of preventing all bad things from entering the house. In addition, in front of the house, there is also a rectangular lotus pond built according to the old Fengshui garden house architecture.
The Ancient House with typical Hue Architecture
In the middle of a large green garden is a traditional old house of 135m2 built in the style of a “Ruong house” with 3 compartments and 2 wings.
In which, the middle is the worshiping area and the two adjacent compartments are living rooms. Similarly, the two wings are divided into living quarters for men on the left and women on the right.
The entire frame of the house is made of wood with the main truss column system carved with extremely sophisticated ancient patterns. The roof is covered with many layers, decorated with dragons on both sides and lotus flowers at the top of the roof.
Precious memorabilia In An Hien garden house
An Hiên garden house Hue Vietnam still preserves many ancient memorabilia of the Nguyen dynasty. Typically, the four-word horizontal painting “Van Vo Trung Hieu” was hung in the nave, given to the owner by Bao Dai Emperor in 1937.
In particular, the house is decorated with many ancient pieces of furniture from wooden tables and chairs, tea cabinets to tea sets. All interiors are neatly arranged according to the Fengshui elements of traditional Vietnamese house architecture.
Various fruit trees and precious flowers
The ancient Hue An Hien garden house not only attracts tourists with the ancient features of the house but also because of its poetic natural landscape and fruit-bearing garden all year round.
Here, visitors will experience the fresh flavors of fruits from all over the world such as litchi, mangosteen, jackfruit, pomelo, longan.
Listen to Hue Folk songs at An Hien garden house
One of the activities that you should not miss when you have the opportunity to visit the garden house is to enjoy the Hue folk song.
In the middle of the space of the Hue ancient house, visitors can both sip a cup of fragrant hot tea and enjoy the unique traditional melodies.
Enjoy Hue traditional cakes
After the tour to discover An Hien garden house, visitors can enjoy the delicious specialty Hue cake here. Banh Co, also known as Banh Phap Lam, originated from the Hue royal court. This cake is often used in major festivals to honor ancestors.
Hue not only attracts a lot of tourists by the beauty of the natural landscape or the delicious cuisine, but also by the relics that preserve the long-standing culture. In the midst of the ancient city, An Hien garden house is always a famous sightseeing place you cannot miss when traveling to Hue Imperial city!
