| Looking from the roads along the cliff, Sa Phin valley is always taken cover in the haze.. |
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1. The Stone palace( "Stone House" ) of "Hmong king", located in Sa Phin ( Tshua Peev ) valley.
It was built at the end of 19th century; finished in 1906. |
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At the very 1st time finding a good place to build the headquarter, Vaj Zoov Lung found this valley the best location; water ran down from the clifts and the ground was then raise above the valley as a turtle with 4 legs; and the 2 ridges of mountain on the left and right side of the castle makes it 2 chair's arms.
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The Eastern mountains are very high and impressive, while the Western mountains are lower and discontinous.
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After finished building the castle in 1906, a Chinese feng-shui teller passed by and exclaim that the higher Eastern mountains are the Yin, represents female of our clan, while the lower Western mountains are the Yang, means male of the clan.
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All are said and done, and destiny's choice has proved until nowadays, that most of the men in our clan couldn't live longer or couldn't maintain things, but the women.
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It was called "The Stone Castle" of "Hmong King" . |
The whole architecture is form into a "Wang" ( "King") letter -  , with 3 main houses in a straight line, and 2 rows of houses on 2 sides ("lw phas")
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There are 2 battlements. The barbican's approximately 1ft-3" thickness, 6ft-5" height. The 2nd wall is much more thicker and solidify. |
| Approach ramp of the house, the main road's made of large, flat, square flagstone. |
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Between the 2 battlements is a large land for over 100-years-old Po-Mu pine trees. |
The main castle is straight forward to the battlement's gate.
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A Phoenix on the left and a Dragon on the right; with a pair of parallel sentences: |
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" the Door Respect Righteousness, Heroes Pass-by" // " the House Accumulate the Good, Sages Call-on" |
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| 2 other flats are parallel to eachother and right-angled with the main one in the front house. |
 Front room |
 Middle room |
 End room |
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All decoration are made of rare wood. Included roofs are Po-Mu pine wood. |
There's a big water pool, used to contain enough water for house members and troops.
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Years've gone by, our "stone house" needs an upgrading. 2004, Vietnamese goverment has started to restored it to its old form. This is One milions dollars project.
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We had another building named "White House", which was constructed with French architecture.
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2. The "White House", located in Pho Bang (Fwv Pam) town.
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( click on picture to enlarge ) |
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| 1990, ( Ntxhi Vaj + tsev neeg) |
2002, ( Vaj Zoov Xeeb + ntxhais xeeb ntxwv Lig Vaj) |
- 1979, Vietnam-China Border War broke out ( Sino-Vietnam war), our family withdrew to Hanoi, along with others local resident. And this White House was bombed.
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Lately, Vietnamese goverment built up a "Culture House" on our collapsed ground. At the back yard of the house, there're still our relatives' tombstones. |
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3. We have another Stone House which's in Meo Vac town, Ha Giang (Hu Yang) province, it was built even before 1930's, |
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| 2006, phauj Maiv, Vaj Zoov Xeeb's younger sister + Ntxhi Vaj. |
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Local Chinese residents called it " Bai Fang Jian", half of the house is Vaj Zoov Xeeb's inheritance.
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| This stone house belongs to Vaj Tsu Zeb - father of Vaj Zoov Xeeb. |
It's now being used by the local town committee. |
this map is from "Kien Truc Nha Dep" ( Fine Architecture) Magazin, Jan/2002.
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- Located in Sa Phin valley (village), Dong Van ( Dong Penh) town, Ha Giang ( Hu Yang) province.
- Next to Viet nam-China border ( North-Est Viet Nam).
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Over this rocky mountain where has Vaj Zoov Lung's tomb, every October, this triangle-petals flowers bloom all over; it's also used as food for the Hmong people here. (a kind of Barley / Buckwheat) ( lus Hmoob hu ua "nchev" ) |
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- 2004, all family members have moved out for the house's construction. We're going to inaugurate this event soon this late 2005.
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Barley Hill, Sa Phin. Ntxhais + Ntxhi.1990 |
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1st June 2005, Vietnamese goverment finished 1st stage of reconstruction to our Vang clan's Stone Castle, which is an ancient and historical architecture related to Hmong people in the rocky mountains.
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This 1st stage of the project took 2 years and 650,000 USD. ( 2005)
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Click to read original article in Vietnamese |
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After June 2006, our Vang clan's Stone Castle is opened and welcome tourists.
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