Long Tuyền

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Long Tuyen (Vietnamese: Làng cổ Long Tuyền) is an ancient village in Can Tho city, Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. The village is located on the southwest part of Can Tho River. It used to be a subdivision of Luc Ap before Can Tho Province was incorporated, then it became Binh Hung village during the reign of Thieu Tri king (a king of Nguyễn Dynasty. In 1852, following the arrival of Huynh Man Dat, a province chief who escaped from danger to this site, this village was renamed Binh Thuy

This village is one of the most visited tourrist attractions in this city since it contains 6 national relics, or one-third of relics in Can Tho. This village features typical lifestyle in Mekong River Delta with its channel landscapes, orchards, traditional local lifestyle.

[edit] Bùi Hữu Nghĩa

Bùi Hữu Nghĩa’s tomb and temple in Long Tuyen

Bình Thủy Communal Temple in Long Tuyen

Nam Nhã Pagoda in Long Tuyen

Long Tuyen was the birthplace of Bùi Hữu Nghĩa (1807 - 1872), one of 4 famous learned in Cochinchina, dubbed "Golden Dragon of Đồng Nai land".

Tran Huu Nghia successfully passed the one of the royal exams and contributed greatly to Vietnamese literature, however, what made hime well known laid in the fact that he made hát tuồng, then a royal music performance popular to the ordinary people. The famous tuồng play “Kim thạch kỳ duyên” was one of the earliest of tuong plays, it was performed in all provinces of Mekong River Delta Region and it was the first play of this kind translated into French.^[1]