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Visiting the Bac Lieu Dasher's house, admiring the famous architecture of the West

Duchess Bac Lieu's house is the largest and most magnificent villa at that time and until today, this is always considered. one of the most famous ancient architectural works of Bac Lieu. Visiting the Bac Lieu Dasher's house, you not only admire a beautiful architecture, admire the precious antiques but also listen to thrilling anecdotes about the prince's famous playboy. Bac Lieu in the past.

Indochina Charm Tours 11/10/2020 5 min read
Visiting the Bac Lieu Dasher's house, admiring the famous architecture of the West

Duchess Bac Lieu's house is the largest and most magnificent villa at that time and until today, this is always considered. one of the most famous ancient architectural works of Bac Lieu. Visiting the Bac Lieu Dasher's house, you not only admire a beautiful architecture, admire the precious antiques but also listen to thrilling anecdotes about the prince's famous playboy. Bac Lieu in the past.

Where is Dasher Bac Lieu's house?

Dasher homeLieu addressis located at 13 -15 Dien Bien Phu Street, Ward 3, Bac Lieu town, Bac Lieu Province. This house was built from 1917 to 1919 by Mr. Tran Trinh Trach, the father of Prince Bac Lieu, at that time about 19 years old. 

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Dasher Bac Lieu's House is a famous tourist attraction of Bac Lieu province. Photo: mientaycogi.com

Mr. Tran Trinh Trach was a notorious wealthy and wealthy man at that time. He is the owner of 74 vast plantations, with more than 110,000 hectares of rice and 100,000 hectares of salt. He gave birth to 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls. Among them, the third son named Tran Trinh Huy had a notorious playboy and was the prince Bac Lieu who was later known.

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Check in the house of the princess Bac Lieu. Photo: MetripDasher

What is special about the architecture ofBac Lieu's house?

Anyone who comes to visit the Bac Lieu 's house must be amazed and impressed by its magnificence. The house is designed and built by the French. Most of the materials used for construction are imported directly from Paris. Even small details such as bolts and screws are stamped to show its origin and at the same time indicate the owner's family background.

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Dasher Bac Lieu's house consisted of 2 floors painted yellow and was considered the most majestic house in Bac Lieu at that time. Step inside the house, you will be immediately fascinated by the extremely sophisticated decorative details. The soft light emitted from the yellow lights gives visitors a luxurious but cozy feeling.

 

tham quan nhà công tử Bạc LiêuThe staircase connects 2 floors. Photo: thamhiemmekong.com

The 1st and 2nd floor of the house are connected by a large hallway. In particular, in addition to the main staircase, there is also an additional bridge leading to the small attic, where in the past, the family of Prince Bac Lieu used it as a place to store money.

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Inside the house of the prince Bac Lieu, there are many valuable antiques

Come to visit the Bac Lieu Dasher's house, you will have the opportunity to enjoy Eyes admire many extremely valuable antiques currently on display here.

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First of all, the antique car on display right below the 1st floor. This was the most luxurious car at that time and was used daily by Prince Bac Lieu. Above the ceiling are ancient and luxurious golden lamps imported from Western Europe. Along with that, there are many antique ceramic pots or extremely sophisticated carved wooden furniture, making visitors always bewildered to admire.

 

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Ancient lamps were imported from Western Europe Photo: mientaycogi.com 

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How to move to Bac Lieu's house

From Hanoi, if you want to visit the Bac Lieu's Dasher's House, you should go by plane. After about 2 hours you will arrive at Can Tho airport. For tourists from Saigon, you can go to Can Tho by bus.

After arriving in Can Tho, you continue to move to Bac Lieu's house by motorbike or bus. The distance is 105km.

The current ticket

Entrance fee is 30,000 VND / 1 adult ticket and 20,000 VND / 1 child ticket.

Some interesting anecdotes about the prince Bac Lieu you may not know

When Mr. Trach Council came from his hometown to Saigon to pick up Ba from studying abroad in France, he entered a garage . The staff here was disrespectful because he looked very country-like in the lady's clothes. Then he asked which car was the most expensive here and immediately bought it to take him to the station to pick up Ba Huy. 

Duchess Bac Lieu is the first person in Vietnam to have a private jet

With a huge amount of assets at the same level of tolerance, Mr. Ba Huy did not hesitate to buy himself a plane. And he is also the first person in Vietnam to have a private jet. However, what shocked at that time was that he used aircraft to fertilize his vast rice fields.

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Uncle Ba Huy was the first person to hold a beauty contest.

Although there are no accurate documents, according to many people, Prince Bac Lieu was the first person to hold a beauty contest in Vietnam. He organizes such contests to satisfy both pleasures and to find beautiful beauties for himself.

Burning money to fight Bach Dasher

The most famous and most shocking anecdote of Prince Bac Lieu at that time was definitely a money burning against Bach Duc, a son of a wealthy plantation owner in America. Tho.

There is also an anecdote saying that at that time, Bach Prince dropped a silver coin under a chair inside the theater while watching the reformist. To help Bach Cong Tu find money, Hac Cong Tu burned his money for hours.

Prince Bac Lieu and anecdotes about him happened hundreds of years ago and become a thing of the past. However, the prince's house is still there and becomes a famous destination not to be missed for tourists near and far when travelling to the West . Why did not you come here once to be able to fully appreciate Prince Bac Lieu's famous toy-game in the past.

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