Truong Luu Ancient Village

About this location

Truong Luu Ancient Village - Ha Tinh's Triple UNESCO Heritage Village Truong Luu Ancient Village is located in Truong Luu Commune, Ha Tinh Province. With a history of over 600 years, the village proudly holds 3 UNESCO documentary heritages, featuring Phuc Giang woodblocks, ancestral clan houses, communal halls, and temples. TRUONG LUU ANCIENT VILLAGE – A 600-YEAR-OLD VILLAGE WITH 3 UNESCO HERITAGES Truong Luu Ancient Village is situated in Truong Luu Commune, Ha Tinh Province. The newly established Truong Luu Commune, under Resolution 1665/NQ-UBTVQH15 of 2025, encompasses the former communes of Kim Song Trường, Thuong Nga, and Phu Loc. Over 600 years old and formerly part of Kim Song Truong Commune, it is the only ancient village in Vietnam to be honored with 3 UNESCO-inscribed heritages. Locations offer backdrops featuring communal houses, temples, ancestral clan houses, ancient houses with red tile roofs, stone gates, stone walls, red brick courtyards, fields, gardens, greenery, and village paths. The village preserves 37 ancestral clan houses and 7 national-level heritage sites. It houses 383 woodblocks from the Truong Luu School and Phuc Giang Library, carved with inverted Chinese characters (Han script) to print Confucian textbooks, crafted between 1758 and 1788 at the Phuc Giang Library of the Nguyen Huy clan. The three UNESCO documentary heritages are the Phuc Giang School Woodblocks, the Royal Envoys' Journey to China (Hoang Hoa Su Trinh Do), and the Sino-Nom Documents of Truong Luu Village. The village also preserves folding screens (cuon thu), stone dragons, woodblocks, ancient books, wooden shelves, looms, and drums. The landscape is ideal for wide aerial drone shots of the ancient village nestled among fields and gardens, medium shots of communal houses and ancestral clan houses, and close-ups of woodblocks, ancient books, and folding screens. The landscape is well-suited for historical films, rural dramas, family films, heritage documentaries, educational films, road trip movies, and heritage tourism promotion videos. Source information compiled by: PTIT. Photo source: PTIT.

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Location rules

• Obtain permission from the Truong Luu Commune People's Committee + Heritage Management Board + ancestral clan house owners prior to filming
• Do not touch, flip, or relocate woodblocks, ancient books, folding screens, ritual objects, drums, or looms without prior consent
• Maintain order and silence in communal halls, temples, ancestral clan houses, and libraries; avoid loud talking, running, jumping, or capturing offensive footage in sacred spaces
• Do not use heavy lighting or direct flash on woodblocks, ancient books, or Sino-Nom documents; do not start fires or smoke inside ancient houses and libraries
• Do not set up heavy rigs, drive stakes, block village paths, litter, snap branches, pick flowers, or damage stone walls and stone gates
• Do not fly drones, film during ceremonies, or shoot inside private residences without specific prior authorization

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