Inside a 40-year-old Thai stilt house in Dien Bien

Theo tim hieu cua phong vien Bao Lao Dong, ngoi nha san 40 tuoi nay thuoc so huu cua ong Lam Minh – ban Ho Luong 3, xa Lay Nua, thi xa Muong Lay, tinh Dien Bien. Anh: Quang Dat

According to the investigation of Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, this 40-year-old stilt house belongs to Mr. Lam Minh - Ho Luong 3 village, Lay Nua commune, Muong Lay town, Dien Bien province.

Ong Lam Van Hung (con trai ong Lam Minh) - cho biet, ngoi nha san go nay duoc xay dung vao nam 1984 - 1985.

Mr. Lam Van Hung - son of Mr. Lam Minh, said that this wooden stilt house was built in 1984-1985.

Mai nha duoc lop bang ngoi xi mang chu khong lop mai da giong nhu hau het cac ngoi nha san truyen thong nguoi Thai trong vung.

The roof is covered with cement tiles, not stone roofs like most traditional Thai stilt houses in the area.

Ngoi nha co chieu dai 14m, rong 7m nay da gan bo voi gia dinh ong Lam Minh qua 4 the he.

This 14m long, 7m wide house has been with Mr. Lam Minh's family for 4 generations.

Ong Lam Van Hung cho biet: “Du da trai qua 4 thap ky, ngoi nha san 4 gian nay van giu duoc ve dep nguyen so voi kien truc doc dao. Chi co mot so tam van bi moi mot, chung toi moi thay the“.

Mr. Lam Van Hung said: “Although it has been 4 decades, this 4-room stilt house still retains its original beauty with unique architecture. Only some planks were damaged by termites, so we replaced them.”

Theo ong Hung, nho dia hinh cao, ngoi nha da may man khong bi anh huong de di doi nhuong cho cho long ho thuy dien Son La.

According to Mr. Hung, thanks to the high terrain, the house was fortunately not in the area that had to be relocated to make way for the Son La hydroelectric reservoir.

“Ngoi nha da duoc cai bien tu kien truc nha san truyen thong cua nguoi Thai trang de phu hop hon voi cuoc song cua gia dinh. Do khi xua, nguoi Thai khong o gam san” – ong Hung thong tin.

“The traditional Thai stilt house is not designed to have a space under the floor, however, my family's house has been modified to turn the space under the floor into a living space suitable for real life needs,” Mr. Hung added.

Sau 40 nam, den nay nhung cay cot go cung da xuong cap theo thoi gian.

After 40 years, the wooden pillars have also deteriorated over time.

Hien tai, gia dinh ong Lam Minh da xay dung them mot ngoi nha san moi de dap ung nhu cau sinh hoat.

Currently, Mr. Lam Minh's family has built a new stilt house to meet living needs as the family members increase.

Do ngoi nha cu da xuong cap, cong voi viec co them ngoi nha san moi nen khoang 2 nam gan day, gia dinh ong Hung hau nhu khong con su dung tang tren cua ngoi nha nay.

Because the old house was degraded, combined with the addition of a new stilt house, for the past 2 years, Mr. Hung's family has hardly used the upper floor of this house.

“Voi tinh trang xuong cap hien tai, gia dinh du dinh se thao do ngoi nha trong thoi gian toi” - ong Hung noi.

“With the current state of deterioration of this house, my family is considering whether to repair and preserve it or demolish it and rebuild it. If we keep it like this, it is not safe,” said Mr. Hung.