The An Hien garden house at No 58 Nguyen Phuc Nguyen in Thua Thien - Hue (Photo: VNA)
ThuaThien – Hue (VNA) – The central province of Thua Thien - Hue hasdecided to allocate 32.6 billion VND (1.44 million USD) to preserve and developgarden houses in 2017-2020, heard a conference to review two years of theprovince’s resolution on garden houses protection. Overthe last two years, the province poured nearly 7.3 billion VND (321,460 USD) tomaintain and develop garden houses in Hue and Phong Dien district. About 5.3billion VND (233,380 USD) was earmarked to restore five out of 14 houses, witha financial aid of from 600-750 million VND for each house. ViceStanding Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phan Ngoc Tho said theprovince will continue to disseminate the policy to maintain and develop the valuesof the garden houses, raising homeowners’ awareness of the work. Besides,the province will devise tours for visitors to live in the houses andexperience local customs of marriage, death anniversary and making foods inholidays, he added.
To be a Hue-style gardenhouse, a home must have two distinct elements: a nha ruong (Hue-style woodenhouse with beams and pillars), and surrounding gardens. They have yards in boththe front and back. In the front yard a decorated wall or rock structure blocksbad luck and harmful winds from entering the house through its main door.Between the wall and the front hallway lie pots of flowers, a fish tank or pondand bonsai trees.
A driveway running from the main entrance gateconnects the front yard with the outside road.
The backyard serves as a space for houseworkand food preparation. The house, front yard, back yard and entry way are in ashape that preserves a fengshui structure.
There are often four gardens surrounding thehouse. Behind the backyard is a garden plot for herbs and vegetables. A smallplot linked to front yard often has flowers. The left and right gardens are forperennial fruit trees such as guava, grapefruit, star fruit, peach and areca.
The structure and flora are organised to createa comfortable, safe ambience for the owners, who were often royal familymembers, feudal mandarins or wealthy people like traders, herbal physicists andtailors.
🐲 At the end of the feudal era in 1945, Hue had7,178 garden houses. But only 150 are still standing in their original shapes,according to a survey conducted by local authorities in the early 2000s.-VNA
As many as 14 typical garden houses in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue will be upgraded in the first phase of a project to preserve and promote the unique values of the houses.
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The An Hien garden house at No 58 Nguyen Phuc Nguyen in Thua Thien - Hue (Photo: VNA) 
