MY SON SANCTUARY HOI AN – WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE

Location of My Son sanctuary Vietnam

My Son Sanctuary Hoi An is located in Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province.

From The ancient city of Tra Kieu (Simhapura City) about 20 km
From Hoi An Ancient Town – World Cultural Heritage about 45 km
From Hue – The UNESCO World Heritage Site – is about 145 km
From Da Nang about 68 km to southwest

Architecture of My Son Sanctuary

My Son Sanctuary is a complex consisting of many temples with more than 70 temples and towers of Champa civilization crystallized in permanent material relic, containing valuable historical, cultural values, architecture, art were created over a period of nine centuries (IV – XIII). It is considered as the most famous monuments in Southeast Asia such as Borobudur (Java, Indonesia), Pagan (Myanmar), AngkorWat (Cambodia) and Ayutthaya (Thailand).

Located in a valley surrounded by hills and mountains, My Son Sanctuary is considered as a cultural and religious center of the Champa dynastys. It was also a place of burying the tombs of the Cham King with prince and royal family. Moreover, the value of My Son Sanctuary is one of the main centers of Hindu temples in Southeast Asia and the only heritage of this type in Vietnam.

Since December 1999, together with Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Sanctuary has been listed by UNESCO as a typical example of cultural exchange and is the only evidence of the Asian civilization which has disappeared.

Purposes of Hoi An My Son Sanctuary

Every King of Champa after acceded to the throne, they come to My Son sanctuary to get holy water to wash, make offerings and build temple. These temples were rebuilt by the following emperors at the same time they built new temples to offer the gods.

For centuries, Cham people have erected a unique architectural complex of temples and towers, combined with brick and sandstone materials.

The temple towers in My Son Sanctuary divided into several clusters, built according to the same principle. The structure of each cluster consists of a main shrine (Kalan), surrounded by small towers or side structures. The main shrine in My Son worship a set of Linga or the protector of the lineage of the Cham King Siva.

Artistic architecture, sculpture on the brick, on the stone pillars bring the characteristics of the Cham culture where no place to have.

Over many historical events, the devastation of war has left many ancient buildings damaged.

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