DISCOVER THE MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN OF VIETNAM’S NATIONAL LANGUAGE

DETAILED SCHEDULE:

08:00 Pick up at the hotel in Quy Nhon city and departure for Tuy Phuoc

08:30 Nuoc Man historical relics – The place where Quoc Ngu script originated – Vietnamese language today.

Chùa bầ – Cảng Thị Nước Mặn – Tuy Phước Bình Định

09:30 Visit the iconic banyan tree-shaped memorial made of concrete, with 16 tree branches, symbolizing the 16 Dioceses of Dang Trong (Southern Vietnam). This is the residence of the first priests such as Father Francesco De Pina (Portuguese), Father Cristoforo Borri (Italian), Father Buzomi (French) who came and stayed here to study Vietnamese with the local people, and recorded the Chinese – Nom language at that time to translate into Latin.

Di tích Nước Mặn – Nơi phôi thai Chữ Quốc Ngữ

As the first premise, Father Alexandre De Rhodes created a Vietnamese – Portuguese – Latin dictionary in 1651 in Rome, and he also contributed greatly to perfecting and developing the Vietnamese script that early priests created.

10:30 In addition, guests visit Chua Ba-Cang Thi Nuoc Man (Ba Temple  – Ancient Nuoc Man Port). This is a religious work to worship Thien Hau Thanh Mau, built by the Chinese who immigrated to Nuoc Man Port in the 17th century.

Lễ hội Chùa Bà Nước Mặn – Tuy Phước, Bình Định. Ảnh V.N Báo Bình Định

11:00 Go Thi Church, one of the oldest churches in the region, is considered the first Catholic foundation in Vietnam.

11:30 Lunch at a local restaurant.

13:30 Visit Long Song Minor Seminary: A place for priest training and religious activities. Also here, there once existed a printing factory in the Vietnamese national language, and was one of the first three printing factories in the national language in Vietnam, printing bibles, magazines, publications…, contribute to preserving and developing the Vietnamese national language.

Tiểu chủng viện Làng Sông khung trời Taay giữa làng quê Bình Định

• Visit the printing house’s publications gallery, and the remaining traces of the formation and development of the Vietnamese script.
• Explore the European Gothic architecture of Long Song Minor Seminary.
• Admire two rows of ancient trees over 300 years old.
• Visitors to Long Song Minor Seminary feel like they are in the West, the architecture is often similar to that of cathedrals and City Halls.

15:00    Long Phuoc Pagoda: the first martial arts pagoda in Vietnam, often compared to the Chinese Shaolin Pagoda.

Chùa Long Phước – Ngôi chùa đệ nhất võ học

• Long Phuoc Pagoda is preserving and developing 18 types of weapons. The pagoda has a martial arts club, a place to propagate and teach martial arts to children in the region and people in need.
• Every time Binh Dinh organizes an international festival of Vietnamese traditional martial arts, it attracts many martial arts masters and students from around the world to the temple.
• The abbot of Long Phuoc Pagoda is monk Thich Hanh Hoa – Title of international martial arts master.
• Visitors to the pagoda are very passionate about Binh Dinh martial arts performances, culminating in Tay Son martial arts performed by martial arts masters and students of Long Phuoc pagoda martial arts club.
• Tourists experience learning a some martial arts for self-defense in the costumes of Long Phuoc Martial Arts or Binh Dinh Traditional Martial Arts.Taking souvenir photos with the masters and students of Long Phuoc Pagoda.

17:00 The car takes guests back to Quy Nhon, at the original pick-up point.

End of tour. Good bye and see you soon!