Duong Long Tower

Duong Long Tower, also known as ivory tower, is a famous Buddhist architecture in Tay Son - Binh Dinh. The tower was built by the Cham community around the 12th century, XIII, the most brilliant development period of Cham Pa culture. This tower complex consists of three towers, each with 10 floors, 33 meters high, 39 meters and 32 meters high and are built in line according to the North - South axis. According to the researchers, removable was built with religious purposes, worshiping the gods in Brahmanism, including Brahma, Visnu and Siva - three supreme gods of Indian religion. Later, kings with meritorious services to the country were also worshiped in the towers. The tower has a massive size and a special shape than other Cham Pa towers. This project is the harmony of Cham Binh Dinh architectural characteristics and Khmer architecture. The perfect combination of tiles construction techniques of the Cham and assembling techniques and creation on the Khmer rock has created a outstanding architectural masterpiece. Duong Long Quy Nhon Tower is popular with tourists not only because of the massive architecture but also for the unique beauty of each tower cluster. All three towers have the same shape and position, located in the North - South direction, the main face towards the east - the residence of the god according to the Cham concept. However, each tower will have different sculptures and decorations, creating the unique value for each tower. Nam Tower: - Worship of Visnu - has the best shape and the most intact architecture. The tower is 32.94 meters high, 14 meters wide, the distance from the Nam to the middle tower is 1 meter. The tower wall was built in the way of breaking the level of the level, protruding towards the door. Besides, decorative motifs such as round breasts, images of gods and sophisticated details on the tower roof such as elephant, lion, nandin cow, kala face, Naga snake, ... are also the highlight that creates the skill and sophistication of Champa architectural art. All of these factors together create a magnificent beauty and attract the attention of people to visit and explore. The middle tower - Siva worship - the highest in the Duong Long tower cluster - 38.1 meters and is the tallest brick tower in Southeast Asia. The main door arches and fake doors of the tower collapsed, seriously damaged. The southern fake door only remains the door, the road is also devastated and collapsed. Around the walls of the tower there are wide covers, no decorative patterns, each wall has 7 pillars, slightly flared head heads, combined with stone blocks, forming many levels of tape. The base is covered with sandstone blocks with square pitches each edge 16.5m long, the protruding part of the fake door is 0.84m. North Tower - worshiping Brahma is the smallest tower with a height of 31.76 meters. This is the most damaged tower in the whole cluster of 3 towers. Before being reinforced in 1984, the body of the tower was deeply carved inside. The tower has a square and size map, the layout of the outside is similar to the male tower. Although the main door has been eroded, we can see that there is still a tall nose -shaped dome. The two door pillars are made of stone, their heads are decorated with a snake -riding Garuda bird statue. The fake doors are designed like the main door, but smaller. On the top of the door pillars is the fierce Kala face, spitting out from the Seven -headed Naga snakes. The roof has a small four -storey structure upward and ends with a large lotus bud on the top of the tower.

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Ngày cập nhật : 05/03/2025