Twin Towers is one of the unique architectural works that when it comes to Binh Dinh, every tourist wants to visit this Twin Tower.
Quy Nhon Twin Towers (Photo collection)
Twin Towers, also known as Hung Thanh Towers, or SRI BANOI in J’rai language, is the tower area of Champa located at the corner of Tran Hung Dao street, Thap Doi street, Dong Da ward, tourist city . Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh province. The tower is located in an area of about 6,000 m2 adorned with green grass and shady trees, an ideal place for visitors to stop and enjoy. Twin Towers is one of the eight remaining clusters of Cham towers in Binh Dinh today, one of the architectural monuments of Cham culture with unique religious colors.
The road to Quy Nhon Twin Towers (Photo collection)
3 km northwest of the city center, Thap Doi is near Doi Bridge on Highway 19, north on a river branch from Son Pass Lake to Thi Nai Lagoon, so you can go here by any means of car or car. machine or passenger car. You can go here by Phuong Trang bus – this is a reputable bus that I have researched and recommended by many people with a reasonable fare. Or take a car or motorbike from Quy Nhon to Thap Doi, from Cau Doi along Highway 19 going towards the city about 650 m, you will easily see the Twin Towers on the left hand side, so please note Fill up the fuel tank before going and be careful on the road, especially for backpackers. In addition, for visitors from afar, you can choose to fly to Quy Nhon and then take a car or bus with a bed or a seat to explore the unique beauty of this Twin Towers.
“..the corners of the tower are now decorated with their own features, but in general there are still statues of gods, reliefs depicting characters, dancers with dances taken from Indian legends” (Collection photo)
As a religious work of the Cham people built from the 10th to the 15th centuries, the Champa kingdom encountered many ups and downs. The tower has a unique structure, consisting of two towers: the large tower is about 20 m high, the small tower is 18 m high, adjacent to each other like a loving couple. Inside the heart of Thap Doi, there is a stone mill to grind rice flour in the past, which later Kinh people also used to grind rice flour to process cakes. Looking up at the tower door as high as sharp javelins, standing in the heart of the tower, it seems to see the whole “universe”. The main doors of the two towers are facing south. The Twin Towers were built of baked bricks that fit together with a special adhesive, this is a unique construction technique of the Cham people that today researchers have not been able to decipher. The tower is structured into two main parts: The base of the tower is a block of stone (big tower) and bricks (small tower) that are stacked firmly, the corners of the tower are decorated with their own features, but in general there are still idols, reliefs depicting the characters. Animals, dancers with dances taken from Indian legends, statues of the god Garuda with two arms raised as if supporting the roof of this magnificent tower. All are like a vivid picture that will surely attract visitors when coming here not to stop being curious and really surprised about the structure of the Twin Towers.
The twin towers are decorated with dancing monkeys, mixed animals with lion bodies, elephant heads and sitting figures with six and eight arms .
If you pay close attention, visitors coming here will see that in the two towers, the large tower is quite balanced, the body and roof are delicately treated with slightly tightened fringes to make the architectural layout more tight. , the two sides are decorated with symmetrical patterns combined with 21 delicately carved female dancers around the roof fringe, which looks very lively. Between the part separating the roof and the body of the tower is decorated with the image of a monk meditating and the two sides are symmetrical elephants. The meticulousness of the Cham people will make you feel that this is really imbued with the cultural identity of the nation.
Architecture of Twin Towers (Collectible photos)
With the small tower having the same structure as the big tower, but in the roof frill instead of dancers, the decorative carvings show a herd of 13 deer with very different looks, looking very playful and lively. .
The image of beautiful Cham girls with fanciful dances fascinates people
(Photo collection)
The Twin Towers are increasingly attracting domestic and international tourists not only because of the unique, delicate and sharp architecture of the Cham people, but also because of the unique cultural values of tourists. It will not need to spend too much, you only need to spend 8,000 VND to buy tickets to visit Quy Nhon Twin Towers, visitors can also contact the tour guide to hear information about this place in detail. Moreover, every year on the evening of the 2nd day of Tet, there is a program called Thap Doi Festival with many unique Cham cultural performances, imbued with national culture.
“..the history of Quy Nhon is the monument of Twin Towers” (Photo collection)
The Twin Towers are not only an architectural work that attracts tourists to come here, but the Twin Towers are also placed next to the Twin Bridges as an arrangement of history and human hands so that the image of the Twin Towers – Double Bridge goes into many articles. Poetry, poetry, lyrical songs unique to the people of Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh “..Doi Bridge is attached to the Twin Towers/ All year round, like me and her..” . Visitors not only come to visit the Twin Towers but also visit many other tourist attractions nearby because this place stretches out many towers of the Cham people: Banh It Tower, Emperor Citadel or come to breathe. Sea breeze in Hon Seo, Hon Kho, Cu Lao Xanh…Don’t forget to enjoy Quy Nhon specialties “delicious forget the way back” such as: Binh Dinh little cake, pink cake, spring rolls from market, Quy Nhon fish noodle soup…and bring some Come back as a gift for your friends and relatives!
“.. Quy Nhon Twin Towers is really an artistic architectural work worth visiting here” (Photo collection)
Source: Collected internet.