Travel Guide Dong Son

6 km north, on both shores of the Ma River. Place where, in 1924, the remains of the dongsonienne civilization were discovered, the famous bronze drums (about 800 BC). Tomb of King Yo Thai Tôn (1573-1599) who fought against the Mac. Dating from the first millennium BC, the culture of Dông Son marks the Climax of the Red river civilization. This civilization is considered by the Vietnamese, as the matrix of a authentically Vietnamese story, distinct from China's Han civilization. It is based on the cultivation of rice in flooded land and is the origin of a rudimentary state shape. The famous bronze drums date back to this period. This is the time of the first Vietnamese kingdoms: Van Lang des Lac Vietnamese (kings dynasty Hung Vuong). From 111 B.C. to 939 p. m. These realms will pass under Chinese domination. The official historiography Vietnamese, however, never fails to refer to the substrate of the Red River civilization, testimony of a distinct and original Vietnamese identity.