Hang Kenh Communal

#vietnamtrip Great example of wood architecture with spectacular proportioning in design. Awesome wood carving works! Documents say in the main hall there are as many as 368 carvings, 252 of the interior and 116 of the exterior, featuring popular motifs like plants, auspcious animals and many meticulous "dragon nests". Next door to the main hall sits a small temple dedicated to Confucius and some most revered Vietnamese scholars: Chu Van An, Le Ich Moc, Tran Tat Van and Nguyen Binh Khiem. Also found in the same place some old steles bearing names of scholars passing mandarin exams between 1460- 1693.