{"id":32010,"date":"2022-06-01T13:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T06:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/?p=32010"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T06:11:19","slug":"5-lesser-known-interesting-things-about-phu-quoc-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/5-lesser-known-interesting-things-about-phu-quoc-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 LESSER-KNOWN INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT PHU QUOC HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phu Quoc is the biggest island in Vietnam, where it meets all the factors for developing tourism, such as: <\/span>shimmering coral reefs,<\/span><\/a> charming beaches, greening primitive jungle, world-class entertainment and various specialties. Thanks to these elements, Phu Quoc Island has become a phenomenon of tourism in Vietnam since the New Normal Period was set back.<\/span><\/p>\n

But few-known that behind both those gorgeous and neglected scenery, there are a lot of hidden historical events. <\/span>OnBird would like to share with you <\/span>5 few-known interesting historical things about Phu Quoc Island.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/span>1. Reclaiming History- From a chaotic land:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

A number of \u00d3c Eo Cultural Period\u2019s relics (V BCE) were excavated in Long Beach (Duong Dong Town) proving Phu Quoc is the long-term settlement. Until 1671, a group of Chinese who fled out of the Chinese Mainland because of the Ming Dynasty\u2019s collapse, led by a General named Mac Cuu took refuge in Sihanoukville (Cambodia nowadays). Koh Tral Island became a gathering place of the exiled Chinese community throughout Thailand Gulf. Then, its name was changed into Phu Quoc (Prosperity Land).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1714, Mac Cuu asked for merging his autonomous region [Ha Tien Township] to the Southern region of Dai Viet (Previous name of Vietnam during Medieval time) led to piracy around Phu Quoc Island being calmed down, Ha Tien Township was more and more prosperous. The exiled Vietnamese immigrated here year by year and became a majority ethnic group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over 150 years ago, the French colony put a first step on Phu Quoc and recognized it officially as Vietnam\u2019s sovereignty. Then, they had processed building Can Cay Dua Prison to jail Communists or just those who had political opposition. Until Vietnam War time, this prison was continued to be used by the Republican Party and US Military Consultant.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1975, Khmer Rouge conducted an invasion on Tho Chu Island (an island belonging to the Phu Quoc Archipelago) and slaughtered over 500 Vietnamese. Since then until now, there has been no more chaos around Phu Quoc Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Phu Quoc Old Map in the XX century<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/span>2. To the extremely rare product – the land of agarwood of Mekong Delta<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

When OnBird asked some young people in Phu Quoc , not many of them even knew about this specialty which still exists on this Island: Agarwood – A rare specialty which was just offered to the royal family in the ancient time. <\/span>
\n<\/span>In the French Colonial time, French called Phu Quoc as an Agarwood-land because of three following factors: <\/span>
\n<\/span>_Climate region: tropical oceanic region<\/span>
\n<\/span>_ Soil: Sandy volcanic soil<\/span>
\n<\/span>_ Exclusive Agarwood Species <\/span>
\n<\/span>Thanks to these factors, Phu Quoc Agarwood was considered rarer than the same kind in the Cochinchina region.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1992, there was a monk named Thich Giac Nhi who came to Phu Quoc for studying, volunteered to plant aquilaria crassna (a kind of wood for transforming into agarwood) experiment in his garden. After that, he returned to the continent to cultivate Agarwood successfully. Thanks to this event, a lot of businessmen started to hunt down this special wood on Phu Quoc.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, some local people found a big agarwood forest after years without hearing about it. The local government has started projecting areas for growing this special wood aiming to boost Phu Quoc Agarwood brand name reviving again after 200 years of forgetting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>3. A homeland of Phu Quoc Ridgeback-a Holy Guardian of the king Gia Long<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

There are 4 noble breeds of Dog in Vietnam feudal time, including:\u00a0 B\u1eafc H\u00e0 Dog, H\u2019mong Dog, Lai Dog and Ph\u00fa Qu\u1ed1c Ridgeback. Among them, Phu Quoc Ridgeback is in the top 10 rarest Dogs around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1700s, there was a king who took refuge on Phu Quoc Island; he adopted 4 Phu Quoc Ridgebacks as hunting dogs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n