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Pho island or its alternatives such as Dong Pho
(Đông Phố), Gian Pho (Giản Phố), Cu Chau (Cù Châu) or Nong Nai Dai Pho
(Nông Nại Đại Phố), used to be an island on Dong Nai river, subordinate
to Bien Hoa (Biên Hòa) city, Dong Nai (Đồng Nai) province. Nowadays,
along the long highway 1A stretching from the South to the North of
Vietnam, you may get to know more about this island which is now a
strip of land belonging to Bien Hoa city, to its South, subordinate to
Hiep Hoa (Hiệp Hòa) commune.
At the end of 16th century, Dong Nai area had not been reclaimed with a sparse population, only ethnic groups such as Stieng (Stiêng), Ma (Mạ), K'ho (Kơ Ho), M'nong (M'nông), Ch'ro (Chơ ro), Khmer (Khơ me) settled down with the local. War between two clans Trinh (Trịnh) - Nguyen (Nguyễn) in 1627 in both the North and the South of Vietnam consequently resulted in wave of immigration of people from Thuan Quang (Thuận Quảng) to Dong Nai area. With nature of diligence, they succeeded in making this area to become a populous and fertile region.
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| Ghenh bridge leading to Pho island |
When Minh dynasty collapsed in 1679 in China, with strong will of not being conquered by Thanh dynasty, Division commander Tran Thuong Xuyen (Trần Thượng Xuyên) asked for 50 armed-boats, 3000 trustworthy soldiers accompanied by families to defeat Lord Nguyen (Nguyễn). Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu (Nguyễn Phúc Chu) allowed them to reclaim and develop Dong Pho area (Đông Phố) which is now Pho island
Under management of Tran Thuong Xuyen, Pho island was soon developing. It had become a commercial and external transaction centre of Gia Dinh (Gia Định) area which is nowadays Nam Bo (the South). Together with merchandising activities, there also developed a variety of Chinese handicrafts such as: mat-weaving, copper-engraving, wood-engraving, boat-building, fireworks-producing, etc.
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| Pho island nowadays |
Unfortunately,
a riot led by Ly Van Quang (Lý Văn Quang) in 1747, did invade Tran Bien
(Trấn Biên) - Bien Hoa nowadays. Though Tong Phuoc Dai (Tống Phước Đại)
was assigned to quell the riot by Lord Nguyen Phuc Khoat (Nguyễn Phúc
Khoát), Pho island began degrading since then. Till 1776, Tay Son (Tây
Sơn) troops followed by Lord Nguyen Phuc Anh (Nguyễn Phúc Ánh) started
quelling the Chinese in Pho island that demolished the design of an
used-to-be exciting island.
Nowadays, Pho
island has become a vast granary of Bien Hoa city, also a place to
preserve a variety of ancient pagodas, temples, shrines of Dong Nai.
Source: simplevietnam.com
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