Today, the role of village wells as a water source is no longer the same as before. But in the villages of the Northern Delta, there are still traces of ancient wells that people still use to serve daily life. As a source of folk culture, people also attach humanistic stories, legends, and myths to village wells to express the spiritual culture of the community.

Since ancient times, banyan trees, wells, and communal yards have become symbols of Vietnamese villages. The communal house yard is a place for cultural and religious activities, banyan trees provide shade and fresh air, and wells provide water for everyone. According to ancient Vietnamese beliefs, water symbolizes negativity and is the source of life, so the village well is the bridge between heaven, earth and people. In the overall spiritual cultural structure in villages, if the banyan tree has a god, the temple has a Buddha, then the well has a water god and a water mother god.

Initially, the well was a civil project, providing water for communities from the uplands to the lowlands. It is difficult to confirm the exact date of the birth of the first village wells in our country because there are no historical records. However, folk tales still circulate around village wells. If we follow these traces, we can get very interesting perspectives. From generation to generation, people have attached humanistic stories, legends and myths to the wells, expressing the spiritual culture of the community.