HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN L ocation: Hoi An Ancient Town is only 1km from Ancient House Resort Time of visiting: About 2 hours.Content : On the 16 th 17 th century, Hoi An was an international bustle commercial port of Viet Nam with many changes of history, Hoi An still features complete complex structural inheritance, a lively museum, a harmonious colltures combination of Vietnam, Japan China. Traditional festivals are organized every year.Which highlight the attraction of the ancient area. Coming to Hoi An, you can enjoy the cultural structural inheritances such as: Japanese bridge, Hall assembly,ancient houses, temples, museum CHUA CAU -THE JAPANESE COVERED BRIDGE B uilt at different times by Hoian talented workmen, Chua Cau retains a harmony of architectural styles, combining Chinese,Vietnamese, Japanese cultural characteristics. More than 400 years have passed and the covered bridge has always been a good shelter for passers by escaping from the rain and heat. Generation after generation have paced its floor and the God of Bac De together with the sacred Monkeys and the Heavenly Dogs have always warmly welcomed everybody, even those visiting Chua Cau for the first time. QUAN CONG TEMPLE e was bui T his templ lt in the middle of the 17th century to worship Quan Cong, the most famous general of the Three States time (in Chinese history) who is the resplendent symbol of morality: faith, loyalty, frankness, righteousness... HOI AN MUSEUM OF HISTORY CULTURE H oi An museum, also the pagoda of Quan Yin, a religious construction built in 1653, contains photographs and many precious artefacts such as maps, statues, porcelain, ceramic, scales, anchor, jar burials, stelae, family records, etc. It is the very place one should visit first in old Hoi An. MUSEUM OF SA HUYNH CULTURE O pened in 1995, the museum is a display of 216 artefacts found from archaeological excavations in Hoi An area. All of them are approximately 2000 years old and were excavated in the villages of Hau Xa, Thanh Chiem, An Bang, Xuan Lam...in the 1990s. This is the nicest and unique collection of the artefacts of Sa Huynh Culture in Hoian area. They must have been first owners of Hoi An embryonic port town that communicated with China, India and other countries in Southern and Eastern Asia HOI AN MUSEUM OF TRADE CERAMIC T he museum of Trade ceramics is a very nice building of more than a hundred years old. In this museum, 430 ceramic artefacts from 8th to 18th centuries are displayed, testifying the important role of Hoi An commercial port town in the maritime ceramic trade network in the region and on the world. QUANG TRIEU ASSEMBLY HALL Q uang Trieu (Cantonese) Assembly Hall was built in 1885 by Chinese Cantonese merchants at Hoian to worship genies and for use as a meeting place of their fellow men. PHUC KIEN ASSEMBLY HALL S et up in 1757 by Chinese Phuc Kien merchants at Hoi An, the building has been repaired and renovated many times.Phuc Kien Assembly Hall is used for genies and ancestors worship And a meeting place of the Chinese Phuc Kien people as well. TRIEU CHAU ASSEMBLY HALL T rieu Chau assembly hall was built by the Chinese in the early 19th century to worship the God of the oceans who is the reflection of the sea faring people,s deep longing for safety at sea. HOI AN RIVERSCAPE E ach urban ward or rural commune in Hoi An has a certain part of the river passing by.. The waterway here is long (34 km) and interesting with the daily and normal life of the people. The riverbanks are beautiful with the greenness of trees. Here and there, small islets rise in the middle of the river, making it winding left and right respectively. Cornfields are seen, fishing boats gather, making a small lovely market... |