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INFORMATION OF
HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN
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Introduction on the cultural heritages of the
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HOI AN:
Hoi An is a picturesque riverside town, 30 km
south Danang. Most visitors agree it is
most enchanting place along the coast
and one spot worth lingering in. Known
as Faifo to early Western traders, it
was one of
Southeast Asia’s major international spots during 17th,
18th and 19th
centuries. In its heyday, Hoi An, a
contemporary or
Macau and Melaka, was an important port
of call for Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese,
Japanese and other trading vessels.
Vietnamese ships and sailors based in
Hoi An sailed to all sections of
Vietnam,
as well as Thailand and Indonesia.
Perhaps more than any other place in
Vietnam,
Hoi An retains a sense of history that
envelopes you as you explore the town.
Every year during the rainy season
particularly in October and November,
Hoi An has problems with flooding,
especially in areas close to the
waterfront. The greatest flood ever
recorded in Hoi An took place in 1964,
when the water reached all the way up to
the roof beams of the houses. Declared a
Unesco World Heritage site, Hoi An old
Town (www.hoianworldheritage.org;
admission 50.000d) is governed by
preservation laws that are well up to
par. Several building of historical and
cultural significance are open for
public viewing, a number of the streets
in the centre of town are of-limits to
cars, and building alterations and
height restrictions are well enforced.
If only Hanoi would follow suit in its
historic Old Quarter. The admission fee
goes towards funding all this
conservation work. This ticket gives you
a rather complicated choice of heritage
attractions to visit. You can visit all
the old streets, and each of the five
types of places: museum; assembly halls;
old houses; ‘intangible culture’, such
as tradition concert or handicraft
workshop; and ‘other’ ( which means Quan
Cong’s
Temple
or the temple within the Japanese
Covered Bridge). If you to visit more
buildings than this you should buy
another ticket; there are ticket offices
dotted around the town. The system
doesn’t to be well monitored, but
hopefully the fees do get collected and
end up as part of the restoration and
preservation fund. Despite the number of
tourists come to Hoi An, it is still a
very conservative town, and visitors
should dress modestly when touring the
sites. ‘Hoi An Legendary Night’ takes
place on the 14th day every
lunar month (full moon) from
5.30pm to
10pm. This colorful monthly event
features traditional food, song and
dance, and games along the lantern –lit
streets in the town centre.
Hoi An is pedestrian-friendly: the
Old Town is closed to cars, and the
distances from all the town hotels in
the center are walk able. There’s plenty
to do in Hoi An town. For relaxed
half-day walk, follow the dotted line on
the Hoi An map and enjoy the cultural
sites – and sights – of the town.
There’s detailed entry for each of these
below, or see the boxed text “Culture &
Heritage Trail” for a summary of the
route and places of interest.
Other activities we recommend include:
taking Vietnamese cooking class;
listening to traditional music and
watching local artisans working with
wood, paint, ceramics and fabrics. Take
a boat-ride on the river, hire a bike
and cycle to the beach; wander around
the tailors’ shops and order a new set
of clothes. Try to spend a few days
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Phuc kien Bridged |
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HISTORY OF HOI AN
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Recently excavated ceramic fragments from around
2200 years ago constitute the earliest evidence
of human habitation in Hoi An area. They are
thought to belong to the late-Iron Age Sa Huynh
Civilization, which is related the Dong Son
culture of the northern
Vietnam.
From the second of the 10th centuries
this region was heartland of the Kingdom of
Champa – when the Champa capital of Simhapura (Tra
Kieu) as well as the temples of Indarapura (Dong
Duong) and My son were built (see the boxed text
‘Kingdom of Champa”) – and there was a bustling
seaport at Hoi An. Persian and Arab documents
from the latter part of the period mention Hoi
An as a provisions stop for trading ships.
Archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of
numerous Cham towers around Hoi An: the bricks
and stones of the towers were reused by
Vietnamese settlers.
In 1307 the Cham king married the daughter of a
monarch of Tran dynasty and presented Quang
Nam province to the Vietnamese as gift. When the
Cham King died, his successor refused to
recognize the deal and fighting broke out; for
the next century , chaos reigned. By the 15th
century, peace had been restored, allowing
normal commerce to resume. During the next four
centuries, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese,
Spanish, Indian, Filipino, Indonesian, Thai,
French, British and American ships called at Hoi
An to purchase high-grade silk (for which the
area is famous), fabrics, paper, porcelain, tea,
sugar, molasses, areca nuts, pepper, Chinese
medicines, elephant tusks, beeswax,
mother-of-pearl, lacquer, sulphur and lead.
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The Chinese and Japanese traders sailed south in
the spring, driven by winds from the northeast.
They would stay in Hoi An until the summer, when
southerly winds would blow them home. During
their four months sojoum in Hoi An, the
merchants rented waterfront houses for use as
warehouses and living quarters. Some traders
began leaving full-time agents in Hoi An to take
care of off-season business affairs. This is how
foreign colonies got started, although the
Japanese ceased coming to Hoi An after 1637,
when the Japanese government forbade the all
contract with the outside world.
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Hoi An was first place in
Vietnam to be exposed to Christianity. Among the
17th century missionary visitors was
the French priest Alexandre de Rhodes, who
devised the Latin-based (quoc ngu) scrip for the
Vietnamese language.
Hoi An was almost completely destroyed during the
Tay Son Rebellion in the 1770s and ’80s. It was
rebuilt and continued to serve as an important
port for foreign trade until the late 19th
century, when the
Thu
Bon River (Cai River), which links Hoi An with
the sea, silted up and became too shallow for
for navigation. During this period Danang (Tourane) began to eclipse Hoi An as a port and centre of commerce. In
1916 a rail line linking Danang with Hoi An was
destroyed by a terrible storm; it was never
rebuilt.
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During French colonization Hoi An served as an
administrative center. During the American War
the city, luckily, remained almost completely
undamaged.
Hoi An was site of Chinese settlement in southern
Vietnam.
The town’s Chinese congregational assembly halls
(Hoi Quan) still play a special role “among”
southern Vietnam’s ethnic-Chinese, some of whom
come to Hoi An from all over to participate in
congregation-wide celebrations. Today, 1300 of
Hoi An’s population of 75,800 are ethnic
Chinese. Relations between ethnic Vietnamese and
ethnic Chinese in Hoi An are excellent, partly
because the Chinese here have become assimilated
to the point where they event speak Vietnamese
among themselves.
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MY SON HONEY LAND
Distance
from Hoi An about 70kms
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My Son Sanctuary
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My Son belongs to Duy Phu commune, Duy Xuyen
district which is 70 km far from
Da Nang city south west, 10 km far By baked
bricks and sandstone, for many centuries the
Cham people had built a group of original,
continuous temples and towers: The main temple
is used for dedicating Linga-Yoni, the symbol of
creative capacity. Beside the main tower (Kalan),
there are a lot of towers for dedicating other
genii or late kings. Although the time and the
wars made many towers ruined, the remaining
sculptural and architectural works present the
styles of historical fine art periods of the
Cham people. The masterpieces marked a splendid
period of the culture - architecture of
Cham
Pa as well as of South East Asia. In each
historical period, the architecture has its own
style, similarly, each temple or tower dedicates
different genii, kings, which makes impressing
architectural features, but in general Cham
towers were all built on a quadrilateral land,
which are divided into 3 parts: the tower base
represents the world - which is solid. The tower
body represents the world of genii, which is
mysterious and fascinating. The top is the image
of a person who is formally offering flowers and
fruits or the image of trees or leaves, birds,
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. which are closed to the religion and the human
life. According to researchers of ancient Cham
towers, the architectural art of Cham towers in
My Son sanctuary contains many styles which are
continuous from the Classical style from the 7th
to 8th century; Hoa Lai style from the 8th to
the 9th century; Dong Duong style from the
middle of the 9th century; My Son style and the
style transmitting from My Son to Binh Dinh;
Binh Dinh style... Among of many remaining
architectural works found (1898), there was a 24
m high tower located in Thap Chua area, which
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Other optional Tours : |
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Hanoi
- Ha Long bay junk cruise 03days 02 nights
package tour $167/per person
The
World Heritage road
Hanoi - Halong bay - Hue - Da nang - Hoi An
- Sai Gon 07 days 6 nights.
7days/6nights Exploring hidden North and Sapa
20days/19nights -Real
Vietnam Journey
15days/14nights
Vietnam an impression Journey
17days/16nights Adventure
Mountainous landscape with Hill Tribe
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