Nha Tho street - A daily life street in Hanoi

Both ancient and modern, the integration between the two cultural forms old make Nha Tho street that became extraordinary.

Hanoi has long sinuous streets, but also the small street just a few hundred meters long and always seem to contain many interesting and unique things to remember. Nha Tho (Church) street also in the list of such streets. It is known as a place that contains many interesting and special.

 

Church Street is always busy foreign tourists visited

Streets located not far from Hoan Kiem lake, next to Hang Hanh street. Although street no words "Hang" on the head but people still ranks Nha Tho street in the old town of Hanoi.

Short and small city, but never deserted. Here, we encounter more opposition between two very unique form of new and old culture, both conscious system Buddhist religion and Christianity. It is easy to know which is more than the contrast between two schools of Eastern and Western architecture.

Besides the classical style house float waving moss odor of time, you will easily feel the squeeze of architecture and modern Western. The luxurious cafe or fast food restaurants serving foreign guests grew close together. The idea this would lose the historic character of this famous street, but it seems that the familiar harmony between two opposite styles that make distinctions of re Church Street.

Hanoi minster is ancient and grave

Called Nha Tho street because there's Hanoi minster. The church was inaugurated on Christmas in 1887 and known for the most typical and characteristic of the art of medieval architecture with curved arches, wide, toward the top of heaven, get light. With the architecture, will certainly realize that the church was built in line with impressive Gothic architecture patterns, characteristic patterns.

This architecture has always impressed on a solemn religious space. Each year when Christmas is here again to become more vibrant than ever. The christian believer come up here to welcome a new Christmas wish good prayer for life.

It also Ba Da pagoda, also known under the name Linh Tu pagoda. Ba Da pagoda is located at 3 Nha Tho street. Today, the temple is the headquarters of the Buddhist association of Hanoi City.


Today, Nha Tho street youth also known as a place where there are many delicious and popular cuisine. The fermented pork roll fry (Vietnamese meaning: nem chua nướng) of Ms Thanh was 85-year-old . This place is always crowded at any time of day.

Do not know the shop of fermented pork roll fry appear here , the young of Ha Thanh just know that ten years living in Hanoi, they knew shop of fermented pork roll fry, and this place became gathering points often their stories with no beginning no end.

Whenever sunset falls, the area around the church has become more robust. Despite sitting nestled between small cramped seats, nobody is sad, irritable or complain. Both the bustling streets by happy laughter, conversation, the call up ... same idea as being a small Hanoi show up in your eyes ...

The historic houses revolution in Hanoi - The best information about Vietnam revolutionary

Keep position of special importance for revolutionary movements throughout the country to the capital of Hanoi has many historical relics, revolutionary war, in which many houses revolutionary history. The house is associated with the glorious feat of arms of national .

Ham Long House No. 5D - which established the first party cell

End-March 1929, who advanced in the regional party headquaters of North and provincial committee of the party of Hanoi  included Mr. Ngo Gia Tu, Nguyen Duc Canh, Nguyen Phong Sac, Tran Van Cung ... met at the 5D of  Ham Long street  to establish a Communist party.

Mr. Tran Van Cung like Quoc Anh, was appointed secretary, Mr. Nguyen Phong Sac separately because you work so unexpectedly absent but still be recognized as official members.

The first Vietnam party cell established in Hanoi is an important victory of the proletarian ideology in the struggle with the non-proletarian ideas and trends of other countries.

In the second General Assembly of North (28-3-1929), advocates the establishment of the Communist Party was warmly endorsed. But the National Youth Congress meeting in Huong Cang (China) from 1-5-1929, proposed the establishment of the Communist Party of Northern by Mr. Ngo Gia Tu led that the Youth central committee removed.

Soon after, Northern put out, convened the meeting at Huong Tuyet lane of pagoda (Bach Mai) to discuss promoting the establishment of the Party. On 17-6-1929, at house number 312 Kham Thien, Indochinese Communist Party was formally established. The main outlines and Manifesto published. Newspaper hammer and sickle, the central bodies of the Party and mass organizations of the Party also appear in Hanoi.

The house 5D Ham Long has a floor, roof tile, bordered on one side of no. 5C, a small side alley to Le Van Huu street. The main location has helped to secure comrades of the Party. The house is kept as the 5D is displayed by the Museum of Hanoi, the furniture in the house same the time before. Aea and surface remain unchanged.

House No. 8 Le Thai  - the residence of President Ho Chi Minh on the first resistance against French

It previously called King Le road or Bo Ho road, in the rural parts of Khanh Thuy, Tu Thap, Phuc Pho, To Moc. All these villages are under the Tong Tien Tuc, old Tho Xuong district.

Relics of No. 8 in Le Thai To street today should no longer then define date construction of houses is not specific. But because this is the home of tribunal president Court of law - Court appeals Moocse (Supreme Court of France in Hanoi) should have guessed it dating the same time as building the house of the Supreme Court in Ly Thuong Kiet street, at 20 years of the twentieth century.

Relics No. 8  in Le Thai To street look out  Hoan Kiem lake - the center of Hanoi. Ancient relics in the area of 2.000m2 was architect designed villa in France with eight rooms, two spacious floors.

As revolutionary history, on 24/08/1945, Uncle Ho from the Viet Bac revolutionary base to Hanoi and live in the house number 48 Hang Ngang street But after a time, to ensure safety and Uncle had moved to No. 8 Le Thai To in the early days of independence day.
Here, the Central Government has many major policy decisions such as preparing for the first general election in Vietnam, increased production famine relief, kill the ignorant enemy, against traitors, against conspiracy to of the French colonialists. Though the house No. 8 Le Thai To street was crushed French colonists fired on first national resistance (January 12-1946), but still carry great significance in the history of Vietnam's revolution.

House No. 90 Tho Nhuom street - where the first General Secretary of the Party's draft article "Political thesis"

House No. 90 Tho Nhuom street formerly the private home of a residency named Duyo. In 1930, Tran Phu from the Soviet Union to return has been allocated in the basement with place where cooker and waiter lived.

Here, Tran Phu was a draft version of the Party's political thesis. With this document, the workers and people of Vietnam has made a revolutionary political program reflects the objective law of Vietnam society at the time, to meet the urgent demands of history.

Since 1960, the 30 year anniversary of the founding of the Party, Party Committee - Administration Committee of Hanoi City, Department of Culture and Information of Hanoi has seen 90 Nhuom house is one of the important monuments system as revolutionary relics 5D Ham Long, 48. Hang Ngang

In 1980, in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Party General Secretary Le Duan visited and inaugurated the statue of Tran Phu. Bronze bust placed in the courtyard garden of the house.

Currently, the basement which was arranged as the period of General Secretary Tran Phu work here. street address 90 Tho Nhuom has become the memorial house..

Cua Bac church- the famous chuch in Hanoi

The church is officially called Queen of the Catholic saint, from meaning Virgin Mary is the Queen all saints. Later we called  for short Mary Hanoi church and also is next Cua Bac of Thang Long citadel should also familiar called Cua Bac church. 

Cua Bac church was built from 1925 to 1930 on parcels of land stretching along the city streets, Phan Dinh Phung and Nguyen Bieu street.

The church includes a large rectangular space with two long parallel columns with the two sides, is divided into a relatively small space and a welcoming space for a  pastor solemn ceremony .

Between these two regions is a major transitional space below the dome, the space must be a worship of saints, the left is the reception room of the pastor. Interior space is made and decorated entirely European-style church.

French architect: Ernest Hébrard has created an architectural space a non-symmetrical with bell tower soaring high side of the main hall. This makes Cua Bac church has special characteristics compared with most Christian works in the form of symmetric which the French usually built in Vietnam.

There are authors that this is the special creation of Hébrard to create the suitable landscape areas but essentially this is just a clever way to exploit a combination of church principles of the Renaissance, the so that Cua Bac church, outside the bell tower as a point also has a dome in the center.
 
Roof system is drawn from the dome through bell tower to the main and auxiliary space makes us see a familiar landscape as it was caught in the traditional temple, pagoda of Vietnamese villages .
 
System windows, doors get light and ventilation are processed against rain and sun sneezing, except for doors and decorative lighting from large glass optical block, maximizing the system of green plants making the landscape more closely, friendly nature. 

 
The combination of traditional architectural  with other forms of Eastern church decorated with traditional harmony of the natural landscape around has created an impression of Christian works. Therefore, Cua Bac church has always been considered as typical architectural style combining European and Vietnam.
 
Nearly a century elapsed, also repaired several times over but so today, Cua Bac church still retain the ancient definition, pristine.

Gia Ngu street - a typical street of Hanoi Old Quarter

Gia Ngu street long 268m, from Hang Be to Hang Dao street, Hang Bac Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. This land of Gia Ngu rural , Tong Huu Tuc, old Tho Xuong district.

Formerly this area has a large lake, called Thai Cuc lake. So many fish in this lake has formed a fish market and people living mainly on fishing. According to the old address books, Gia Long dynasty (1801-1819), this is the Hang Ca rural  to the Minh Mang dynasty (1820-1840), King renamed the Gia Ngu village. By the late 19th century, the Thai Cuc lake will be filled.

French colonial period, Gia Ngu today is divided into two street : Tirant street and Hang Be borders, People often called Gia Ngu alley and Nguyen Du street. In temporarily occupied period, the two streets are in again and was named Gia Ngu street. In 1945, Vietnam state was officially named Gia Ngu street

Like many other streets in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Gia Ngu has Dai Loi temple that a house at number 50. Over the years, Dai Loi has become a spiritual world of the people in the Old Quarter.

Gia Ngu is pretty nice street, bringing many features of ancient streets with ancient houses, the spacious floor. In 2003, Gia Ngu winners in the competition "36 streets of Hanoi" with ideas for a nice street corner by ASHUI network, the Management Board of Hanoi's Old Quarter and Architectural Review of the organization. Coming up, Gia Ngu become walking streets, selling souvenirs for tourists.

Gia Ngu has more than 700 households living mainly on business to trade with the fashionable shops along the street. Recent decades, the famous street in Hanoi with shops selling fashions new "mother and baby," attracting many domestic and international customers to visit and shop.

In the middle of Gia Ngu street is Hang Be market, has existed for nearly 100 years. As a people in this city, from around 1972-1973, Hang Be markets encroached upon now on the market were fit Gia Ngu streets. There are about 90 households in Gia Ngu street living by trading in this market.

To Hang Be market, we can buy any kind of production the Northern Vietnam, such as rice, corn, fruit, shrimp and fish. It also has many fresh food and processed food on the type of Hanoi's finest .

Dinh Tien Hoang Street - where the cultural space of the spiritual capital of Hanoi

Dinh Tien Hoang street located east of Hoan Kiem lake are many historians and writers as a place of convergence for several thousand years the sacred air of Thang Long - Hanoi.

Hanoi has many streets, each of which are less marked when starting up the history of formation. Even over many years, vestiges of the old still form the soul street- the cultural space left for tomorrow. One of the streets associated with the cultural space of thousands of years of culture capital of the Dinh Tien Hoang street. Dinh Tien Hoang street is only about 900m long, starting from the intersection of Trang Tien - Hang Khay, go through the administrative centers such as Hanoi People's Committee Office, Hanoi Post Office, Hanoi Power Company, through the ruins : Bao An pagoda, Ly Thai To square, Ba Kieu temple and ended in Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square (where meeting place of the street: Le Thai To - Cau Go - Hang Gai - Hang Dao). In French time, street named Francis Garnier boulevard.

In 1945, Director of Hanoi - Dr. Lai Tran Van has changed Francis Garnier to Dinh Tien Hoang St to remember the merits of the Emperor unification country - Dinh Bo Linh. Legend, Ly Thai To after the capital at Thang Long sightseeing here to see a clear blue lake. There are ancient temple in the middle of lake that poetic landscape then he have been named in this temple is the Ngoc Tuong. To the Tran dynasty, it was renamed Ngoc Son temple.

At the time of the Le, approximately in 1428, after taking the throne, the king Le Loi dwells delegation from the Red River, turn to lake, return the sword to the turtle genie. From then Luc Thuy Lake on land Ta Vong village is named Hoan Kiem lake, also known Ho Guom. As a historical coincidence, President Ho Chi Minh - the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, had several times through the sacred streets this spring to welcome people and visit the workers at the Post Office and Bo Ho Light factory ...

Over the years with many dynasties, Thang Long has many names. Several large temples and buildings were typically built on the ancient ring of land east of Hoan Kiem lake. Ba Kieu temple worship Mau Lieu Hanh, up nearly opposite the Le Ngoc Son temple from Le Than Tong seventeenth century, followed by the Bao An Pagoda, also known as the Quan Thuong, built in 1842, when it was big and beautiful temples in most of the city.

Then in 1865, King Tu Duc, Phuong Dinh Nguyen Van Sieu who a good literary that contemporary call "Sieu spirit" to build this Ngoc Son temple port, Dai Nghien  and Thap But. And the eloquent symbol for the uprightness of the man who is Thang Long lasting to this day the Dinh Tien Hoang street.

Ly Thai To flower garden

In 1888, the French established city of Hanoi and began expanding into the Southeast with the goal of building Hanoi into a major city in Vietnam, meets the criteria for a European city worthy Indochina Federal capital of French . So when planning to build a new neighborhood with European architecture alongside the old quarter, they identified Hoan Kiem lake areas is central in Hanoi.


Implementation guideline traffic ahead, a series of streets around the lake was built. That create large way to travel along the lake, the French opened the way cross the temple and three gate of Ba Kieu temple. That is the Dinh Tien Hoang street now. Then continue to new roads open through the Bao An temple area. Traces left of the temple today is Hoa Phong tower, located on the ground ring the lake. Leaned to look across the street from the Dinh Tien Hoang is Hanoi post office.


From Dinh Tien Hoang street, which has a series of time lines was the French open by the board as Trang Tien, Ngo Quyen, Hai Ba Trung, Ly Thuong Kiet, Tran Hung Dao, Hang Bai, Trang Thi ... as a basis to begin construction of buildings brought European appearance. In 1883, Dinh Tien Hoang street rise Building Management Director, now Hanoi People's Committee, and Paul Bert flower garden, flower Ly Thai To garden now, the Brass house with octagonal shape...

In 1884 to the first post office was built, in 1901 the Post Office building on the lake of the Bao An pagoda completed. Next is Lake Lamps factory is located to the right of the Court of Directors. Electric bus in 1900 Lake was built, completed in 1906, the tram line from Bo Ho to Mo market, running through the Dinh Tien Hoang Street.

Place is the administrative center, cultural - social capital, Dinh Tien Hoang street witnessed many important historical events of the country and Hanoi. It was early morning on 10/10/1954, last French soldiers left town camps Security over Dinh Tien Hoang to withdraw one's troops to Long Bien bridge. Soon after that people had rushed out to welcome the troops to win here since the takeover of fallen into the capital. Over 30 years later, lunch 04/30/1975, Hanoi People flocked glad sword lake, squeezed tight Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Ho Chi Minh City People's committee, gardens Chi Linh, Ngoc Son Temple, bus station... excited Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city) liberation heard through speakers in the ineffable joy.

20 years later, on 07.10.2004, at the Chi Linh garden in  Dinh Tien Hoang Street has added a new event of historic Hanoi thousand years old: the inauguration Ly Thai To monument, the King laid the foundation for sustainable Thang Long - Hanoi. Bronze statue is cast solid outline positions King watched impassively from the city and the country is innovation.

Dinh Tien Hoang street not only filled with historical "beautiful Ho Guom", with a cultural center, the normal day as well as holidays, new year always Dinh Tien Hoang street is also where people in the districts and localities in the country, foreign tourists go to.

 

And also from here that they emit different streets to see Hanoi. So most of the major traditional festivals of the country and Hanoi as fireworks celebrate the National Day, New Year, cycling, running newspaper New Hanoi Award, the walk for peace, music performances ... are well organized on this street. In recent years back to add new festivals such as the Flower Festival in Hanoi and Vietnam (the first time at the end of 12/2008), Street Arts Festival by the City People's Committee and the Embassy of Denmark (times beginning 11/2009) was held on Dinh Tien Hoang street ...

As a rule, on the night of the 30th annual New Year, generally around Hoan Kiem Lake, the largest of which is on Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi who have went here to pick up Eve, the Ngoc Son Temple, Ba Kieu temple, statue of King Ly Thai people ... pray for national security state, for the new year has been abundant health, enjoy business prosperity,  lucky.

From the leaders of the party, State, Government and the city government to the people, from elderly, middle-aged to the boys, girls, young children ... are all respectful incense thought remember King Ly Thai To, who was enlightened with the paralysis of the city, fallen, the national hero ...  poured their strength, wisdom and blood to build and protect the sovereignty, protection of capital, for today's children can live in peace and independence.

With memories of the Lake, the pages have learned, with monuments and works of architecture worship, we suddenly realize that going 1000  from Thang Long to start now, rarely have a street on this country has a rich historical evidence about the past and today, weave together the cultural and spiritual space, which is considered as the most beautiful capital of Dinh Tien Hoang street.

5 most beautiful streets of Hanoi

What's street  most beautiful in Hanoi? It is Phan Dinh Phung quite inside the ancient city, Thanh Nien street  windy West Lake or poetical Nguyen Du street? ...
It's difficult to say what street in Hanoi is the most beautiful, because this is one's own experience. Only one thing is certain: the beauty of many roads in Hanoi have been put into poetry, love and nostalgia of generations of the Hanoi.

Along the economic development - social, many new roads were opened nicely around Hanoi, bringing a youthful appearance and modern capital city. But for those who have decades of sticking to Hanoi, looks flashy new roads that still does not compare with the beauty of the old streets

Located between West Lake and Truc Bach Lake, Thanh Nien Road is the most romantic streets of Hanoi. In addition to the old road called Co Ngu, Hanoi youth to put this road a new name: Road of Love.

Running along the shore of Hoan Kiem lake, Dinh Tien Hoang street is located in the heart of the  Hanoi capital. On the street there are Hoa Phong tower, relics of the Bao An pagoda and the Hanoi post office with a historic clock tower. On holidays, New Year, a street where people crowded island to see the fireworks and greeting Eve.

Phan Dinh Phung street has wide sidewalks and row of Sau trees shed bright yellow leaves in late spring. On the streets there are many villas were built during the French and the two ancient work known as the North of Hanoi citadel and Cua Bac church.

Not many trees, Trang Tien street still outstanding beauty, aristocratic with Western style. A head of the street cross Hoan Kiem lake, the other end opposite the Hanoi Opera House and the August Revolution Square.

Nguyen Du Street is located on the shores of dreaming Thien Quang lake which is considered the street of artists. In fall, street make upset as the heart of Hanoi by the fragrance of sweet milk flowers.

Thuoc Bac street: The place sell the Vietnamese traditional medicine

Thuoc Bac street long 328m from Hang Ma street to intersection of Hang Bo - Bat Dan. Almost of this street is the village land of Dong Thanh of Tong Tien Tuc (later renamed the Tong Thuan My) old Tho Xuong district. Terminal street adjacent Hang Bo street of the  Nhan Noi village.

Time of the French, the government has included 5 old street is very short before a long straight street, named Rue des Medicaments (Pharmacy street). In the old Thuoc Bac street really are the stores selling the Vietnamese traditional medicine, while Chinese traditional medicine focuses from intersection Hang Vai - Phuc Kien (Lan Ong) to the junction of Hang Mun (now Hang But.)

Selling drugs back then most of the Da Nguu villages to Hanoi do business, they are here and in the Phuc Kien street. Store is quite simple: the baskets containing herbs meters at present living in the house to the ground from the threshold; drugs to whole stems, not cut their roots, tubers not slice, the paper wrapped package of small seeds, we went through this street is the smell of aromatic herbs coming out the back.

Drug occupation does not require much funds, the same village usually has a good relationship and do the same job should have a high spirit of mutual assistance; store any buyers that do not have enough drugs in the prescription that is usually get to sale.

Street section at the junction between the Hang Mun and Hang Phen that is a surface area of the old Dong Thanh market, formerly named Hang Vai better known as Hang Vai Tham -  distinguish Hang Vai Nau that is Hang Hang street now. Called Hang Vai Tham but here sold fabric panels that is the small size fabric because that is a small fabric traditional weaving looms, so the only long-suffering 2 span produced by Ke Buoi. Besides selling foreign cloth. This street section is the nature of trade in goods internal to the craft shop owner in the street are few large capitalists, in their home is still the family's old house small business, with little difference change. But there are other people in the street more money to buy land here into the new building is high, more modern stores to open big.

Every cross section from Hang Phen to the end of street , that is to cross Hang Bo - Hang Thiec, formerly known as Hang But. Street section that sells old stuff we found pen and paper and office supplies.

Section Thuoc Bac street  from the intersection of Lan Ong to Hang Ma before two section of  the old Hang Ao and Hang Khoa.

That section with name Hang Ao Cu that people trafficking and selling used clothing and blankets and apparel available. Used clothing and apparel that is second in the silk of the garment on the occasion of great joy for guests joined, finished the excess many are sold away. There are also semi-classical opera opera stage clothes, towels adoration for people to dress the people go into trance.

That street with name Hang Khoa because there were many lock shop. Key primarily made from several nearby cities to sell or offer the same course by Phung Khoang village craftsmen casting. Until people are very fond of western key, simultaneously with the period of major construction in Hanoi, the key seller is turned to the wholesale trade of iron. Wholesale craft iron enrichment to meet many occasions quickly.

Today in Thuoc Bac street trafficking remains very busy with all kinds of key items, in-room silver and some building materials of metal. Architecture of the house on the street wearing a modern style, wearing the traditional style. A variety of homes from 65 to 77 bring western-style, only the house number 71 kept the traditional style.

Especially with the house number 87 is where the late painter Bui Xuan Phai lived, now titled "Phai's world" and kept some of his works.

Hang Buom street - a mall in the Hanoi old street area

Hang Buom street old belong Ha Khau award (also known as Giang Khau), Tong Huu Tuc of Tho Xuong district, where the river flows into the To Lich river. On the estuary was filled, but the stree is still.

Hang Buom original is not the focus of the Chinese people., they are in Viet Dong street (now Hang Ngang) and in spread to several surrounding cities such as Hang Bo, Phuc Kien street (now known as Lan Ong street). By the 19th century, from the Chinese people in Hang Ngang street area until this expansion, manipulated and eventually the whole city. Quang Dong club-house at number 32 with a layer of green glaze tiled roof and small ceramic statues are featured, there is now a nursery school.

Former Hang Buom street fair next to the Bach Ma Temple (White Horse temple)  had Bach Ma market after market along with Cau Dong market gather to the Dong Xuan market. French colonial period, French street names as "Rue des Voiles", was translated into Vietnamese to Hang Buom. After 1954, the street was officially named as now.

Hang Buom street from east to west length of about 300m, past a place that sells all kinds of sail. Sails made of fabric or woven rush for the boats. Product of the street was that the type of equipment, bags, blister sailing, sailing ... woven by rattan, rush. Raw materials are transported by boat to get close to the city, and the boat was also carrying products to other places. After the Chinese people dominated the street, the item disappeared. They open more restaurants in this street.

According to documents left behind, the presence of Chinese business people in Hang Buom started very early and probably from the 19th century, this street has become a Chinatown. When the French arrived in Hanoi in 1872 it was very crowded Chinese people in Hang Buom and there are the Association of Management. This period, many Chinese merchants who also defied the law of the court, secretly traded with the French traders and people do spy. Fluctuations in the years from 1873 to 1882, in Hanoi happened many wars, the French were over 2 times invaded, the streets were arson, looting, particularly in the Chinese people in Hang Ngang, Hang Buom still keeping a noisy scene, a crowded mall. At Hang Buom that time there is definitely up in the port of head street, a night watchman. In the first period, the French have not yet built structures should be used Quang Dong hall as the place of meeting, when a grand reception. This stage, Chinese people traders get rich quick and focused more crowded here, the Vietnamese people gradually moving in that city to the other,Hang Buom turned into a "Guest street" with shops of Chinese wealth, prosperity.

Hang Buom the streets to keep the look the most durable commercial challenges of history. Even during the opening night of the first 60 days of resistance against the French this is the area both as a place for combat leave out "non-military." Contact Resistance Committees Area I to allow stores of Chinese people overseas trade opening should be free of this street were the only place in Hanoi with the bustling service activities. One of the two military medical station of inter-region I was located at 26 Hang Buom.

Today the street has many shops selling candy, melon seeds pumpkin seeds, and both dishes like roast meat, noodles, salad .... Along with other beer and soft drinks. The Mid-Autumn festival and, this place is very busy. Chinese community is not here anymore but the focus remained crowded with shops, food shops connected to both the alley from Hang Giay to Ta Hien, Ma May street ...

Hang Buom street but also a few architectural changes over time, although most also had a few houses were rebuilt. On Hang Buom still many religious relics and revolutionary relics: the famous Bach Ma temple is located at number 76, Long Do temple worship, the Eastern townships of the ancient Thang Long, the Bach Ma temple structures is quite large, in-depth planning, starting Hang Buom street to Ngo gach lane, built in the Southeast, close Hang Buom street. Also, on Hang Buom also Tu Duong communal house located at number 8, common people still called because Hang Thit temple because Hang Thit ward original in Kim Nguu, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province to Thang Long practice formed.

Hanoi people come to Hang Buom today not only to find memories of a crowded shopping mall past but also to be immersed in ancient space characteristic of the 36 streets.

Hang Giay street - a corner of Thang Long - Hanoi

Hang Giay (paper) street from Hang Dau- Hang Than intersection run below Cau Sat to  Hang Khoai- Dong Xuan intersection. Only 208m long ago that the capital belongs to several wards and villages. In Le period when Thang Long only 36 wards, the first street belong Hoe Nhai ward,  end of the street belong Dong Xuan ward.To Nguyen dynasty, from 36 wards Thang Long were divided into 250 wards and villages. The first part of Hang Giay adjoin Hang Cot street on riverside To river and the Dong Thuan village. Middle and end of the Dong Xuan ward.

Today the house number 83 Hang Giay is a communal house of old Dong Xuan ward. In 1925, French was still taking pictures of this house gate. Communal house worship Bach Ma (White Horse). Now the house has been converted into shops. Beginning as just mentioned city, capital of the ward Hoe Nhai. That this ward is the Le dynasty were concentrated tea house, singing restaurant .

Later, when the French occupied Hanoi, street planning, the female singer is still based here, the first focusing on Hang Giay. Then called Hang Giay songstress.

Mixed with the theater as the paper shop. All things paper sold by the village common as Buoi village, Cot village made. Ban paper, Moi paper, Boi paper and Phen paper... internal Quyen paper, white board paper ...

In the 20 years of the twentieth century, drifted out of the theater Kham Thien, Nga Tu So. Iron pen and paper "west" we put the paper back on the rural market.

Hang Giay street gradually became a grocery business. The only house 58 of a family court officials Pham is Director of the city to keep lines: Ich Ky brand and sale paper, has just opened a print book, open to publishers. Ich Ky has contributed to common folk at this script only knows the old tales Pham Cong, Phan Tran, Nu tu tai ... printed in the national language.

A house is a house of interest 42, where the cultural growth of Nguyen Van Vinh (1880-1936) who pioneered the printing press The National Assembly, raising the script of a document literature.

Now, Hang Giay sell more goods, especially in the city have a range of dried beef shop. Youth, teens spent a special dish like this, those located outside the six, seventy years old also likes to wake up for a celebration. Past, any port in the primary school which also has the burden dried beef. Uncle sales scissor hands always hold the spleen. Papaya's mannequin few dry pieces of beef, sprinkling little chili attracted many pupils eat too hard....

Hang Bo street - the traditional bamboo basket street in Hanoi

In connecting Hang Bac to the intersection of Hang Thiec Hang- Thuoc Bac - Bat Dan is Hang Bo street long 270m, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. French colonial period, Hang Bo, called Rue de Paniers, after the revolution called Hang Bo became the official name today.

Hang Bo street east is the street connected Dong Thanh with the old dike top of  Hang Ngang and Hang Dao street of rural Xuan Yen land. Clips west with Hang Dieu - Thuoc Bac is village's lands Interior, the Tong Thuan My, Tho Xuong district of old.

Selection of eastern street formerly known as Hang Dep, houses in streets small and narrow, sandals sell hanging on the wall that lists all types of wood furniture, paint wood ... also received many contributions and sell all kinds of leather shoes, leather furniture used to serve customers. West street section focuses more big shop.

Unlike the street around which many overseas Chinese people lived from the early as Thuoc Bac street, Hang Bo is inhabited by many wealthy Vietnamese generation family. Later, crowded malls, there are more Chinese people descent Thieu Chau, Phuc Kien province to buy houses, malls and open trade in many goods such as rice, sugar, flour, canned goods grocery, Giang Tay pot and dish ...

As the name suggests, Hang Bo before more families living by weaving and selling instruments made of bamboo as many type bamboo basket ... Every year on the occasion of New Year to all, crowded street both buyers and sellers, big basket, small basket is full heap on the street, the people of the provinces of Hanoi store selling goods transported around the region.

Also on that occasion, the old scholar from the gathering  Hang Bo, spreading ink, scarlet paper, writing letters sold to buyers on wall in Tet. Many on the street walls, complete parallel sentences suspended blazing red, flutter flying .

Hang Bo is Hanoi Painting of Tet. New Year paintings on display here varied enough categories, from folk of Dong Ho paintings, Hang Trong woodcut print on Do paper was that twinkle pigment, green pigment to the multi-colored picture printed on glossy paper, large format taken from Hong Kong to Shanghai. Subject always rich in paintings, scenes from daily life such as swirling yang pigs, mouse wedding, Tam Da picture: Phuc-Loc-Tho ... to the Tay Du Ki picture, Chinese girls ...

Hang Bo street is a house has witnessed many historic events, such as house number 51. Here, on 06 Jan 1947, Zone 1 Regiment, later renamed the Capital Regiment launched.

Capital Regiment was uniform from the military forces of the United Nations Protection Zone as a group, the self-defence, Police volunteers ... Besides, it also has the headquarters of the Central Workers' National Salvation is both Bac Ky office of the Party Committee and concurrently as a commissioned work by Viet Minh.

House No. 51 Hang Bo Street is also a Vietnam printing company directly under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour in newspapers. Now this place turned into the headquarters of the Golden Heart Fund Report of Labour, is one of the yellow address to receive the contributions of generous hearts empathy, sharing, support for the fate difficulty social.

Over the vicissitudes of history, Hang Bo no longer see what appears to knit bamboo basket and sell bamboo basket like old time. Both streets only some house remains former products, which has since Hang Bo ago, it was votive paper and incense.

Hang Bo incense famous from the past with incense-coil, compression incense, frankincense, white candle, red candles, packing, put out, all sizes and types of floor material layer, layer on layer stores. Hang Bo incense is compressed as the tiny toothpick, there are up to 2m like the flat winnowing basket can do burn few New Year's day.

incense-coil

Incense makers here often hereditary. They have workshops, hiring, directing you not only serve the needs of people in the country but also export to the difficult markets like Japan South Korea ...

Hang Bo has changed a lot, found the business on a wider variety of ancient cities. Do not know ever since, Hang Bo Street is considered a familiar address for every computer in the street and those who love fashion.

There is a unique item is sold, it is the garment accessories. A simple extension from small, pretty button hole, fully made materials (wood, pearl, plastic, copper ...) to a numerous rivets, press buttons, small pretty flowers, the sparkling beads or the graceful ribbon, silk yarn, red green fasteners, zippers and embroidered with thousands of samples can be found on the street.

Goods on display from the home, flooding the streets. Both the Hang Bo street adjacent first row who always crowded out the sale, completely wrapped choices like the items.

People who like dragging at late night to find Hang Bo, because this is a specialize in bake cuttle-fish at night. Along the streets sometimes come across a few shops with plastic chairs, flickering flame in charcoal brazier, the light bulb was pulled from lane to the streets flash winnowing basket only a few gold fish, some dried cuttle-fish.

Guests eat mostly young men drink some beer together, listen to the quiet atmosphere of the night in Hanoi. 

Hang Chai street with traditional lion dancing

Between three way crossroads the Hang Luoc, Hang Ruoi and Hang Cot street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) is a cross street, which is Hang Chai. This is one of the ancient, narrow streets of Hanoi with the smallest length of about 80m, about 200 households live.

Time in France, called Ngo Ngang (Ruelle). In 1945, State was renamed Hang Chai street.

Hang Chai is original ancient land Tan Khai village, Tong Tien Tuc, old Tho Xuong district. Where relatives lived mainly buying and selling all kinds of bottles and old tea bag made of tin, and many other waste.

In 30 years of the 20th century, the Hang Chai (behind the no 7 house) is communal house spirit patriarch of Ca Tru singing career. Every year, on lunar 13/11, songstress came here death anniversary, sing Ca Tru.

Over time, business was "tea and bottle" is no more, Chai Hang renew to integrate into the general trend of the times. In the Tet holiday, Hang Chai is one of three ancient cities of Hanoi was selected as the venue for the Spring market capitalization range of flowering peach, apricot flowers blooming and many colorful decorations add beauty to the capital Hanoi round about 1000 years old.

Hang Chai street with lion dancing

The people of the old street Hang Chai  Every pride of folk games of ancient peoples, such as lion dancing.

Appear hundreds of years, Lion dancing is to preserve, develop from generation to generations and became a folk games, cultural beauty of Hanoi.

Lion dancing teams of Hang Chai from 20-25  person. However the number of participants and encourage more outnumber. Most of people in Chai Hang love lion dancing, they are willing to put aside the worries of everyday life for the common to join boisterous drums sound and beautiful movements, the majestic of lion. So mentioning Hang Chai, people think of "lion dancing" street.

On big holidays or Mid Autumn festival, lion dance team of Chai Hang frequently invited to perform in all provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh. According to Le Kim Giao, captain of lion dancing: "When dancing lion, the artist must show with soul like a real lion. Each show will reflect the mood of different lion, aggressive moment, when dancing, when snatch bait... In addition, lion dance requires not only passion, performance techniques that need must have a good fitness and martial arts knowledge. Thus, the movements and postures of the new lions reach a general need harmony hard and soft. "

Ferment pork roll street

Hang Chai is also looking to the young crowd as a familiar spots with sidewalk shops sell baked ferment pork roll, boiled corn and grilled squid.

From the short night, the small alley to have many people, along the street is the group of young people sitting before the baked ferment pork roll disk, hot corns. Nearly 11 hours of the night, the sales person in a hurry to clean up and return of the quiet atmosphere of a small lane of Ha Thanh.

Streets in Hanoi photo before great festival

Some days before thousand years the great festival, Hanoi streets are the brightly lights and patterned color images . Hoan Kiem lake as more sparkling, all put on  a new shirt welcomed the Hanoi  1000 year old in beautiful gentle autumn.

Pham Hung street with wings peace and Khue Van Cac symbol

Hoan Kiem lake is sparking

Ba Trieu street with dragon and flowers symbol

Dien Bien Phu street is bright light

Hanoi train station with change color flowers 

The Huc bridge and Ngoc Son temple

Nguyen Thai Hoc street with Dong Son kettledrum

Phan Dinh Phung street - The best street in Hanoi

Do not carry the word "Hang" as the sexy names of Hanoi Old Quarter, with a street bearing Western architecture, is considered one of the most beautiful streets in Hanoi, it was Phan Dinh Phung street.

Hanoi girl with orient robe in the street in the fall

Running parallel to the Quan Thanh street, Phan Dinh Phung Street long 1.4 km starting from Hang Cot to Mai Xuan Thuong street, cut across the intersection of Hoang Dieu, Nguyen Canh Chan, Hung Vuong street. Old, a former running side of the array trenches outside the north wall of the Thang Long citadel in Nguyen dynasty (19th century), and is one of the ancient Lich  river.

French colonial are Carnot boulevard . After the August Revolution, the name changed to the revolutionary patriot Phan Dinh Phung.

Phan Dinh Phung (1847 -1895) the Dong Thai village, Son La District (now Tung Anh Commune, Duc Tho district, Ha Tinh province, Hanoi. He was the leader of Ha Tinh insurgents fighting against the French 10 years under reference contraction Can Vuong of King Ham Nghi. He died on 28-12-1895 at Quat mountains in the Truong Son.

When Hanoi became the capital of the entire Union of Indochina, the French colonial Hanoi has planned in the direction of a Western-style urban. Streets are embellished by the Decree of Governor of Indochina, North resident.

Located within blocks of architectural planning, Phan Dinh Phung street bold influenced by Western architecture. We must first mention the high-villas nestled next but soaring trees. Although tinted paint stain over time but still beautiful ancient, stately, giving people the feeling nostalgic.

 

Cua Bac Church

 

Cua Bac church at No. 56 Phan Dinh Phung street is the old church in Hanoi, was built at Cua Bac of Thang Long citadel, the French architect Ernest Hebrarb design. Works were constructed during the period from 1925-1930.
No follow of symmetric form as most other Christian works that the French had built in Vietnam, Cua Bac church was built in an architectural space with an asymmetric bell high tower side the main lobby. French architects were clever exploitation of the principles of the Renaissance to the church in harmony with the landscape. In addition to the bell tower as a point to mention an impressive dome in the central area, especially tile roof system extends from the bell tower roof to dome roof, the system covers around trees, shows a familiar landscape as it has caught somewhere in the traditional temples in the village of Vietnam. The clever combination of Western architecture and an oriental architecture has created quite unique style is very modern and not ancient church has.

Every day, the magnificent cathedrals, ancient hymn of the holy meat again raised. The sound earnest air cathedral as the bell with ease, such as pat of our people. In particular, the Christmas eve back thousands of Catholics flock here to pray, they sing with all my heart, God-with faith desire peace, prosperity to every home.

Phan Dinh Phung street segment between the North citadel- is the only port in the fifth gate of Thang Long royal citadel remains to this day. In 1998 the archaeologists have found many sites here citadel from the previous dynasty at depths from 1.66 to 2.2 m. Especially on the walls today are still bold historical "with two bullet wounds fired by French troops on 25/4/1882 when they beat North of Vietnam in  the second.

 North Citadel

 

Beauty is a most popular in Hanoi, Phan Dinh Phung street attracts many tourists visit. Here, they not only admire the ancient architecture is unique, but also immersed in a lush green space, filled with trees.

Not random, Phan Dinh Phung street is widely called the beloved "Dracontomelum trees street." Dracontomelum are grown on the roads, street corner of Hanoi, but most have to mention Phan Dinh Phung street. The old dracontomelum found on Phan Dinh Phung street has a history of hundreds of years, bushy tree - trunk, dense foliage,covered the road. Flower of dracontomelum alligator is not brilliant as many others that have simple and beloved beautiful flowers. The tiny of white flowers brunch tucked hide in green foliage, spread bitter scent but passionate .

 

Dracontomelum fruit tastes sour but  very cool. During the hot summer day to enjoy a glass of dracontomelum ice water all stuffy, frustrating in the heart is lost. Dracontomelum fruit is the wonderful gift that the Creator has given to man. Dracontomelum jam has just sweet and brittle become from popular foods are people in Hanoi and also the favorite gift to send friends and afar relatives.

When the yellow color encroaching blue is moments behind the ancient dracontomelum trees on Phan Dinh Phung street deciduous. The golden leaves as the carpet stretched across the road, a few leaves accidentally parked on the road shoulder passer, the hair of girls.

 

Walking on Phan Dinh Phung street watching falling yellow leaves, hear the church bells make the heart have many feelings.

Ancient Hanoi streets in the heart foreigners

Many foreigners who first came to Hanoi old town feel uncomfortable even when anxious fear touch foot in the streets carry the akin names, lie down horizontal, vertical, cluttered with dozens of shops selling the same product category. The restaurants on two roadside crowds and vehicle go dense.

But then that feeling passes gradually replace them with a love when they realize bustling life of Hanoi people, energetic, constantly moving but also very romantic with the girls burden back fresh flowers add beauty to the bowl of Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the city.

Street

Chantrelle Nielson, American girl spent nearly a year in Hanoi in the old town said initially scared when walking in the old town because they can not go on the sidewalk and feel like you're having to choke by vehicle. "The street is too messy and very difficult to remember names. Every walk in the street, I felt like trying to swim in a swift flowing river. "

You also can not stand in any position which sees the city as this will prevent other road users, and noise is crazy, Chantrelle said. "But when you have found a 'anchor',  you can there all day just to see all activities take place. The most interesting thing in town is sitting in a restaurant or coffee shop on level two or three that look at the people, vehicles, homes that have porch with birds singing in cages, and daily activities of the families around them - that's where the most vivid I've ever been to. "

Hanoi's Old Quarter, known as roughly 36 streets, located in an area about 100 hectares in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi city center, surrounded by Hang Dau street in North and Hang Bong, Hang Gai, Timber bridges in the South, Tran Nhat Duat, Tran Quang Khai-West and Phung Hung in the East.

Common characteristic of the ancient streets, many street names begin with the word "Hang", followed by a word for a certain profession, such as Hang Bac(make silver), Hang Ma (make a things of worship), Hang Thiec, Hang Chieu. Streets were noisy, bustling as trading to reduce, working as a miniature village. Like to Hang Thiec, you will hear the tingling sound hammer on the piece of sheet metal, tin flakes glittering white, the image will encounter the tin workers committed to the wood from small to large appliances such as vacuum tube, barrel, pots, shell draw water, boxes, water tanks ...

In the book "The dragon on the roof - a year in Vietnam" by Carol Howland author has said: "Walking the 36 streets in Hanoi like weaving their way in a bowl of noodles." According to feelings Carol, although 7 centuries have passed, but every street seems to bold of a trade village, where life bring community and traditional high-passed from generation to generation other.

Carol Payne, a student of American come Vietnam tourists, said at first feeling  entering the old town completely contrary to what is most pleasant to sit under a canopy of green leaves outside patio of Au Lac restaurant, after the Metropole Hotel, which sip coffee and talk with friends.

"When you walk north to the old town, the road changes and start winding is not in any one direction does. Vietnamese people  I met who could not compass directions in North America as people usually do. In fact, they could not tell me on the map. No good to say that I am in the south of Hoan Kiem District, "Carol laments .

But then, after a few weeks to get used to the streets of Vietnam, Carol was able to walk without their maps. "If you get lost, I'll jump onto a motorcycle taxi and only to their home address. But lost also the beauty . The very last time I felt an endless experience of Hanoi. There is an abundance of detail, both architecture and human life, temples, street vendors, small alleys, markets and even roadside coffee shop anymore, "Carol said excitedly.

Old town, very special to Carol. It's like a general department store giant, with the area where merchants and craftsmen with a commodity business - things she can not see the United States. Besides the buildings bearing ancient French architecture, the high-rise commercial buildings could suddenly see a comfortable home, a temple tucked away deep in the small alley. It's a beautiful culture of the people of Vietnam.

David Lowe, a specialist newsletter edited English, 36, from Liverpool, said: "I love walking down the street because they are really alive. Hanoi is the best place I ever lived where I feel really alive. Especially the old town, there is so much going on, just stop 5 minutes you will see. Old Quarter of Hanoi brought many traits, many attractive features, making it come alive in the minds and remind everyone that they are living in a truly dynamic city, where people hurry because everyday life, and sound, and smell what the eye sees, all extraordinarily vivid. "

Hanoi, as Chantrelle commented "it is very beautiful with many trees, lake ... look as if nature wants to recapture his own area in the city."

Peddled wares and shop of sidewalk

Foreigners who come to Hanoi as caught up in a land of endless dishes, from traditional dishes of Vietnam such as Bun Cha (Noodle and grilled meat), Pho, Bun Thang, Banh cuon Thanh Tri ... in small shops on the pavement, to the peddled wares of street selling duck egg boil, glutinous rice doughnut, snails noodles, noodles with shrimp sauce and soya curd, crab vermicelli mixed.

To serve foreign tourists, the restaurants gradually rise to all kinds of foods imported from foreign countries such as French toast, pasta and Italian pizza, Japanese sushi, green curry chicken or Thai hot pot, steak of French or Korean gold branch.

"I never miss meals because the West can find a real French bread in Vietnam, even better than most of those you can buy in the USA. ... I can talk to many more places that I remember - I think I could eat five more years in Vietnam but also not able to explore all the wonderful food here. I also love rice wine, "Chantrelle said.

She said she could not forget the food in Hanoi. Vietnamese food in the USA but also most of Southern of VietNam style and do not the palate. Chantrelle says USA not selling bun Cha - her favorite dishes. She also enjoyed the noodle rolled in Truc Bach street, or hot fish soup with fennel. The sultry summer day, the most popular Chantrelle eating grapefruit, watermelon and dragon fruit - most delicious fruits that she would buy  burden of street vendors.

But David, the British guy, the most liked grilled pork. Dried meat nursery yellow flesh is aromatic smell of smoke. The best thing while walking in the ancient city of Hanoi can be stopped at any place to purchase goods, presents a unique commodity that can not be everywhere.

The feeling remains

 

cyclo - A special vehicle in ancient street

The most attractive thing in Hanoi for foreign visitors, according to David, that's people here. Without them, any city in the world is just streets, buildings inanimate. "I really like in Hanoi, it hot, noisy, bustling, attractive, every scene, every person you meet every day .. I'm here because I feel welcome."

As for Chantrelle, the best thing in her mind up about this city is looking at all the activities happening on the streets and enjoy the unique flavor of the dish of Hanoi.

For her, as well up all sources of energy, the energy of a rising economy is strong, where people rushed everyone, even struggling to survive, but also each step richer, more prosperous