Showing posts with label Vietnam Pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam Pictures. Show all posts

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Nha Vien - An Elegant Garden

The elegant garden of Nha Vien in Buu Long Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province is an interesting place for tourists because it displays typical cultural characteristics and architectural styles of all regions in the country.
 
Nha Vien was built in an area of 5,000m2 with a three-door entrance which was designed in the ancient Hue style. The entrance is harmoniously combined with the main architectural work of the tourism area - Phu Xuan Duong, a Ruong House.

Nam Huyen Duong, a house designed in the southern architectural style with a spacious and airy space.
Vong Cac Son - A house on stilts of  Tay Bac (Northwest) region .
An old wheel in Nha Vien's garden.
A dug-out of the ethnic people.
Visiting the garden, tourists will be fascinated by a romantic landscape of nature and typical houses. From the entrance, tourists follow a small stone-paved road with its two sides being flowers and trees to arrive in Phu Xuan Duong and then Nam Huyen Duong, a house designed in the southern architectural style with a spacious and airy space. The road also leads tourists to a house on stilts, called Vong Son Cac, of the Thai ethnic people which was the original copy from the Tay Bac region. Near the house on stilts is a dug-out – a means of transport on rivers of ethnic people in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands). In the garden, tourists will see Huong Tuyen Stream that reminds one of the romantic and peaceful Huong Giang River near the old capital of Phu Xuan. Over the stream, there are five small bridges, including Kim Nghe Kieu Bridge in front of Phu Xuan Duong that is the most unique because it was built with stone in the shape of a coiling unicorn in the ancient style of Hue. The stream surrounds three directions of the north, the west and the south of a southern styled house, Tu Quang Duong, and then creates a small pond in front of Dao Nguyen Dong. In the west of Tu Quang Duong is Linh Phong Mountain, formed by seven stones that symbolize the That Son Mountain Range in the South.
A traditional rice-hulling mill.
 
An ornamental fish pond in Nha Vien.
 

The peaceful beauty of Nha Vien.
Furniture inside Phu Xuan Duong.
Coming to the garden, tourists also have a chance to see with their own eyes a series of valuable ancient objects that the area’s owner has spent a lot of time and effort to collect from different places.

Thanks to the combination of unique cultural features of three regions of Vietnam and beautiful landscape, Nha Vien has become a familiar destination for tourists.
Story: Nguyen Vu Thanh Dat - Photo: Dang Kim Phuong
Source: vietnam.vnanet.vn

Friday, May 30, 2014

Hanoi – the antique & dynamic capital of Vietnam

If ever being heard of Vietnam, with the popular S-shape or the dragon-shape, you may have known its significant land/capital – the “dragon-eye” site: Hanoi.

Ha Noi is the capital of Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This beautiful capital strategically lies at the center of the triangular basin of the Red River. Hanoi is now the country’s center of economy, politics, culture, and society.


Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Hà Nội still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites include the One Pillar Pagoda (built in 1049), the Temple of Literature (built in 1070), Hà Nội Citadel, Hà Nội Opera House, President Hồ Chí Minh's Mausoleum, and so on.


Hà Nội also characteristically contains 18 beautiful lakes such as Hoàn Kiếm Lake, West Lake, and Trúc Bạch Lake, which are the lungs of the city, with their surrounding gardens and trees providing a vital source of energy.

Many traditional handicrafts are also practiced in Hà Nội including bronze molding, silver carving, lacquer, and embroidery. Hà Nội has many famous traditional professional handicraft villages such as Bát Tràng pottery village, Ngũ Xã bronze casting village, Yên Thái glossy silk village.



Hoan Kiem Lake. Flickr/Thai Hoa TRAN
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi. Flickr/Eustaquio Santimano

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Flickr/Carles


Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Flickr/David
The Huc Bridge. Flickr/Butch Osborne
Hoan Kiem Lake. Flickr/Eric Lafforgue


Tran Quoc pagoda.Flickr/brongaeh

Entrance to the Temple of Literature. Flickr/Butch Osborne
Flickr/Carles
Hanoi Temple. Flickr/Sebastien LABAN


Hanoi's Panorama. Flickr/tu_geo

Hanoi by night Flickr/Sam Antonio Photography
Flickr/BoyBitch
Hanoi Hustle. Flickr/Sam Antonio Photography
Flickr/Un fotografo italiano
Hanoi by night.Flickr/Grant Cameron



Hanoi traffic. Flickr/Roland Wich
Missed the first bus (On Pham Van Dong street). Flickr/Marco Sarli


Colorful Hanoi. Flickr/Alex Stoen
Flickr/AnhcobrA
A little hanoi. Flickr/Frozen Flame
Taken from the top of the Sofitel Plaza. Flickr/Aloïs Peiffer
Hanoi at night.Flickr/nicole

Flickr/Beo Beo


On Hai Ba Trung Street. Flickr/Marco Sarli
Flickr/DarioM_72



Flickr/Py All


Flickr/Mike
Downtown hanoi, vietnam on any given day. more bicycles than scooters. Flickr/Cory.Lum


Flickr/Marco Sarli
Flickr/break_away1112

Flickr/Asiacamera






Flickr/Zeke Mermell




West Lake. Flickr/Asiacamera
Zoo Park in Hanoi. Flickr/Asiacamera
Hanoi Corner.Flickr/Nguyen Quang Minh


Hanoi corner building. Flickr/david pham


Mist on the Westlake. Flickr/Marco Sarli


Hoan Kiem lake. Flickr/France


Hanoi Opera House at Night. Flickr/Eustaquio Santimano





Hanoi Peak Hour Traffic. Flickr/Sacha Fernandez
Hanoi street scene. Flickr/Piero Damiani


Hanoi Street Scene. Flickr/Badz Manaois


Hanoi starts early. Flickr/Marco Sarli



Hanoi's Water Puppet Theatre. Flickr/Badz Manaois
Masks. Flickr/David


Park in Hanoi Flickr/kaneko amury



Hoa Loa Prison, the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Flickr/Grant Cameron


National Museum of Vietnamese history. Flickr/Eustaquio Santimano




Paintings on display in Hanoi. Flickr/Eustaquio Santimano


President Palace. Flickr/France

Streets of Hanoi at Night. Flickr/Ritchie Wong





Sunset in Long Bien bridge. Flickr/break_away1112


Sunset in West lake. Flickr/break_away1112
Sunset in Hanoi - Martien van Asseldonk


The Hanois lighthouse. Flickr/Chris Tostevin-Hall
Hanoi Streets. Flickr/Sandro Bisaro
Flickr/david pham


Tet decorations on Hang Ma. Flickr/Marco Sarli