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In the 16th and the 17th
centuries, Hoi An commercial port was the international trade center in
Southern Vietnam. Foreign merchant ships came to Hoi An in great numbers
and a bustle for annually commercial fairs, each lasted from 4 to 6
months. Right in this town, Japanese, Chinese,Dutch, Indian traders set
up their emporiums or established their own quarters for permanent
habitation.
Thanks to fortunate
opportunities, the old town of Hoi An, a unique concentration of
architectural monuments of various forms: living house, assembly hall,
communal house, pagoda, shrine, temple, water well, bridge, wharf,
market...has been preserved rather intact. They are along the streets
that cut one another, forming palaces and giving a good example of
symbolic oriental cities in the Middle Age. So wonderful with its old
aged and traditionally well kept habits and customs, the town is now an
excellent model of a living museum of architecture and urban lifestyle.
On the 4th, December 1999 the
Old Town of Hoi An was inscribed on the World Heritage list.
Attractions
Built 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.
This temple was built 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.
Hoian 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
Hoian.
Opened 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
The 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 (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.
Set 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 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.
Being a city house of special value built in the middle of the 19th
century, the old house of Phung Hung used to be a shop-house of the
formers merchants
The house was divided into functional parts for selling, storing and
sorting goods, bookkeeping, and sleeping, entertaining and worshiping
ancestors...
Tan Ky house, which is at number 101 Nguyen Thai Hoc street , is a
typical example of the shop house form of old Hoian. Nearly 200 years
old, the house is still in a good state of preservation. Having many
sections joined together by a nice courtyard, the house with an
elongated plan connecting the two streets, has many functions: living,
worshipping ancestor, welcoming guests, renting and trading.
Built in the early 18th century by a wealthy captain, Quan Thang is
still rather intact and remains in good condition due to the good care
of the family. The house is very impressing with artistic work
everywhere: on the beams, the auxiliary arched roof, the wattles,
shutters, balusters and even the rafter finials - all are masterpieces
of decoration in the oriental style.
In 1802, the Tran family ancestor house of worship was built by a
mandarin of civil service named Tran Tu Nhac.
The architecture of the house is beautiful. It is located inside a big
garden and bordered by high fences of Japanese and Chinese style
architecture. The house is divided into two parts: the main part serves
as a place for worship; the auxiliary one is for the family and guest
residence. The worship room has three doors, the two side doors are
reserved for male and female members (left side is for men and the right
side is for women) and the centre is for the grandparents and opened on
Tet or on festival days.
Cham Island is 15 km from the beach of Cua Dai. It has 7 islands
altogether named according to their shapes or characteristics. They are
the Lao (pear), Dai (long), La (leaf), Kho (dry), Tai (ear), Mo (tomb),
and Nom (East wind) islands
The Cham island (the Lao, the main island) has a good climate, always
cool all the year round The system of trees and animals here are
plentiful, especially sea products. On the island there is a precious
natural potential: the bird nests whereas under the water, the strip of
coral is quite marvelous to look at.
Location :4 km from Hoi AN hotel in the east.
Time of visiting :about ? or 1 day.
Content : :Sun - bathing, relaxing and enjoying sea - food. Recommended
gazing at the dawn o? Cua Dai beach
Location : : 60 km from Hoi An forward the south.
Go sight seeing time :about 5 or 6 hours (by car or mini bus)
Content :Go sight seeing the inheritance of more than 17 temples and
towers which were built from the 4th to 13th century left. This is the
holyland of Champa which shows the cultural and belief of ancient Champa
peoples
Location : 40 km from Hoi An forward the south.
Time of visiting : 1 day.
Content : enjoying of the beauty of "Vietnam is the most majestic
greatness". Very interesting to visit on the journey to the ancient
capital.
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