As depicted in Thăng Long Water Puppet Show, Vietnam’s main livelihood is agriculture with its vast lands and fishing with its numerous rivers. As we went our way to Ha Long Bay, we saw boundless rice fields as expansive and as far as our eyes could see. It’s also part of the Vietnamese culture to bury […]
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Thăng Long Water Puppet Show
The history of Vietnam as well as Vietnamese culture and tradition are encapsulated in an entertaining show in Thăng Long Water Puppet Theatre along 57B Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a 45-minute show having the following programme: I. Opening Traditional Musical Instruments II. Water Puppet Performance 1. Prelude by Clown Teu 2. Thăng Long Festival Drumming 3. Dragon’s […]
Hanoi’s Historical Sites Series: Nhà thờ Lớn Hà Nội
We are now in the final stretch of our Hanoi’s Historical Sights Series! Thank you for bearing with me, my dear blog readers! Hehe….. For this last entry, I’m saving the best. I’m not being prejudiced here but I was a Catholic before. What could I do? But either way, may you be Buddhist, Taoist, […]
Hanoi’s Historical Sites Series: Văn Miếu
Located 2 kilometers west of Hoàn Kiếm Lake is the Temple of Literature or Văn Miếu. It is a temple of Confucius built for Confucian sages and scholars. The main gate has 3 entry points: the center for the monarchs, the left for the administrative Mandarins, and the right for the military Mandarins. A bronze bell can […]
Hanoi’s Historical Sites Series: Hoàn Kiếm Lake
History is what makes a country and its people. I love to travel not only to have my pictures taken but also to experience a place and discover its stories behind the famous titles and taglines of “world’s largest”, “world’s #1”, “world’s wonder”, etc. It is by knowing how a place came to be which […]
