HAI PHONG
Situated 100 km east of Hanoi on the Cua Cam River, Hai Phong is the principal port city in the North of Vietnam. With its crescent-shaped nineteenth-century core, old Hai Phong is surprisingly well preserved and can be an attractive stop over on the way to Halong Bay by boat via Cat Ba Island. Moreover many say that the best egg rolls in the world can be found on the streets of Hai Phong.
HAI PHONG
Situated 100 km east of Hanoi on the Cua Cam River, Hai Phong is the principal port city in the North of Vietnam. With its crescent-shaped nineteenth-century core, old Hai Phong is surprisingly well preserved and can be an attractive stop over on the way to Halong Bay by boat via Cat Ba Island. Moreover many say that the best egg rolls in the world can be found on the streets of Hai Phong.
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HANG KENH COMMUNAL HOUSE
Hang Kenh Communal House (pseudonym was Nhan Tho or Flying Dragon communal house) and located on Nguyen Cong Tru street (under Trung Hanh hamlet, Former Hang Kenh commune). According to stele, this was built in 1717 (Mau Tuat lunar calendar), in Hang Kenh street. In 1841 it was moved to the current position. The communal house was built in large scale for many consecutive years (about 15 years). This is a very Ngo Quyen memorial, a nation’s historic hero. The most prominent architecture of ‘Great Communal House’ is in accordance with ‘Chong giuong ke hien’ (Oriental architecture) with six rows of pillars, including 7 purlins with 42 iron-wood pillars with circumference of 2m and height of 5.10m. Carved sculptures of various images and figures indicates an unique wooden sculpt art and this was one of the most typical communal houses of early 18th century time. In this communal house only, there are nearly 900 dragons carved by artists with the Le dynasty’s art. Mother dragons and little dragons flying in the sky with stylized birds and vegetation. Visiting this house, we seem to lose our way in a very lively, sparkling and fanciful dragon world because each dragon is of colorful and expressive nuance imagined and expressed by ancient spirits through exquisite talented hands. Next to the communal house, it is the temple of literature of An Duong rural district with steles bearing the engraved names of feudal bachelors and doctors of former An Duong district. The inhabitants of Hang Kenh commune built a communal house instead of a temple to worship Ngo Quyen. So Ngo Quyen who was a real character became the holy belief to stay immortally in the villagersmemory. They are likely to keep him forever in their mind, and their lives of happiness, sorrow and difficulties.
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DU HANG PAGODA
Du Hang Pagoda was established in the 17th century under the Ly Dynasty and went through several reconstructions over the years. It features a pagoda, a bell tower, many sophisticated carvings of guardians, Buddha images, lovely gardens with an interesting bonsai collection and some important vintage objects. Bring along some bread if you want to feed the turtles and fishes in a small pond within the compound too. Basically, a ‘dress with respect’ attitude is best when entering any religious sites in Vietnam.
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HANG KENH COMMUNAL HOUSE
Hang Kenh Communal House (pseudonym was Nhan Tho or Flying Dragon communal house) and located on Nguyen Cong Tru street (under Trung Hanh hamlet, Former Hang Kenh commune). According to stele, this was built in 1717 (Mau Tuat lunar calendar), in Hang Kenh street. In 1841 it was moved to the current position. The communal house was built in large scale for many consecutive years (about 15 years). This is a very Ngo Quyen memorial, a nation's historic hero. The most prominent architecture of 'Great Communal House' is in accordance with 'Chong giuong ke hien' (Oriental architecture) with six rows of pillars, including 7 purlins with 42 iron-wood pillars with circumference of 2m and height of 5.10m. Carved sculptures of various images and figures indicates an unique wooden sculpt art and this was one of the most typical communal houses of early 18th century time. In this communal house only, there are nearly 900 dragons carved by artists with the Le dynasty's art. Mother dragons and little dragons flying in the sky with stylized birds and vegetation. Visiting this house, we seem to lose our way in a very lively, sparkling and fanciful dragon world because each dragon is of colorful and expressive nuance imagined and expressed by ancient spirits through exquisite talented hands. Next to the communal house, it is the temple of literature of An Duong rural district with steles bearing the engraved names of feudal bachelors and doctors of former An Duong district. The inhabitants of Hang Kenh commune built a communal house instead of a temple to worship Ngo Quyen. So Ngo Quyen who was a real character became the holy belief to stay immortally in the villagersmemory. They are likely to keep him forever in their mind, and their lives of happiness, sorrow and difficulties.
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MUNICIPAL THEATRE
The Municipal Theatre, also called the Great Theatre, was built in 1904 in the heart of Hai Phong. The entire project was supervised by the architects were French. The theatre is a two-story building with a veranda, a large hall, a mirror-room, a cloakroom and a dining room. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 400. The ceiling is ornamented with flowers frescos and the names of famous writers and artists. All great festivities of the city are held in the Municipal Theatre Square.
