World Travel https://www.youtube.com/user/World1Tube Vietnam Travel Guide http://bit.ly/1anIXzY Shepherd Entertainment takes you on a tour of Hanoi in Vietnam, which was the capital of French-Indo-China between 1902 and 1953, later the capital of North Vietnam, then after 1976 the capital of the whole country. Hanoi was built in the northern part of the S-shaped country on the bank of the Red River, west of Halom Bay. The city was the capital of French-Indo-China between 1902 and 1953, later the capital of North Vietnam, then after 1976 the capital of the whole country. In grew into metropolis with 3.5 million people out of a small riverside village. Its development was due to the fact that in 10-10 the emperor has a palace for his royal court built her and he made the settlement the capital city of the country with the name Thang Long. The name means "lifting dragon," as in close connection with the legend of the foundation of the country. The sites of Hanos are focused on the big west lake and Hoan Kiem Lake. Local people like doing sports, playing chess or sitting on the parks around the lakes. It's trendy to fly a kite and play badminton, both of each are ancient Chinese inventions, but due to globalization, we can also meet young people with skateboards or motocross bikes. We can hire a scooter or a bike, or sit on a paddle boat. The Tran Quoc Pagoda stands on the small island of Westlake. It's the oldest pagoda in Hanoi was reconstructed in 1842 and has remained in this island till today. All twelve floors were decorated the statues of Buddha its turned up roof was covered with shiny tiles. The area east of the Pagoda is called Oak Town, although it has no authentic monuments. In fact, there are hardly any old buildings at all. It's a descendant of the former trade quarter and here you can find textile tree, shoe street, paper street, or pot street. The street name no longer designated the products sold here. The pictures are more chaotic than that. At any rate, the wide range of product is huge and the atmosphere is very exciting. According to the legend, a dragon and a fairy lived in this area, with their 100 sons. Once the dragon said, "I'm a dragon, you're a fairy, so our ways must part." The fairy, with her 50 sons moved into the mountains, while the dragon with the other 50 sons stayed on the coast. The kings whom the first rulers of Vietnam declared themselves the descendants of the dragon, we can encounter this legend all over the country, for example, in the famous Landing Dragon's Bay in the Thang Long. Hanoi was a trade center even before Emperor Ly Thai To. In the settlements situated in the meeting point are three rivers, they were already markets in the 5th century. In the 6th century, Ly Bi built a fortress made of pails and bamboo to protect them from the Chinese. In 1010 the emperor's court moved here and the forbidden city till 1802. Emperor Ly Thai To have the church of the empire, the Van Mieu built in 1070 in honor of Confucius. The university setup by him operated as a kind of state administration college trading bureaucrats. From the middle ages, exams in Mandarin and competitions for academic degree took place. In memory of Confucius, 82 students, 82 turtles carved out of 82 stones stand here with a plate of stone on their backs listing the names of those students who past the Mandarin exams. The city then called Dang Wang was a large construction site in the 16th century. That termed Duke found a splendor extended the imperial quarter. The parks next to the rivers and lakes which can be seen even today were setup until this time. The dam that created Lake Truc Bach detached from Westlake was also built in. In the next century, Thang Long became a double center, the seat of the Vikings and trim woods. This brought along the fast development and blossomy of the city since catering to the two courts necessitated more workers, craftsmen, and traders. The settlement back drummed, which was famous from its ceramic industry joined the cities in these years. Foreign traders appear one after another maintaining store houses and depositories here. But prosperity comes to an end sooner or later. In the 19th century, Gia Long made Huwei the capital city. Thang Long stopped existing and from this time on it is called Bach Tong, Northern fortress. Although it lost its political role, it maintained its commercial important, in Chinese Tradesmen, craftsmen and traders settle down here. Tags: Visit Hanoi in Vietnam Part 1/2,Hanoi in Vietnam,shepherd entertainment,Vietnam Travel Attractions,Vietnam travel guide,Vietnam travel information,Vietnam travel tips,world travel,shepherdfilm

• published: 06 Sep 2013
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