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Story: Nguyen Phuoc Bao Dan Photos: Nguyen Phuoc Bao Dan, Ba Ngoc Traveling in the boundless green wilderness, lend your ears to the eternal tunes of epics beside a turf fire in a longhouse on stilts, cheered by glasses of liquor and melodious songs. “Let’s strike the resounding ching cymbals – the cymbals of gold and silver echoes that roam […]

13/11/2020 - Local Culture

A sacred journey

Thai A Visitors to rural Gia Binh district in Bac Ninh province will find many sacred temples and pagodas on the bank of the Duong River. There, they can light incense, pray for the gods’ divine blessings, and listen to timeless legends. Tam Phu Temple Near the capital Hanoi lies rural Gia Binh – Bac Ninh, a tranquil land rich […]

10/11/2020 - Local Culture

Golden words

Dr. Phan Thanh Hai Photos: Le Huy Hoang Hai Poems and lines of prose composed by Nguyen Dynasty emperors grace many royal buildings in Vietnam’s former imperial court The verses and prose of Nguyen Dynasty emperors were carved or painted onto parallel scrolls and boards, and written in Chinese characters on large signs used to adorn royal buildings in Hue. […]

30/10/2020 - Local Culture

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