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 Traveltovietnam > Vietnam Attractions > Location Guide
About Hue City |
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With the legendary attraction, phoenix-like Hue is now rising again, showing a dynamism
that has partly been stimulated by Unesco's attention to its monuments since 1983.
Whatever changes, Hue Imperial City's tradition is alive, seen in the sampans poled
along by women, in the houseboats with their tiny rooftop shrines, in the superb
Hue porcelain, and in the delicacies of imperial cuisine. Hue Imperial City with
a gracious landscape of gardens, terraces, palaces, and pavilions deserves a heritage
of the world.
How to get here: Hue is 108km from Danang, 654 km from Hanoi and
1071 km from Ho Chi Minh City.
Air - Phu Bai Airport is 14km south of the city centre. Vietnam
Airlines has daily flight connections with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. |
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Hue Sightseeings |
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NGUYEN KINGS' TOMBS: There are eight royal tombs in Hue, being
the final resting places of the Nguyen Kings. Construction of the tombs was very
meticulous and started while the king was still alive. Most of the tombs face the
southwest, direction of the Imperial city. Each toms consists of two complexes.
The first is reserved for funeral services and the second one is exclusively for
the toms. Generally, each tomb is enclosed in a surrounding rampart called "la thanh".
However, each tomb internal arrangement is different from one another; particular
arrangements reflected each king's points of view, personality and tastes.
THRONE PALACE: Throne palace, the building for great court's meetings,
faces the Noon gate and lies right on the axis piercing the centre of the Royal
citadel. It was constructed in 1805 by Emperor Gia Long and used later in 1806 for
his coronation.
In 1833 it was moved onto a foundation of 2.33m high as now by Emperor Minh Mang.
It is 44m long, 30.5m across, 11.8m high and contains a 5-compartment, two-bay main
building connected with a 7-compartment, two-bay front building.
The columns are lacquered red and decorated with golden dragon designs. On the roof
ridge rest two dragon designs paying homage to a moon. Eaves and roof corners are
ornamented with head-turning dragon designs. These and the moldings along the eaves
are inlaid with multicoloured ceramic chips.
THIEN MU PAGODA: The pagoda is situated on Ha Khe, on the left
bank of the Perfume river, in Huong Long village, 5 km from central of Hue city.
It was built in 1601, and then Lord Nguyen Phuc Tan had renovated in 1665. In 1710
Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu had a great bell cast (2.5 m high, weighed 3,285 kg) and a
stele (2.58 m high) erected on the back of a marble tortoise in 1715. In the Nguyen
Dynasty, Kings such as Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Thanh Thai all had the pagoda
restored.
Phuoc Duyen tower (at first called Tu Nhan tower) was built in 1884 by King Thieu
Tri. Phuoc Duyen tower has seven-stored with 21m high in octagonal shape.
On the both sides of the pagoda there are a bonze's room and a guest-room for visitors.
In front of the pagoda is flowers and ornamental plant. At the back is a calm and
romantic pine-tree garden.
HON CHEN TEMPLE: Standing just on the bank of the Huong river inclined
to poetic dreams and 10km upstream of Hue, the Hon Chen temple for cult of Po Nagar,
the Goddess of the ancient Cham minority. After then, the Vietnamese continued the
cult and name the Goddess as Heaven Goddess Y A Na.
This temple for Goddess appeared in this place centuries ago, but with a very simple
design, and after then, reconstructed with a larger and more beautiful architectural
scale in 1886.
TRANG TIEN BRIDGE: Spanning the Huong river there are more than
ten bridges but only one becomes Hue symbol, that's Trang Tien bridge.
As written in Annual of Unified Great Nam by " The office of Vietnam History" of
the Nguyen Dynasty, "the metal bridge Trang Tien in the south east of the Capital
commenced to be built in the 9th year of King Thanh Thai (1897) and then finished
in 1899. The bridge is about 400m long with 6 spans".
LANG CO BEACH: Leaning against the Truong Son mountains, Chan May
cape is in the shape of an enormous crescent. It is next to Lang Co Beach and north
of Hai Van Pass. These beaches are considered the nicest in the central area.
Lang Co Beach is 10 km long with white sand and clean and shallow water. The in-season
is from April to the end of July, with an average temperature of 25oC and 158 sunny
hours per month. |
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Transportation |
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Hue Railway Station on Le Loi Rd. (Tel: 822175) |
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