Visiting Can Tho
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Ancient beauty at Binh Thuy Communal House
Coming to Can Tho City, a quiet area that tourists should not ignore is Binh Thuy Communal House, known in the past as Long Tuyen Communal House.
Ancient beauty at Binh Thuy Communal House Located in Binh Thuy Ward, about five
kilometers from the center of Can Tho, the site is not as famous as other sites
in the city such as Binh Thuy Old House, Cai Rang Floating Market, However, the communal house, which has existed for over two centuries, will bring another side of Can Tho’s history with its fine architecture and antiques. Built in the 19th century, the Communal House was named Bon Canh Thanh Hoang on November 9th 1893 by King Tu Duc. Later the Communal House was dedicated to national heroes including Dinh Cong Trang, Nguyen Trung Truc, Bui Huu Nghia and Vo Huy Tap. It was completely renovated in 1910. If you are an architecture enthusiast, you will recognize that the communal house’s architecture is different from communal houses in the north. The front and the back buildings are square, and its side has six rows of columns, and all the columns’ bases are extra-wide, making these buildings more stable. The roofs of the two front buildings were built overlapping each other. The main temple at the rear has three roofs. The top of the roof is covered with statues of people, lions and fish. In the front of the building, there are cement columns. Inside the ancestor-worshipping house, there are altars dedicated to worship the animal gods. It is considered a valuable monument of art and architectural style in the newly-expanded south western area. Although it was built at the beginning of the 20th century, its architecture has many traditional characteristics with carved and engraved wooden boards. Bas-reliefs, lacquered boards and paralleled sentences or royal costumes and old paintings is an interesting area for art lovers. Another impressive thing is the attendance of ong tu (the guard) of the house. He is very old with white hair and slowcoach gait. He will accompany you around the house and show you where to take the best photographs. Some giant trees in the spacious yard shading the house make it more ancient and peaceful. The house is also a venue for traditional
ceremonies and festivals.
Source: The Saigon Times |
Visiting Can Tho
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Bustling life of Cai Rang floating market
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Vam Xang Rustic Home worth visiting
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Experience the "Citytour"
"Citytour" (to visit the inner city) helps visitors to have more interesting feelings about Can Tho City along Hau River. Hiding behind the bustling downtown district, Ninh Kieu is also well- known for various poetic, unique destinations associated with historical, cultural life of the people in Can Tho.
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Diversifying and Upgrading
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Three Rural Dishes for You in the Rainy Season in Can Tho City
Dishes like grilled snails (Ốc nướng), frog hotpot (Lẩu ếch đồng) or Vietnamese sausage on the grill (Nem nướng) can easily make you feel warm and relaxed on rainy days in Can Tho City. On days when the weather is unfavorably wet, nothing can be better than these three country dishes for the whole family to enjoy.
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Visit to Can Tho in the Flood Season
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Can Tho Tourism: Appeals from Featured Products and Events
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Food Streets in Ninh Kieu
Ninh Kieu is famous for many streets attached to food. If you want to enjoy typical, traditional dishes of Can Tho, you can have a look at the Phan Dinh Phung Street, where has many restaurants famous for decades such as broken rice at Mrs. Tu, beef noodles at Huynh Chau, bamboo shoot noodle at restaurant 123, noodles at Hau Ky,Vien Lac...
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Experiencing one day in Tan Loc Isle – Can Tho City
More than 40km away from the center of Can Tho City, Tan Loc Isle (Tan Loc Ward, Thot Not District) attracts you with green orchards laden with fruits, ancient houses and the plain, friendly lifestyle of South Western people . A day to discover this "sweet island" will bring you many interesting things.
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Breakfast with Hủ tiếu (noodle soup) and Bún riêu cua (crab paste vermicelli) on Cai Rang floating market
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Enjoying 3 folk-dishes in Can Tho rainy season
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Eating sesban flowers
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Mắm đùm (Steamed ground salted fish) – a unique dish of the Western region
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Papaya salad with shrimp and egg - attractive street food in Can Tho
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Rustic grilled snails in Can Tho
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Snake braised with fermented soybean
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Can Tho Tourism Oriented as Countryside Ecotourism
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Ninh Kieu Hotel
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Cai Rang Floating Market Festival: A Highlight in Can Tho Tourism
Cai Rang Floating Market Festival is the first time to be held on July 8-9. It is planned to be held every year in order to preserve the featured cultural identity of the people in the South West waterways region. Also, this annual festival can help provide a tourism highlight so as to attract more visitors to Can Tho City.
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A bustling floating market in Can Tho
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