Hue’s yellow apricot blossom… snubbed by the emperor

Hue’s yellow apricot blossom… snubbed by the emperor

The Year of the Snake draws to a close as the Year of the Horse arrives. The yellow apricot tree in front of the entrance has already formed clusters of jade-green buds, promising a brilliant yellow display come Tet.
Wandering the fairy-tale river

The river gets its water from the Perfume River at the end of Da Vien dune, flows through the territory of Hue City, Huong Thuy town and pours into Ha Trung Lagoon.

Wandering the fairy-tale river
Original is A Da Koonh Festival

A Da Koonh Festival is one of the traditional rituals to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, preparing for a new crop.

Original is A Da Koonh Festival
Spring Newspaper Exhibition

This year's spring newspaper exhibition introduces to readers 250 copies of various spring and Tet newspapers; including 63 spring newspapers from the local Party of 63 provinces and cities nationwide;...

Spring Newspaper Exhibition
Experiencing Tet traditions in Hue

This includes experiencing activities like making candied-ginger, candied-coconut, molded rice cake, Phap lam-color cake, Tet sticky rice cake, paper flowers, or braiding hair for ao dai outfits...

Experiencing Tet traditions in Hue
Royal medicinal sweet soups

Medicinal sweet soup is the ingenious creation and combination of Hue women. In addition to the sweet soup dishes cooked for offerings, the ancient people also used sweet soups as medicine...

Royal medicinal sweet soups
Listening to the raindrops from Quan Tuong Dai

Quan Tuong Dai was built in 1827 during the reign of Emperor Minh Mang with the purpose for astrologers of Kham Thien Giam to use telescopes to observe the sun, moon, stars.

Listening to the raindrops from Quan Tuong Dai
Preserving and restoring the Complex of Hue Monuments

The preservation and restoration plan also includes the landscape area of ​​the Huong River associated with the relics; long-standing communities, cultural landscapes, associated with each monument...

Preserving and restoring the Complex of Hue Monuments
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