Hanoi Travel - Discovering the beauty of the old town

Hanoi's Old Quarter is the common name of an urban area that located outside the imperial city of Thang Long. This urban was where the concentration of population with activities: handicraft and trade sales that created the characterized craft, unique traditions of the urban and capital residents. Nowadays, Hanoi's Old Quarter is an attractive destination for those who want to learn about Thang Long - Dong Do - Ha Noi.


"36 streets of Hanoi" is an incorrect call of the old town, because "36 streets" is a calling convention ancient urban areas, inside and outside the old town.
The most famous characteristic of the old town is the craft streets. Artisans from the village around Thang Long gathered here and focused on each area of their professional occupation. The merchant ships could go into the streets to trade in, And traded products became street name, with the words "Hang" in front of each town where sold a professional trade items.



Currently, some streets still has kept the traditional product such as: Hang Ma(products for the dead), Hang Tre, Hang Thiec,etc. In addition, some streets has not kept the traditional crafts any more,but that places also focus on selling some products such as: Hang Quat (products for worship), Hang Buom (confectionary products), Ma May street (specialist travel services),etc.



One more characteristic of the old town is the ancient architecture in the mall. The ancient houses have sloping roofs, facades are shops. The houses were mostly built in the XVIII - XIX, before most of thatched roof house, some wealthy people, Chinese house roofed tile


War period, to avoid directly clashing with enemy forces, people perforated the walls from house to house. When it is possible to go from end to end through the hole street between houses without going out the road.


The old town is where has been taken as the theme for artistic by a lot of artists, poets


Nowadays, the old town is a very interesting destination, traveling in the old town are likely to be lost. When shopping, you will have to bargain. However, this is still a very attractive destination for tourists.

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