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Popular Things To Do | Miscellaneous Things To Do Tips | All Tips (6) A must-see in Hoi An is the Japanese Bridge. Constructed in the 1590s its exterior has remained unchanged while its interior has undergone many modifications. The French, for example, flatened its pathway to accommodate automobiles; following independence and unification in 1975, the roadway was returned to its original shape.
While it would not be extraordinary if found in Kyoto or Nara, the bridge is striking in Hoi An because it is so much more subtle in design and color than the town's many exhuberantly colorful Chinese and Chinese-influenced structures. Leave a Comment Address: 155 Tran Phu StDirections: In the Old City
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Also known as the Fujian Chinese Congregation Assembly Hall, this temple complex was begun in the 18th century to commemorate six families that fled China during the chaos accompanying the Manchu (Ching Dynasty) overthrow of the Ming. Its original purpose was a meeting place for the Fujian Chinese; additions were made and the complex was converted into a temple. Leave a Comment Address: 35 Tran Phu StDirections: Near the center of the old city
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Hoi An is -- as are Ouro Preto, Firenze, Takayama, and other UNESCO World Heritage Sites -- a wonderful place just to walk around, admire the architecture and the ambience, and pop into buildings that interest you. Leave a Comment Directions: Hoi An old city
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The Tan Ky house was built four centuries ago, according to a local I met, by a Japanese merchant who was stranded when the Tokugawa shogun closed Japan, forbidding Japanese to leave their country and Japanese abroad to return.
It's an interesting story and accounts for the unusual construction: a Japanse-style ground floor, a Chinese-like first story. Interesting but not true. The house was built in the 1800s.
While the curators prefer you enter from Nguyen Thai Hoc St, you may also come in from the Bach Dang St door -- so long as you have a pip left on your visitors' card. Leave a Comment Address: 101 Nguyen Thai Hoc StDirections: Front entrance on Nguyen Thai Hoc, a major street in "old Hoi An;" back entrance on Bach Dang, along the waterfront of the Thu Bon River.
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Two of the most beautiful temples in Hoi An are dedicated to Quan Cong, a Chinese god and/or a Nguyen Dynasty nobleman. This is the more elaborate of the two. Leave a Comment Address: 24 Tran Phu StDirections: In the heart of the old city
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on February 25, 2006
