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September 2024
Hanoi City Walk (ENG): Tracing the Tô Lịch river through the Old Quarter
MOVED FROM 7 SEPTEMBER TO 15 SEPTEMBER DUE TO STORM WARNINGS FOR 7 SEPTEMBER. If you signed up for 7 September you will have received an email from Linh about the date change. Thanks The Tô Lịch River is usually known as one of the stinkiest streams that runs through Hanoi. Yet, there was once a time when it was teeming with boats traveling up and down the Red River. Originally coursing through the Old Quarter then around the Citadel to…
Find out more »Craft workshop: the different faces of Tuồng – FULL
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST THANKS Following from our mini tour of the Tuồng theatre near Hang Da market at the end of August, this morning is split into 2 parts Linh, one of the young artists we partner with (who graduated from the Fine Arts University) recently devised a new art workshop based on the face painting tradition of Tuồng theatre. Tuồng is often referred to as classical Vietnamese opera, its different to other genre…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (ENG) – Buildings & Barbers, a Battle & Burials
AS OF 10 SEPTEMER MAX 3 SPACES AVAILABLE Today 17 September is the mid Autumn festival - it is the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. The Kim Lien to Tay Son walk is run only on the 1st or 15th of the lunar months as we need to go inside the last venue which is more likely to be open on one of these dates. Welcome to an FVH Hanoi City walk that is longer and we make…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (Japanese): Hoan Kiem Lake tour (日本語でのツアーです)
2024.09 ホアンキエム湖周辺ツアー ハノイの中心地、ホアンキエム湖の歴史や名前の由来、またフランス植民地時代の建築物やその歴史について、ホアンキエム湖を周遊しながらご案内します。 日時： 9月20日（金） 9：30～2時間程度 集合場所：玉山祠 (59 P. Dinh Tien Hoang,Hoan Kiem) 費用： 100,000VND （入場料50,000VND別途） 定員： 8名 申込み先：https://forms.gle/fDa4CR63JHdHLPp67ご質問等はこちらのメールまでfvh.citywalks.japanese@gmail.com （担当：横田、南前、菅野） ©1999 Friends of Vietnam Heritage. All rights reserved. All walking tours and excursions run by Friends of Vietnam Heritage are specially created by, and are the property of, Friends of Vietnam Heritage. You cannot use the ideas and content, copy, modify or publish these or any other activity without the express permission of Friends of Vietnam. Our activities are…
Find out more »Cultural Series. Governed by the moon – the lunar calendar + the mid-autumn festival
For this month's lecture/presentation we learn about the significance and importance of the lunar calendar in Vietnam. Before the western solar calendar was adopted, Vietnam used the lunar calendar to determine when to plant and harvest and when to hold festivals and rituals. Nowadays the 2 calendars coexist and both are followed in life. The lunar calendar is still used to observe seasonal festivals, special occasions, and rituals. The lunar calendar began with the year 2,637 BC and a lunar…
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