HOIAN ANCIENT TOWN
Location : About 100 metres away from Hoi An Hotel
Time of visiting: About 2 hours.
Content : On the 16 th & 17 th century, Hoi An was an international bustle commercial port of Viet Nam with many changes of history, Hoi An still features complete complex structural inheritance, a lively museum, a harmonious colltures combination of Vietnam, Japan & China. Traditional festivals are organized every year. Which highlight the attraction of the ancient area. Coming to Hoi An, you can enjoy the cultural structural inheritances such as : Japanese bridge, Hall assembly, ancient houses, temples, museum …

CHUA CAU -THE JAPANESE COVERED BRIDGE
Since its building, Chua Cau has remained deeply and unchangeably in the sub conscience of Hoian people thanks to its sole uniqueness. Consisting of two different structures, a pagoda (actually more a shrine than a pagoda) and a covered bridge, the monument spans a litle stream.
Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese contributed to building Chua Cau and the monument therefore reflects the friendship and communication of these peoples once coexisting in peace at Hoian commercial port town.
Built at different times by Hoian talented workmen, Chua Cau retains a harmony of architectural styles, combining Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese cultural characteristics.
More than 400 years have passed and the covered bridge has always been a good shelter for passers by escaping from the rain and heat. Generation after generation have paced its floor and the God of Bac De together with the sacred Monkeys and the Heavenly Dogs have always warmly welcomed everybody, even those visiting Chua Cau for the first time. 

QUAN CONG TEMPLE
This temple was built in the middle of the 17th century to worship Quan Conga, the most famous general of the “ Three States” time (in Chinese history) who is the resplendent symbol of morality: faith, loyalty, frankness, righteousness...

In the sanctuary there are many huge statues of Quan Cong in the middle, Quan Binh on the left and Chau Thuong on his right; all are well- painted in vermilion, gilded and artistically figured.

Constructed similarly to the shape of the Chinese character “Quoc” (country) with decorative subject containing philosophical symbols, the temple, which is so majestic, once, the center of belief of Hoian commercial port town, still keeps a lot of valuable cultural products, esp. the poems composed by Duke Nguyen Nghiem - father of Nguyen Du, the great poet of Vietnam and many generals who came to Hoian in 1775.

Quan Cong’s temple, though restored many times, retains the traditional architectural style of Hoian. This monument , therefore is quite worth visiting.  


HOI AN MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE
Hoian museum, also the pagoda of Quan Yin, a religious construction built in 1653, contains photographs and many precious artefacts such as maps, statues, porcelain, ceramic, scales, anchor, jar burials, stelae, family records, etc. It is the very place one should visit first in old Hoian.
The museum supplies everybody with a useful accurate and scientific information necessary for a general understanding of the development of Hoian history and culture.
Coming to the museum, one can, on one hand envisage, thanks to the old artefacts, old Hoian in pre-and proto historic, Champa and Dai Viet times and, also have an opportunity to contemplate a precious old monument of art, architecture and sculpture all testifying to the remarkable talent of Hoian workmanship

MUSEUM OF SA HUYNH CULTURE
Opened in 1995, the museum is a display of 216 artefacts found from archaeological excavations in Hoi An area. All of them are approximately 2000 years old and were excavated in the villages of Hau Xa, Thanh Chiem, An Bang, Xuan Lam...in the 1990s.
This is the nicest and unique collection of the artefacts of Sa Huynh Culture in Hoian area. They must have been first owners of Hoi An embryonic port town that communicated with China, India and other countries in Southern and Eastern Asia.

 
HOI AN MUSEUM OF TRADE CERAMIC
The museum of Trade ceramics is a very nice building of more than a hundred years old. In this museum, 430 ceramic artefacts from 8th to 18th centuries are displayed, testifying the important role of Hoi An commercial port town in the maritime ceramic trade network in the region and on the world.

 

QUANG TRIEU ASSEMBLY HALL
Quang Trieu (Cantonese) Assembly Hall was built in 1885 by Chinese Cantonese merchants at Hoian to worship genies and for use as a meeting place of their fellow men. 



 

PHUC KIEN ASSEMBLY HALL
Set up in 1757 by Chinese Phuc Kien merchants at Hoi An, the building has been repaired and renovated many times. 
Phuc Kien Assembly Hall is used for genies and ancestors worship And a meeting place of the Chinese Phuc Kien people as well.
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TRIEU CHAU ASSEMBLY HALL 
Trieu Chau assembly hall was built by the Chinese in the early 19th century to worship the God of the oceans who is the reflection of the sea faring people,s deep longing for safety at sea. 


 

TAN KY OLD HOUSE
Tan Ky house, which is at number 101 Nguyen Thai Hoc street , is a typical example 
of the shop house form of old Hoian. Nearly 200 years old, the house is still in a good state of preservation. 
Having many sections joined together by a nice courtyard, the house with an elongated plan connecting the two streets, has many functions: living, worshipping ancestor, welcoming guests, renting and trading.

QUAN THANG OLD HOUSE Built in the early 18th century by a wealthy captain, Quan Thang is still rather intact and remains in good condition due to the good care of the family.  The house is very impressing with artistic work everywhere: on the beams, the auxiliary arched roof, the wattles, shutters, balusters and even the rafter finials - all are masterpieces of decoration in the oriental style. THE TRAN FAMILY WORSHIP HOUSE In 1802, the Tran family ancestor house of worship was built by a mandarin of civil service named Tran Tu Nhac.  The architecture of the house is beautiful. It is located inside a big garden and bordered by high fences of Japanese and Chinese style architecture. The house is divided into two parts: the main part serves as a place for worship; the auxiliary one is for the family and guest residence. The worship room has three doors, the two side doors are reserved for male and female members (left side is for men and the right side is for women) and the centre is for the grandparents and opened on Tet or on festival days.