Bui Van Truong (28 years old, Hue City) is a photographer. Besides taking photos for work, he often likes to wander around the city to capture everyday moments of a tourist destination.
Mr. Truong shared: "Hue has many historical relics for tourists to visit and explore. This place has a strong ancient and peaceful character. Those are also the unique characteristics of Hue, which any tourist who visits once will fall in love with."
Hue with the gentleness, elegance, poetry and silence of an ancient capital always captivates people's hearts.
The quiet beauty of the ancient capital
Hue - the ancient capital, which still retains its traditional beauty through typical artifacts and constructions that remain intact until today. Hue still resonates with the rhythm of royal court music every day, there is a dragon boat carrying the ancient space on the Perfume River, there are majestic and splendid tombs or people with royal character, meticulous in every detail... All together create a modern Hue but still retains its brilliant cultural identity, a special highlight along this long strip of land shaped like the letter S.
Who comes to Hue without falling in love with the gentle, poetic beauty of this land?
Because of its location in the central coastal region, Hue has two distinct seasons: dry season and rainy season. Depending on the time, this place has its own beauty that attracts tourists. Mr. Truong said: "Each season here always has its own beauty. In summer, there are lotus flowers, red and yellow phoenix flowers. In autumn and winter, there are long rains, Hue is sadder, but I still see the beauty hidden in it. In spring, Hue is filled with a myriad of flowers, there are often flower markets here during Tet, and yellow apricot gardens that tourists love to visit and take pictures."
Hue is beautiful and thoughtful in every season and always has peaceful, quiet spaces for those who love to explore and want to slow down.
Taking off the "heritage shirt", Hue is just Hue...
People often talk about Hue as the city of the dreamy winding Perfume River, Ngu Mountain embracing the blue sky. The capital - witness to countless changes in the country's governance, from prosperity to decline. The mausoleums and temples bear the eternal marks of the Kings. Or no one comes to Hue without visiting Thien Mu, the sacred ancient temple that has been through many generations, with bells still echoing from ancient times to the future.
But if you spend a day trying to transform into a person from the capital, it will certainly bring you new perspectives and experiences. Walking around the streets lined with green trees after a shower, breathing in the fresh air that is rarely found anywhere else. Or admiring the clear Hue in the early morning sunshine, leisurely watching the uncles and aunts walking for exercise, or following the aunts and grandmothers on bicycles to the market. Hue is strangely peaceful!
Quiet Quoc Hoc school yard.
The landscape, buildings and people of Hue appear peaceful in a very unique way, captivating the souls of many travelers.
"I like Hue because there are many relics, because the life and people here are gentle and poetic. When coming to Hue, you cannot miss the famous tourist attractions. There are many mausoleums and temples in Hue, you can try wearing traditional costumes, listen to Hue songs on the Perfume River. Those are 'very Hue' experiences that tourists should try when coming here," Mr. Truong expressed.
The once majestic and imposing buildings are becoming more mossy...
on a heavy rainy day
Afternoon on the Perfume River.
Transforming into a "Hue muse", wearing traditional costumes and walking around ancient houses is also an experience worth trying.
We return to visit dreamy Hue, someone's poem drifts on the river...
