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REGION AND LOCAL EXCECUTION

Lying by the Thu Bon River at some 30 km Southeast of the city of Da Nang, the ancient city of Hoi An was an active Eastern port city during the Middle Ages. The city still maintains its uniqueness of character and possesses qualities rarely seen in the region or elsewhere in the world. Being a large international seaport in Southeast Asia from the 16th to 19th century, Hoi An frequently harbored merchant ships from China, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Great Britain, and many other countries. Foreign traders settled, opened businesses and thrived in Hoi An. They contributed a large part in the building of Hoi An into a prosperous city. This ongoing process of economic and cultural exchange had resulted in a present Hoi An city full of magnificent sculptural works. Hoi An was not only an economic hub but also the cradle if the Vietnamese script, a center preaching the Buddhist Sect of Lam Te Chuc Thanh and Christiany in the Southern part of Vietnam. Trading and economic activities at that time helped develop relationships and introduced a number of cultural traditions and religious rites that are still preserved today. All this has helped researchers and tourists discover the cultural life of Hoi An’s inhabitants during ancient times. Through many historical events, Hoi An has now become a World Heritage, a tourist center of Vietnam due to its many still intact structures and its being a living museum displaying relics that depict a harmonious misture of Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese cultures. The Hoi An Ancient City has become a place of great interest thanks to many traditional festivities that are organized each year. Apart from the material cultural vestiges, Hoi An also attracts people by its diversified forms and modes of living, festival, cultural and religious activities, and folkloric and culinary arts. All these vestiges are being preserved and developed to enhance the cultural value of Hoi An.

In Hoi An you may enjoy yourself as a historical – cultural or ecological tourist or even just relaxing tourist. The following are recommend spots to visit in Hoi An, and the hotel’s offering local tour. The Japanese Bridge (Also called Pagoda Bridge or Lai Vien Kieu --- end of Tran Phu St.) The Bridge is considered to be the representative of Hoi An as it reveal the historic Hoi An with its prosperity and multual - cultural hamony. The Bridge is also the main entrance to the city that in the ancient time had only one hroughfare from the Bridge to Am Bon (Zuzhou Assembly Hall). The Japanese Bridge is stucture built by the Japanese community in 1953. Twelve meter long, the wood bridge has a tiled roofand seven compartments. Interior decors are of Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese and Western styles. The curved deck gives passersby an impression of walking on the back of a giant beast. The Bridge is comprised two parts: the bridge and the pagoda. Due to a legend, there is a giant dragon under the Bridge whose head in India, tail in Japan and heart in Hoi An. Whenever the dragon wriggled, it caused disaster in the whole countries. So that, the Japanese monk in the pagoda used a sword to stab the dragon in its heart. The Japanese Bridge has a facinating legendand historical significant relevant to the presence of japanese traders in late 16th and early 17th century. Old Houses Statistics show that Hoi An still preserves 1068 old houses. These houses can be categorised into two groups of forebearers’ temple and dweling houses. They all bear the same characters, manner and cukture of their owners, so the viewer can see Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese architecture. Hoi An was a multi-racial land with a Chinese majority. Annals say the Chinese community of Hoi An in late 17th century numbered 6.000 comprising traders and immigrants (Minh Huong). Traders came to Hoi An to run businesses and had their houses built in the original Chinese style. They also set up trading offices and assembly halls. Later, because of high taxes levied on temporary residents and visiting businesspeople, these Chinese traders joined the Minh Huong community. The Minh Huong were refugees from embatlled China. When the Quing took over control of China, many people failful to the former Ming dynasty fled to search back control of the home country. As this hope was to no avail, they all became Vietnamese of Chinese origin. Their mode of living slowly intergrated with that of the Vietnamese resulting in mistures of the two countries in Hoi An. - Quang Thang Old House– typcal house of Chinese commercial traders (No. 77 Tran Phu St.) - Tan Ky Old House – typical Hoi An tenement (No. 101 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.) - Phung Hung House – Japanese style house (No. 04 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai St.) - Diep Dong Nguyen House – Chinese merchant house (No. 80 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.) Assembly Hall Chinese traders founded assembly halls to assist and entertain themselves and venerate their god guardians. Currently, Hoi AN still preserves five assembly halls, hour of which are on Tran Phu St.: The Quang Trieu Clubhouse (No. 176 Tran Phu St.) The Duong Thuong Clubhouse (No. 64 Tran Phu St.) The Phuc Kien Clubhouse (No. 46 Tran Phu St.) The Hainan’s Quynh Phu Clubhouse (No. 10 Tran Phu St.) The Trieu Chau Clubhouse (No. 92 Nguyen Duy Hieu St.) Communial Houses Communial Houses in Vietnam used to be not only a place of worship but also an administrative center to hold meetings of the village’s officals. Villagers celebrated festivities, attracting people from nearby villaged so communial houses also served as places for cultural activities and intercommunications. Currently, Hoi An has 23 communal houses. They are historical vestiges of an ancient town like Hoi An. Here are some of them: The Cam Pho Communial House The Hoi An Communial House The Son