Hanoi tourism potentials.DOC

A. INTRODUCSION

Doing projects play an important role in studying program of students who

are in Faculty of Tourism, HOU. We also have each project for each course. It

helps us improve our English skill and our knowledge very much. The main

purpose of the HD3 project is helping students gain more knowledge about

Hanoi as a tourist destination. We also practice the skills in the course such as:

learning more about Hanoi tourism potentials, building up commentaries at

many sites in Hanoi, dealing with tourists’ questions and solving problems.

Moreover, this project gives us one more chance to work in group

effectively and find out the way how to design a tailor-made city tour of Hanoi

for a group of tourists with different interests. From that, we have to make our

own mind about tourism in Vietnam.

This project is not only writing for teacher who will give the marks and

comments to help us find out the right way to make a good project but also make

us practice our English, researching and collecting information, writing skill…

Thank to this necessary lesson, we feel more confident to introduce for tourists

about famous destinations in Hanoi. It is very good for students to have a chance

to do project like that.

My group has 4 members:

- Lưu Thi Nhung: Tran Quoc Pagoda

- Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nam: House No.87 Ma May Street; Edit and Print

- Lê Phương Ly: One Pillar Pagoda.

- Nguyễn Thị Minh Huệ: Lang Pagoda.

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B. BODY

Pre – departure information:

Welcome to Hanoi!

As you know, Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years.

It is considered to be the cultural centre of Vietnam, where every dynasty has

left behind their imprint. Even though some relics have not survived through

wars and time, the city still has many interesting cultural and historic

monuments for visitors.

Hanoi has more cultural sites than any city in Vietnam, including over 600

pagodas and temples. Hanoi still preserves many ancient architectural works

including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Today we have a

tour to discover the traditional architecture of Hanoi. So we design this tour with

some special pagodas and an old house in Hanoi. We hope that tourists who are

interested in traditional architecture of Hanoi will satisfactory with them.

Itinerary

Tour: Searching the traditional architecture of Hanoi

- 8:15 am: pick up tourists in the hotel

- 8:45 am: Tran Quoc Pagoda

The reason that it is considered a cultural symbol of Vietnamese Buddhism

partly for it is the oldest pagoda and situated in the centre of the capital of

Vietnam.

- 10 am: One Pillar Pagoda

Special and famous for its architecture, entire the pagoda is held up by only

one pillar, imitating the feature of a lotus (symbol of Buddhism). All the

building is situated in the middle of a pond of lotus.

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The unique architecture is a whole column pagoda is set on a stone column.

It is a combination of reckless imagination romantic poetical images through

lotus and solution structure of wooden architecture in the system of foundation.

- 11am: have lunch in restaurant in the Old Quarter and rest.

- 1pm: House at No.87 Ma May Street

The house at 87 Ma May Street is typical of architecture in Hanoi’s Old

Quarter. It has shown the technical and arts building traditional old town of

Hanoi. It is the art of building with traditional systems for tractors decorated

wooden carving stations, construction techniques under the brick walls, floor

systems via wooden bricks.

- 1:45 pm: come back to the bus to go Lang Pagoda.

- 2:15 pm: Lang Pagoda

Lang pagoda is one of the most ancient pagodas in Hanoi. The architecture

design of the pagoda is harmonious, stretching from the three entrances to the

worshipping house. The multi – layer architecture structure with a green

courtyard makes the ancient and sacred atmosphere of a Vietnamese pagoda.

- 3:15 pm: finish the tour and take tourists to hotel.

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