TRƯỜNG ĐH CÔNG NGHỆ MIỀN ĐÔNG

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CITY TOUR

Trần Ngọc Trung

0217110024

Năm: 2019
CONTENTS
 AN INTRODUCTION TO HO CHI MINH CITY

Ho Chi Minh city also known by its former name of Saigon. HCM City is
the largest city and the most populous city in Vietnam. Located of HCM city
in southeast Vietnam, that is one of Vietnam's most important economic,
political, cultural and educational centers. Currently, HCM City is a centrally-
run city classified as a special city of Vietnam, along with Hanoi capital. With
the rules of French in 1874, Gia Dinh was renamed to Saigon. Then it
became an important center with multiple functions: Economic, Military, Port
and Harbor. Since the city was influenced heavily by the French culture
during the colonial era, it was called “Paris in the Orient” at that time. When
you visit, you can still witness many old colonial building, landmarks,
schools, hospitals and villas.
After the Vietnam took back their independence, Saigon was the capital
of South of Vietnam, Saigon was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in 1976,
under the governance of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
There are many places in HCM City, but we only selected 4 places to
visit: Museum of Vietnamese History, Independence Palace, Thien Hau
Temple, War Remnants Museum.
 LOCATION 1

MUSEUM OF VIETNAM HISTORY

Museum of Vietnam History covers the thousands of years of Vietnam history

the world doesn’t know much about. There’s a good collection of pieces from the
Khmer and Cham civilizations too – people who once occupied the same territory.
The museum is located in one of the city’s most impressive colonial buildings, a
symbol of the Orient architectural style. You’ll make the most sense of this place
if you already know a fair bit about Vietnam history or have a guide who does.

The Museum of Vietnamese History is located at 2 Nguyen Binh Khiem

Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was building
by French architect Auguste Delaval in three year: 1926 – 1927 - 1928.
 The topics covered by the exhibits include the following:

Part 1: The history of Vietnam from Prehistoric period (about 500,000 years ago)
to the end of Nguyen Dynasty

 Prehistoric Period (500,000 years ago to 2879 BC).

 Metal Age (2879–179 BC), including artifacts related to the Dong Son
culture of northern Vietnam and the Sa Huynh culture of central Vietnam.
 Chinese Domination and Struggle for National Independence in the Red
River Valley (179 BC – 938 AD).
 Ngo, Dinh, Tien Le, Ly Dynasties (939–1225)
 Tran and Ho Dynasties (1226–1407)
 Dynasties from the Le to the Nguyen (1428–1788)
 Tay Son dynasty (1771–1802)
 Nguyen dynasty (1802–1945)
Part 2: Cultural subjects in South Vietnam and some Asian countries:

 Oc Eo culture of the Mekong Delta region.

 Stone and bronze sculptures and other artifacts of Champa
 Stone sculptures of Cambodia (9th–12th centuries).
 Cannons (18th century - 19th century).
 Collection of Duong Ha Pottery some Asian countries.
 Xom Cai mummy in Saigon in the 19th century.
 Collection of Vuong Hong Sen.
 Culture of ethnic groups in South Vietnam.
 Buddha statues in some Asian countries
 LOCATION 2
INDEPENDENCE PALACE

Independence Palace , also known as Reunification Palace, built on the site

of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was
designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu and was the home and workplace of the
President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of
the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, when a North
Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.
 Independence Palace was designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu and built on an
area of 4,500 m², using area of 20,000 m², including 3 main floors, 2 mezzanines,
a floor, 2 basements and 1 terrace for helicopters. More than 100 rooms are
decorated in different styles depending on the purpose of use including the
meeting rooms, the cabinet meeting room, the office of the President and the Vice
President, the delegate room letters, great rooms, etc., not to mention other parts
such as semicircular lotus lake on both sides of the Independence Palace was
designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu and built on entrance hall to the main hall,
balcony, hallway…
Independence Palace is 26m high and located in a 12hectare tree-lined
campus. Outside the fence in front and behind the Palace are 2 green parks.
Auxiliary systems inside the modern Palace: air conditioning, fire prevention,
communication, warehouse. The basement withstands bombs of large bombs
and artillery. The rooms of Independence Palace are decorated with many
works of country, hydrangea, lacquer paintings, oil paintings.

A FEW A PITURE IN INDEPENDENCE PALACE

 LOCATION 3
THIEN HAU TEMPLE
Ba Thien Hau Temple in Saigon is a Buddhist temple dedicated to the
Chinese sea goddess. It’s believed that she protects and rescues ships and
people on the sea by flying around on a mat or cloud. Mazuism is connected
with traditions and beliefs from both Taoism and Buddhism. Mazuism is
therefore an incorporation of different aspects and traditions which have merged
to form a new belief. You will find this temple in ‘Cholon’ (Chinatown) at 710
Nguyen Trai, District 5, HCMC

All pagoda construction materials are imported from China.

Throughout the length of the temple is the main architectural part, also a place
for religious activities. In the middle is a space like a skylight to get the light and
air to allow the incense to follow and soar up, avoiding the smoke from below.
The two sides are clearly separated paths, making it easier for people to travel,
especially on festivals or full moon days.
Red light - yellow is the main, blending with the black color of the wood and
the flickering candlelight around makes this place illusory. The roof is decorated
with many statues with large and small sizes and different shapes.
In front of the hall are two worshiping sites on either side: Phuc Duc Chanh Than
(right) and Mon Quan Vuong Ta (left). There is a stone stele inscribed with the
legend of the Heavenly God and the large paintings depicting her being epiphany
on the waves. In the middle of the hall, there are five dishes (five things) cast in the
12th Quang Tu year (1886). The main hall, called Thien Hau Cung, is a place
between Lady Thien Hau and the two sides worshiping Mrs. Kim Hoa Nuong Nuong
(right) and Long Mau Nuong Nuong (on the left). Between the houses in the temple
there is a space called "Thien Tinh", which helps to collect light, air and let incense-
smoke run out.

There is a legend that said: Once, her father, Lam Tich Khanh, sat on a boat with
two boys (her brother), took salt to Giang Tay province to trade, in the middle of
the boat road, got a great storm ... At that time she was sat weaving cloth next to
mother but exhausted to go to save father and two brothers. She used her teeth
to bite her father's shirt, two hands to hold them, in the middle of her mother
calling her, forcing her to answer, she opened her lips to answer the wave of her
father's loss, only saved the two brothers. Since then, every time the boat was out
in the sea, people called her. The Year of the Tiger (1110) Tong Dynasty gave
her the title "Thien Hau Thanh Mau".
In addition to the statue of Thien Hau, the temple also worshiped many
other statues such as Mr. To statue, Quan Cong statue ....
 LOCATION 4
WAR REMNANTS MUSEUM

The War Remnants Museum is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District

3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the Vietnam
War and the first Indochina War involving the French colonialists.
Operated by the Vietnamese government, an earlier version of this museum
opened on September 4, 1975, as the Exhibition House for US
and Puppet Crimes. It was located in the former United States Information
Agency building. The exhibition was not the first of its kind for the North
Vietnamese side, but rather followed a tradition of such exhibitions exposing war
crimes, first those of the French and then those of the Americans, who had
operated in the country as early as 1954.
In 1990, the name was changed to Exhibition House for Crimes of War and
Aggression, dropping both "U.S." and "Puppet." In 1995, following the
normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States and end of the US
embargo a year before, the references to "war crimes" and "aggression" were
dropped from the museum's title as well; it became the War Remnants Museum.
 The museum comprises a series of themed rooms in several buildings, with
period military equipment placed within a walled yard. The military equipment
includes a UH-1 "Huey" helicopter, an F-5A fighter, a BLU-82 "Daisy Cutter"
bomb, M48 Patton tank, an A-1 Skyraider attack bomber, and an A-37
Dragonfly attack bomber. There are a number of pieces of unexploded
ordnance stored in the corner of the yard, with their charges and/or fuses
removed.

The War Remnants Museum is currently one of the most popular museums in
Vietnam, attracting approximately half a million visitors every year. According to
the museum's own estimates, about two-thirds of these are foreigners.