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| Peter & Jackie Main | profile | all galleries >> World Galleries >> Asia >> Vietnam >> Hue | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Hue - Perfume River |
 Dragon boats lined up for tourists |
 We take a trip on the river |
 Colourful boats |
 Perfume River |
 Dredging on the river |
 All done manually |
 Thien Mu Pagoda - octagonal tower |
 Bronze Bell (cast 1710, weighs 2052kg) |
 Temple guardian |
 Temple guardian |
 Gong |
 Buddha |
 Buddha |
 Thien Mu Pagoda |
 Tomb of Tu Duc - Xung Khiem Pavilion |
 Stone bridge over the lake |
 Kien Phuc's Tomb |
 Kien Phuc's Tomb |
 Empress Le Thien Anh's Tomb |
 Empress Le Thien Anh's Tomb |
 Stele Pavilion |
 Tower symbolising the emperor's power |
 Intricate work |
 Emperor Tu Duc's Tomb (died 1883) |
 Emperor Tu Duc's Tomb |
 Detailed carvings |
 Jackie & friends |
 Stone elephant |
 Khiem Cung Gate |
 Elaborate dragon |
 Transport to the tomb - motorbike taxi |
 Incense sticks being sold by the roadside |
 Hon Chen Temple |
 Hon Chen Temple |
 Hon Chen Temple |
 Hon Chen Temple |
 Another motorbike through country roads |
 Tomb of Khai Dinh (died 1925) |
 Honour Courtyard |
 Stone mandarin |
 Detailed carving |
 Tower of the emperor |
 Octagonal Stele Pavilion |
 Thien Dinh - main building |
 Thien Dinh |
 Dragon banister |
 Gilt statue of the emperor |
 Wall decoration of porcelain & glass |
 Tomb of Minh Mang (died 1840) - Sung An Temple |
 Sung An Temple |
 Bronze lion |
 Gardens around the tomb |
 Lake of the New Moon |
 Minh Lau Pavilion |
 Buddha statue |
 Hue Citadel - Flag Tower |
 37 m high (tallest in Vietnam) |
 Vietnamese flag |
 5 of the 9 Holy Cannons (each weighs 10 tonnes) |
 Ngo Mon Gate - entrance to the Imperial Enclosure |
 Ngo Mon Gate |
 Drum Tower |
 Thai Hoa Palace |
 Inside a mandarin hall |
 Colourful gateway |
 Colourful gateway |
 Colourful gateway |
 Pavilion |
 Drum Gate |
 Nine Dynastic Urns (cast 1835-6) |
 Carving on the urns |
 More colourful... |
 ...gates |
 In need of repair |
 Forbidden Purple City - destroyed during Tet Offensive (1968) |
 Not much left |
 Except the emperor's old reading room |
 The streets of Hue - cyclo |
 Transport by cyclo |
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