Old City Gate

The only remaining gate in Thang Long Ancient City-Donghe Gate Ô Quan Chưởng. This city gate is still an important traffic road in Hanoi, and it is ingeniously integrated with the lively Dong Xuan market and small shops next to it. Especially when you come here at night, there will be beautiful lights shining on the city gate, which is super sentimental. Donghe Gate, also known as the "Guanzhang Pavilion", was built in the Le Dynasty after 1749, and is the only remaining gate of the ancient city of Thang Long in Hanoi. Although Donghe Gate is a relic, it is not closed. People and vehicles can go through the gate to other places in Hanoi. In this way, the historical sites are closely related to the life of Hanoi residents. 

Participated in a team parade today, led by two university students to explain local history along the way. Both of them were very friendly and took us to different places. But the attractions are all in Vietnamese and there is no detailed description, which is a bit confused. If there is an English version, it is better to give visitors a deeper understanding, and the old buildings hope to continue to be preserved and protected. Been here a few years ago, we were at the local market and planned to visit the ancient city gate again. It's worth seeing here because it has a sense of history, it's beautiful, and it's also a good place to take photos. Recommend to tourists.

The entrance of a very old city is not very wide. The gate is also a stone structure. It has many characteristic old-fashioned styles. The ancient gate is also a very long historical review. The environment here is also very noisy.

The ancient city gate is very vicissitudes of life in the old city. I walked indiscriminately in the old city with narrow roads, outdated houses, mixed people and dense traffic (it feels like the old city of Xiguan in Guangzhou, but lacks the architectural pattern of arcades). I can’t distinguish the north, south, east and west. The text seems to be similar. After pointing to Hoan Kiem Lake (old city hotel gathering area) on the map and asking passers-by, I went to find the hotel on foot.

After coming to Hanoi for the second time, I still get lost easily. I always feel that if I can take a bird's eye view, I will definitely not get lost again. The surrounding scenery is full of life and it is worth exploring. The life of the Vietnamese people.... The biggest difference from China is: there are many street stall owners, mostly women and elderly people; messy but not busy; shops are small and complete, like a tourist city, more like one In the old city, you can easily find the vitality of life and life; the old people are very wise to support and support each other in groups; the younger sister still leads the fashion and never likes to lose. Come again next time, live longer, one or two months, learn the wisdom of life in Vietnam, slow but well organized, chaotic but clean, and how to recognize the concept of road in my mind. To like Vietnam is a strong life style, from morning to night.

It is an ancient city gate that was completely preserved in Hanoi in ancient times. It has the same function as Xi'an, but the gate here is too small to pass traffic and can only pass by people, so the traffic in Hanoi will be relatively poor.