Near the pedestrian street around Hoan Kiem Lake, which has just been reopened, Hanoians have another interesting check-in point with hundred-year-old rice roots blooming red in a corner of the sky at the History Museum. Vietnam.
Under that ancient rice tree is a carpet of bright red flowers, a tea shop with a beautiful young lady, a pile of yellow straw, pairs of bags, carts, and many folk games of the old days like mandarin umbrellas. , playing pass, is a stone bridge several hundred years old, is a stone incense tree in Tu Ky pagoda which is a national treasure…
This is Uncle Co tour – Rice flower season – a new tourism product introduced by the National Museum of History in collaboration with Hanoitourist travel company to the capital’s visitors, a welcome new tourism product. the reopening of tourism of these two units.
Rice flowers have spread the red carpet under the tree and lit a fire in the sky – Photo: T.DIEU
As a new tourism product, meeting people’s tastes, especially the demand for tourism close to the city with small groups of friends and family, the National Museum of History is becoming a bustling destination for tourists. traveler.
Visitors come here of all ages, the elderly want to find their childhood memories, and the children and young people want to learn, feel and imagine the old village landscape.
The walkways are dyed with red flowers, and folk games such as mandarin umbrellas and volleyball are arranged for guests to return to their old village – Photo: T.Dieu
Next to the typical yellow old French mansion nearly 100 years old, the rice tree, which is said to be the largest and oldest in Hanoi, is in full bloom, “lighting a fire” in the sky and spreading a red flower carpet under its root, so it is very attractive to people. People come to take pictures in the month of March.
The museum has cleverly arranged a small rural landscape with a water stall beside the rice dyke, a pile of straw, a basket, a cart and children’s folk games, evoking many village memories that are still imprinted in many places. generation.
The scene of the water shop on the side of the dike’s rice roots and the cart rides makes visitors excited – Photo: T.Dieu
The scene of this village is even more real when the museum’s architectural building is reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese communal house roof, surrounded by banyan trees, giant roots, and many artifacts reminiscent of the village such as a stone bridge. from the Le Dynasty or the stone incense tree of Tu Ky Pagoda (Hanoi), hundreds of years old have been recognized as a National Treasure and erected in the museum yard.
Far across the Red River dyke are historic wharfs such as Dong Bo Dau wharf, Chuong Duong wharf, and Bach Dang wharf. Today, there are still traces of these river wharfs quite close to the National History Museum for visitors to combine sightseeing.
Children enjoy immersing themselves in the village space in the street – Photo: T.DIEU
“It can be said that with the current speed of urbanization, it is difficult to find scenes reminiscent of Vietnam’s ancient villages like at the National History Museum,” said museum deputy director Nguyen Thi Thu Hoan.
Adults also want to find their childhood memories on the rice tree, which is said to be the oldest and largest in Hanoi – Photo: T.DIU
In March, the organizers cut the ticket price by half for all customers, only 75,000 VND for adults and 25,000 VND for children under 12 years old with guided tour; Adult ticket price to visit, take pictures, play folk games freely is only 50,000 VND.