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Hue

Posted by Pktan on May 12th, 2009
File Under: Featured, Hue

Hue, not to be mistaken by the thought of colours, and pronounced as “Hway”, is actually the capital city of Thua Thien, a prefecture of Vietnam. It was well known to be the ancient imperial capital of Nguyen Dynasty, where it was modeled after Beijing’s very own Forbidden City.


Framing Hue

Posted by Pktan on Apr 28th, 2009
File Under: Hue

Hue Riders: Ao dai wearing cyclists in the Citadel at Hue
Photo by a song under the sugar sugar

Perfume River Sunset
Photo by jeffreylowy

Water puppet theater: Water puppets are beautiful, fully articulated puppets depicting life on the Perfume River. Folktales of playful dragons, a dance of phoenixes, water buffalo, and wading maidens revealed how vital the river [...]