5 famous places in the polymer money of Vietnam

Have you ever noticed the backside of the money, then you know something about those special cultural address printed in it.

Bridge Pagoda in Hoi An in the 20,000 VND paper.

The international cultural heritage of Hoi An with the symbol of Bridge Pagoda is already famous internationally and domestically. The Hoi An old bridge was built in the unknown time. However, in the ancient documents, the name of that bridge was found by oversea Japanese in 1617, which means the bridge was maybe built longer ago.

Legendarily, there was a monster outside in the sea, which is called Mamazu by the Japanese. Its head was in Japan, and its tail was in India. The thing is its back was lying across Hoi An, which placed bridge pagoda. Each of everytime that monster moved, the Japan suffered from Earthquake and Hoi An was not well. In order to control it, Japanese worshiped the Monkey and Dog God in the both ends of the bridge to exorcize the monster. People of Minh Huong made a pagoda right next to the bridge to worship Bac De Chan Vo, with the purpose of prevent earthquake too.

Therefore, the Bridge pagoda was considered a sword stabbing in the back of the monster Mamazu, so it cannot whisk its tails anymore to make the earthquake. In 1653, people make the part of pagoda that connects to the North banister of the bridge and jutted out in the middle of the bridge. Since then, the bridge was called Bridge Pagoda.

Luong Dinh Estrafe, Phu Van Lau in the 50,000VND paper

Located beside the Perfume River of Hue, Nghinh Luong Dinh was served as the place for king and the officials to get some fresh air and view. Its view was romantic and ventilated.

Not far from it, Phu Van Lau was built in 1819 in Gia Long emperor’s reign. It served as the place for stick the royal decree of the king and the court, or the results of the contests organized by the court.

Khue Van Cac in 100,000VND paper.

The symbol of the whole area of temple of literature and Quoc Tu Giam. Khue Van Cac is a roof of eight sides. It was built in 1805.

Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam is one of 23 special national vestiges. The main architect is Van Mieu – temple of literature – where Khong Tu (Confucius) and Quoc Tu Giam – the first university of Vietnam.

Halong Bay in 200,000VND paper

Halong bay of Quang Ninh has been recognized as world natural heritage by UNESCO many times. It is contained of thousands of islets and karst. The bay has spectacular view, so this is the attracting place for domestic and international tourists.

Halong bay is an unique heritage, since it contains many important signs of the forming and developing process of the earth. This is a masterpiece of nature with the appearance of thousands of stone islets and caves.

Besides, Halong bay ecology is also diversifying with thousand of types of fauna and flora. This place also sticks with the important cultural and historical values of the nation.

The thatched cottage of Ho Chi Minh in Sen village in 500,000VND paper:

Everyone can realize the simple house of Ho Chi Minh’s childhood. The cottage is in Sen village, Kim Lien ward, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, in the windy and sunny central part of Vietnam. It is about 15km from Vinh city.

The whole area contains of four main vestige: mother’s home,and of Ho Chi Minh (Hoang Tru or Chua village), father’s homeland of Ho Chi Minh (Sen village), Chung mountain (Kim Lien ward) and the tomb of Hoang Thi Loan (mother of Ho Chi Minh) in Nam Giang ward.

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