Sep
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Hung Yen’s unique Ban soy sauce village
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A woman makes Ban soy sauce in Ban Village, Hung Yen Province - Photo: Thoa Nguyen
The Ban craft village produces arguably the most delicious soy sauce in Ban Township, Yen Nhan District, Hung Yen Province.
Ban soy sauce is so popular because it is made from large-grain sticky rice, small-grain soy bean, and in particular dinged-well water. There is only one well in Ban Village to supply the water to make the soy sauce, which is its sole purpose. Therefore, coming to Ban village to witness the sauce’s production in Hung Yen is recommended to tourists as it is a fascinating sight around harvest time.
March to August is that time for the villagers, so expect to see hundreds of jars in diverse sizes filling yards in every household. Making soy sauce is not difficult but making Ban soy sauce is an art-form.
Producers have to wash the rice carefully then soak it in water and cooked into sticky rice, next scatter the sticky rice onto a large bamboo flat basket and dry it in an airy place until the rice turns yellow. Soy beans must be roasted until the bean is brown and then the beans are soaked in a clean jar for one week. After the beans have fermented, producers will add a little salt and more soy beans into the water and stir regularly. The sauce must be fermented on sunny days.
Coming to Hung Yen, tourists will also be suggested to visit the Pho Hien relic complex, of which Mau Temple is a highlight and a mystery. Once stepping into the temple, travelers will be amazed by the huge seven-hundred-year-old tree which makes a domed gate for the temple. Another attraction tourists should not miss is the huge longan tree, called Nhan To, in front of Hien Pagoda. Around 300 years old, the tree is a sacred place for locals as they believe the tree brings prosperity to the land.
Another relic of the Pho Hien relic complex worth visiting is Thien Hau Temple, Dong Do-Quang Hoi Temple and Chuong (Bell) Pagoda which is endowed with poetic scenery and boasts a stone bridge spanning a lotus pond and 18 statues of Arhats. Hung Yen Literature Temple holds a collection of ancient steles.
Pho Hien also has stunning Vietnamese architecture, which is decorated with the colors of folk belief and religion, and some are considered high in artistic value. Along with their architectural features, these relics have preserved utensils for religious offerings, palanquins, hammocks, horizontal lacquered boards and many pairs of wood panels with skillfully-inscribed parallel sentences.
More importantly, the relics of Pho Hien preserve their innate ancient beauty. With the wet rice civilization and culture, we catch the colors of bronze, stone, wood, tile and soil on each roof, door and path, which create a sense of immortality of each relic.
With its role as a key link from the traffic artery of the Red River, Pho Hien was once a frontal port of Thang Long Citadel that opened to the sea, ranking second in importance to Hanoi, as goes an old Vietnamese saying. Today, Pho Hien residents are embracing an ambition to revive its glorious past.
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Sep
27
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Mid-Autumn Festival at Crescent Mall
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The Crescent Mall in the city’s District 7 will host a Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday.
The event will kick off with game show Money Master at 1 p.m. on level 4 of the mall and a charity craft fair for children aged between 7 and 15.
Other activities include folk games, lantern-making challenge and a moon cake baking contest for children and parents alike. A lantern parade and flower garlands release on the Crescent Lake will take place at night.
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Sep
27
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Capital creativity at PechaKucha Night
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PechaKucha Night will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Hanoi Cinematheque with presentations by May Cortazzi, Aaron Everhart, Dan Dockery, Na Son, and Dan Ruelle on their projects which include fashion and photography.
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in over 500 cities around the world.
Drawing its name from the Japanese term for ‘chit chat’, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
If you have a last-minute project contact the organizer via email at pechakuchahanoi@gmail.com
Tickets priced at VND50,000 (free for students with valid student card) are available at the Hanoi Cinematheque located at 22A Hai Ba Trung Street, Hanoi.
For further information about PechaKucha, access the website of www.pecha-kucha.org.
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‘Scent of Burnt Grass’ to compete at 85th Oscar
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27/09/2012 09:16:10
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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27/09/2012 09:14:08
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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27/09/2012 09:12:25
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 09:05:55
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 08:59:00
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Hanoi to host German Oktoberfest
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27/09/2012 08:46:29
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Hanoi Cinematheque hosts design event
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27/09/2012 08:45:01
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Photographer shoots for top prize
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27/09/2012 08:43:50
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Asian Fund donates books to national library
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27/09/2012 08:42:18
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