The legendary city of Hue, once the royal capital of Nguyen Dynasty, has revived like a phoenix, collecting its ashes and is once again showing an energy that has partly been stimulated by UNESCO's attention to its monuments since 1983. Today although the city has changed a lot, the Imperial City's traditions are still alive and amply exhibited in the sampans poled along by women, in the houseboats with their tiny rooftop shrines, in the superb Hue porcelain, and in the delicacies of imperial cuisine. Known as a major tourism destination, Hue Imperial City is a city landscaped with beautiful gardens, peeping terraces, magnificent palaces, and majestic pavilions that rightfully deserve a place among the heritage of the world.
Trang Tien Bridge is one of the main landmarks of Hue. As written in Annual of Unified Great Nam by The office of Vietnam History of the Nguyen Dynasty, "the metal bridge Trang Tien in the south east of the Capital commenced to be built in the 9th year of King Thanh Thai (1897) and then finished in 1899. The bridge is about 400m long with 6 spans".
Trang Tien Bridge is the most beautiful bridge in Hue. It joins the north and the south banks of the Perfume River. The north side of Trang Tien Bridge belongs to Phu Hoa District, close to Dong Ba market. Situated on the Southern bank of Trang Tien Bridge is Phu Hoi District, right in the center of the city. The bridge was reconstructed in 1906. Since then Trang Tien Bridge has been repaired in various occasions. Its length is now 401.10 meter, its width: 6.20 meter.
It is fascinating and refreshing to enjoy the pure air on the bridge in the early morning. However, Trang Tien Bridge usually becomes more lively at night since many local people and tourists come to the park that runs along Perfume River’s northern bank to enjoy the fresh air from Perfume River in Hue as well as to look at the Bridge when it is shined with different colours during the night.
Uyen Nhi
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