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HUE – COLOR OF TRADITIONAL TRADE VILLAGE

        Discover one of Hue’s many intriguing cultural legacies with a visit to Sinh Village. Located on the outskirts of the city on the lower stretches of the Perfume River, Sinh is known as a traditional woodblock printing village. Visiting family houses you will get to witness the craftsmen at work, meet colorful local characters and discover the tranquil rhythms of Vietnamese countryside life.

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        Our guide will meet you at your hotel and bring you to the boat landing either by car or by foot depending on the location of your hotel. Enjoy a gentle cruise downstream to the Sinh Handicraft Village. During your cruise, you will drift by the Dong Ba Market located by the Hen islet.

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If you come to Hue in Tet holiday, you would be take part in traditional wrestling festival in Sinh village. Sinh village is the last address preserved traditional wrestling of Vietnamese. The wrestling competition is held on January 10thLunar month every year. Sinh village wrestling ceremony is held in the areas of An village (also known as Sinh village), Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district. This is a traditional cultural activity; the wrestlers will compete in the circle forms.

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       Continue to travel downstream through the commune of Bao Vinh, an old town that threatened by the urbanization and modern concrete houses. Before we reach the Sinh Village by bicycle, we pay a visit to Thanh Tien, a neighboring village. This village is famous for its handicraft of paper flowers, especially Vietnam’s national flower, the lotus. We then continue by cycle off the beaten path to some rice paddy fields and pastures. Here you will get to witness locals as they go about doing their daily activities such as wet rice cultivation and and flower gardening.

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