Hanoi viewed through Leica M

Hello long time no post,
Some recent photos taken with Nikon F2, 20mm 3.5 UD Fomapan 400 film

Uoc Le village is an ancient Vietnamese village, located in Tan Uoc commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi. The village is also well known for its traditional craft of making ham and Vietnamese fermented pork roll, famous throughout the country, and its ancient village gate.
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Làng Ước Lễ by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

Làng Ước Lễ by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
 
kiemchacsu said:
Hello long time no post,
Some recent photos taken with Nikon F2, 20mm 3.5 UD Fomapan 400 film



Làng Ước Lễ by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
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Làng Ước Lễ looks like an interesting place to visit. I don't know Vietnamese language so Làng Ước Lễ doesn't mean much to me. However, I can easily recognize the three big Chinese words on the city gate "約禮門". So now I know Ước Lễ=約禮 🤗 Isn't language interesting?

I had visited Hanoi a few times in the past, but mostly stayed around the Old Quarter area. It's nice for tourists but to see more of Hanoi, one has to go out of the Old Quarter area to explore. From the maps, I can see that Làng Ước Lễ is about 3hrs by public transport from the Old Quarter, so quite a distance. Not sure if it is reachable by Grab.

If I should visit Hanoi again, I might just go and visit Làng Ước Lễ to appreciate the 5 centuries old Uoc Le Mon, the So Pagoda, and see how good the hams there are.
 
yossi said:
Làng Ước Lễ looks like an interesting place to visit. I don't know Vietnamese language so Làng Ước Lễ doesn't mean much to me. However, I can easily recognize the three big Chinese words on the city gate "約禮門". So now I know Ước Lễ=約禮 🤗 Isn't language interesting?

I had visited Hanoi a few times in the past, but mostly stayed around the Old Quarter area. It's nice for tourists but to see more of Hanoi, one has to go out of the Old Quarter area to explore. From the maps, I can see that Làng Ước Lễ is about 3hrs by public transport from the Old Quarter, so quite a distance. Not sure if it is reachable by Grab.

If I should visit Hanoi again, I might just go and visit Làng Ước Lễ to appreciate the 5 centuries old Uoc Le Mon, the So Pagoda, and see how good the hams there are.
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Yes, aound Hanoi in a distance of 20-30km there are many ancient villages which bonds to some traditional handcraft / professional. I myself still need to discover despite of being a local here.
 
Tri Lễ village, which is adjecent to Uoc Le village mentioned above.
Tri Le village by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr

Tri Le village by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr


Tri Le village by Trung Nguyen, on Flickr
Tri Lễ is most famous for making conical hats with over 400 years of history.
The process of making conical hats: Like any other palm leaf hat. First, the hat maker needs to create a wooden frame to firmly place several bent bamboo rings of different sizes. This can be the most complicated and time-consuming step in the whole hat making process.
Once a strong frame is completed, the leaves will be attached to it with threads. Tri Lễ conical hats are famous for having two layers of leaves. The craftsman must be very skillful to make the two layers very thin.
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kiemchacsu said:
What I was worried when I started the thread is my bias in depicting the rough sides of the cities. In fact, we have been changing a lot recent years though still is far behind in comparisions to EU, AU and other developed cities in Asia where I had chance to visit.I will try to capture more the developed/developing faces of city and do hope that folks can contribute their photos if any to have a more objective views.
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Measuring people by their wallets is not always valid. I have lived in the "The Third World." The folks there were just like me in their dreams and aspirations. And they all respond the same way: treat them nice and they will treat you nice. This is not rocket surgery.

And don't have "big face."
 
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