Japanese Covered Bridge

Hoi An ancient town nestled contemplation dreaming Hoai River is one of the popular tourist destination not only for tourists in the country. Hoi An has many monuments, landscapes captivates the crowd, come on in poetry, music, painting. With people Hoi, Cau pagoda is the soul, is a symbol exists for more than four centuries. To Hoi An without visiting the temple shall be deemed not to the Bridge.

This is the only bridge neck of New York, according to records, this is the bridge due to the Japanese businessmen built to facilitate travel and trade between Chinatown and the Japanese city. With a length of 18m spanning a creek separating the two streets, Tran Phu and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai. Because the bridge has a shrine to the people often called Bridge but it also has another name that's also quite popular Japanese Bridge because according to legend, monster Mamazu whose head was in Japan, the tail in the Indian Ocean and then in Vietnam itself, whenever squirmed will cause earthquakes, natural disasters, floods. So the Japanese have built bridges with the Spirit and the Spirit Dog object to prop monster town.
 

Hoi An Japanese Covered Bridge was built in a unique architectural connection "lower overseas merchant" means in the home, under the bridge. We can say this is the style of architecture is quite unique and popular in Asian countries in particular: China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan .... Seen from outside, the bridge stand out thanks to soft, curved roof supported by a wooden structural system, and the foundation is made of stone pillar surround. Face up style rainbow rainbow, as the entrance is boarded over, the two sides have small wooden pedestal, before making for displays trafficking ... On the door hangs a picture Covered Bridge with three horizontal red letter "Lai Vien Kieu" by lord Nguyen Phuc Chu granted in 1719 to bridge the meaning of those you come from far. At each end of the bridge, the two paths are two interesting statues, a monkey statue parties, across the dog. The wooden statues are touching posture house meetings in adoration, in front of each object with a bowl of incense.

Covered Bridge today is recognized as Historic Monuments - national cultural year. Along with the traffic regulatory functions, facilitate the travel of people in the old town, the temple is a place of living Bridge beliefs related to the legend of the monster prop town, and is a natural waterway characteristic symbol of Hoi An tourism. Photos Pagoda Bridge over 20,000 polymer banknotes in Vietnam.