Hue- The city of Kings

These photos were taken in Hue, the kingdom of Vietnam in the 1800s-1900s period. It's a very poetic and a very ancient city indeed. I really love it. Cylop did enjoy the site, too. :)

A woman passing by on the street
The pond of lotus near the Imperial City. The city is full of these
The bridge to Imperial City
The guard tower of the royals
Imperial City
Yellow lantern hanging high (Like the red lantern hanging high novel. Lame)
Me trying to be the intellectual guy
At a ruined site (I love ruined and nostalgic stuffs)
The reading room of the king
The garden of the reading room
Back door
Beating the morning drum (to let all the officials in to meet the king)
Ringing the bell
The Imperial City from Guard Tower
One of the nine canon at 2 sides of the 2 outer gates leading to The City

The national school (used to be just for officials and their children)King Khai Dinh's tomb
One of the towers in his tomb
The officials to be ready to protect the king
The writings of another king to grief this king
The inner place of the tomb (They said don't take pic but I smuggled :p)
The main building for the tomb
The gate
Very nice carving
The outer gate to King Minh Mang's tomb

The tombThe back door
Thien Mu Pagoda
Thich Quang Duc's Car (He's a monk that burn himself to death to protest the war and the previous government ban on religion freedom during the Vietnam War)
A Tu duong house (A place where all ancestor of a family is buried so that their children in the same surname can visit and pay respect)
Huong River (The poetic symbol of Hue. A lot of love songs are written about this river)
A kite (Very rare these days that they still have a kite made by paper and glue)
The beach of Hue
Sunset on the rice field
Truong Tien bridge (Another symbol of Hue that has a very significant historical and literal meaning)