Vietnam ancient town 'Hoi An' thrives today

Time slip to 16th century of Vietnam

Cat: HIS
Pub: 2005
#: 0516a

Kanzo Kobayashi

05z11u/18206r

Vietnam ancient town 'Hoi An' thrives today

現在も生き続ける歴史町ベトナム・ホイアン

0. Drawing of Hoi An:
1. Location map of Hoi An:
2. Bird-view of present Hoi An:
3. Nihonbashi at Hoi An:
4. From the center of the bridge:
5. Foreign tourists near the bridge:
6. Crests of Toyotomi and Tokugawa:
7. Chinese temple:
8. Guardians of Chinese temple:
9. Landscape of Hoi An street:
10. Souvenir shop at Hoi An:
11. Re: Snapshots of Vietnam:

0. ホイアンの絵巻図:
1. ホイアンの地図:
2. 現在のホイアンの鳥瞰:
3. ホイアンの「日本橋」:
4. 橋の中央から:
5. 橋のたもとの外人観光客:
6. 豊臣の家紋と徳川の家紋:
7. 中国式の寺:
8. 中国の寺の仁王:
9. ホイアンの町の風景:
10. ホアイアン通りの風景:
11. (Re:)ベトナムの基礎統計:

• I had an opportunity to visit Danang, a city in the middle of Vietnam, to attend 'eGovernment Symposium' from Dec. 1 to Dec. 3, 2005, which arranged by IDG and Ministry of Posts & Telematics of Vietnam.
• I happened to look at the NHK overseas program of 'Ancient City Hoi An' at the hotel in Hanoi before
• going to Danang.
• Ancient city of 'Hoi An' is located about 30km south of Danang. We could visit there in the late afternoon on Dec. 3, 2005 as the optional tour. Several attendants to the symposium spoke to me how I felt to visit the old town linked by fate with ancient Japan.
• The catalogue of 'Hoi An' was sold on the middle of the ancient bridge named 'Nihonbashi.'

• 2005年12月1日から3日までIDGとベトナム郵電省が企画した「ベトナムeGovernmentシンポジウム」に参加するため、ベトナム中部の都市ダナンを訪問する機会があった。
• ダナンへ行く前に、ハノイのホテルで歴史都市ホイアン (会安) のNHKの海外番組をたまたま見た。
• 歴史都市ホイアンはダナンの約30km南方にある。我々はオプショナルツアーとしてその町へ12月3日に訪問することができた。何シンポジウムに参加した何人かは私が昔の日本と縁のある古い町を訪問することをどう思うかなど聞いてきた。
• ホアインの解説書は「日本橋」という名の古い橋の中央で売っていた。

Summary

要約

0. Drawings of Hoi An:

• Hoi Han is depicted at a picture scroll kept at the Jomyo Temple in Nagoya. Chaya Shinroku, then merchant, set sails from Nagasaki of Japan, and took 40 days to reach Hoi An.

1. Location map of 'Hoi An':

• Hoi An is ancient port town, known as '会安' in Kanji or 'Faiho' to Europe.
• This historical heritage was not destroyed during the Vietnam war (1960-75)

１．Route of Shuin-sen:

• The route of Shuin-sen (authorized trade ship) in the early 17C. The first record written in 1617 by William Adams, who became naturalized Anjin Miura, describing there lived several hundred Japanese in the Japanese quarter in Hoi An.
• In 16C Hoi An was the major port city of the ancient capital Hue. But in 18C Hoi An port was accumulated by sand, while Danang was developed instead. In 1965 US Marines came ashore Danang and changed it to major military port.

2. Bird-eye view of present Hoi An:

• In the evening there are few electric light along the street. We rediscovered how it was dark after sunset.

２．Shuin-sen (authorized trade ship)：

• Shuin means the authorization letter stamped by red tape by Shogunate. Shuin-sen from end of 16C to early 17C could ask necessary protection to trade partners of South-east Asian countries and Portuguese and Netherlands.
• Shuin-sen visited:
  • Vietnam: Hanoi, Hue, Danang, Hoi An
  • South Vietnam: Champa
  • Thai: Ayutthaya (Nagamasa Yamada 1590-1630)
  • Cambodia: Phnum Penh
  • Malaysia: Patani
  • Luzon (Spanish colony): Manila
  • Taiwan (occupied by Holland)

3. 'Nihonbashi' at Hoi An:

• 'Nihonbashi' (=Japan bridge) is an covered bridge.
  

３．Tourist Map of Hoi An：

4. from the center of Nihonbashi:

4. Guardian Monkey

• Guardian Monkey at the gate of the bridge.

5. Foreign tourists near the bridge:

• Many foreigners visit the historical bridge.

５．Wheeling away bicycle on the bridge：

• To preserve the valuable bridge, people get out their bicycles.

6. Crests of Toyotomi and Tokugawa:

• Toyotomi's crest (left) and Tokugawa's crest (right). The Japanese quarter went downhill by the national isolation policy of Tokugawa shogunate in 1639.

• There is a small temple at the center of the bridge.

7. Chinese temple:

７．Worship of Chinese ancestors：

8. Guardians of Chinese temple:

• Guardians of Chinese temple are very colorful.

8. Guardians of Chinese temple:

• Scroll pictures of four seasons:

• Dragon miniature garden at the temple:

9. Landscape of Hoi An street:

• Houses in Hoi An have deep and narrow structure similar to the town houses in Kyoto in Japan.

• These historical houses are mostly similar to the landscape in 16C when Shuin-sen arrived at Hoi An and first glanced cityscape.

10. Souvenir shop at Hoi An:

• Drums for souvenir:

10．Vietnamese paintings at a souvenir shop：

• Various Vietnam paintings of ao dai weared girls, etc. for souvenir:

11. Statistics about Vietnam:

Source: 'Heritage' Nov-Dec. 2005 of Vietnam Airlines:

• Area: 330,991 sq.km
• Population: 82 million
• Geography:
  • Mountains cover 4/5 of the territory
  • Highest peak: Mt. Fansipan, 3,142 m
  • Alluvial plain: Mekong Delta 39,000 sq.km, Red River Delta 15,000 sq.km.
  • River (discharge):Mekong River 1.4 million cubic m, Red River 0.12 million cubic m.
  • Coastline: 3,260 km
  • Beautiful beach: Tra Co, Lang Co, Nha Trang, Vung Tau, and Ha Tien.
  • Resources: Coal, iron, aluminum, tin, and oil
  • Agricultural products: Rice, maize, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, rubber, lacquer, coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton, coconut, sugar cane, jute, ant tropical and substropical fruits.
• Climate:
• In July: Hanoi (average 28.6 C)
• Rainfall: 1,500 mm (lowland), and 2,000-3,000 mm (mountainous area)
• South Vietnam: Cool & dry season (Nov-Apr), hot & rainy (May-Oct)
• North Vietnam: Four distinct seasons
• Province & City:
• 64 provinces, including municipalities:
• Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Haiphong, Can Tho, and Danang
• History:
• Prehistory:
  • 500-300 K BC: Human settlement:
  • 3C BC: King An Duong founded Au Viet.
• 189 BC-939 AD: North Vietnam was occupied by China
• 939-1860: French colonialism
• 1945: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam was founded.
• 1975: Recovered unification of all Vietnam
• Ethnic groups: 54
• 88%: The Viet, or Kinh
• Tay: 960 K
• Hoa: 930 K
• Thai: 770 K
• Khmer: 720 K
• Muong: 700 K
• H'mong: 441 K
• Zao: 340 K
• Giarai: 184 K
• Nung: 152 K
• Ede: 140 K
• Bana: 100 K
• Religion:
• Buddhism, Confucianism, Ancestor Worship
• Christianity (arrived in late 18C), 2nd
• Islam, Cao Dai
• Language and Scripts:
• 80%: Kinh/Viet, the national language
• Until beginning of 20C: Han Chinese ideogram
• 11 - 14C: Nom script, derived from Han script to transcribe the Vietnamese language
• 17C - now: Quoc Ngu, the Romanized transcription developed by European missionaries

11．ベトナムの統計資料：

• 面積: 330,991 平方km
• 人口: 82 百万
• 地理:
  • 山岳面積：国土の 4/5
  • 最高峰：Mt. Fansipan, 3,142 m
  • 平野： Mekong Delta 39,000 sq.km, Red River Delta 15,000 sq.km.
  • 河川(流量)：Mekong River 1.4 百万立方m, Red River 0.12百万立方m
  • 海岸線: 3,260 km
  • 景勝海岸：Tra Co, Lang Co, Nha Trang, Vung Tau, and Ha Tien.
  • 資源： Coal, iron, aluminum, tin, and oil
  • 農作物：Rice, maize, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, rubber, lacquer, coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton, coconut, sugar cane, jute, ant tropical and substropical fruits.
• 気候:
  • ７月：Hanoi (平均 28.6 C)
  • 雨量：: 1,500 mm (平野部), and 2,000-3,000 mm (山地)
  • 南ベトナム：:涼しい乾期 (11-4月), 暑い雨期 (5-10月)
  • 北ベトナム：明瞭な四季
• 省と都市:
  • 64 省 (以下特別市を含む)
  • Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Haiphong, Can Tho, and Danang
• 歴史：
  • 前史:
    • 500-300 K BC: 人類居住開始
    • 3C BC: King An Duong founded Au Viet.
  • 189 BC-939 AD: 北ベトナムは中国に占領
  • 939-1860: フランス植民地
  • 1945: ベトナム社会主義共和国成立
  • 1975: 全ベトナム統一
• 民族：54 民族
  • 88%: The Viet, or Kinh
  • Tay: 960 K
  • Hoa: 930 K
  • Thai: 770 K
  • Khmer: 720 K
  • Muong: 700 K
  • H'mong: 441 K
  • Zao: 340 K
  • Giarai: 184 K
  • Nung: 152 K
  • Ede: 140 K
  • Bana: 100 K
• 宗教：
  • 仏教、儒教, Ancestor Worship
  • キリスト教 (18Cに伝来)第二の宗教
  • イスラム強, Cao Dai
• 言語・表記法:
  • 80%: Kinh/Viet (国語)
  • 20C始めまで: 漢字 (表意文字)
  • 11 - 14C: 漢字由来のNom scriptによってベトナム語を表記
  • 17C-現在: Quoc Ngu、欧州伝道師によるローマ字表記

Comment

• Vietnam look alike Korea and Japan as a neighboring countries of China; using or used Kanji character and various way of thinkings, etc.
• We should know more about Vietnam as historical partner of Japan. Ancient city Hoi An is a good witness of historical relatihonship.
• It is also common that Korean drama is very popular in Vietnam. I could often look at Korean drama at hotel in Hanoi dubbed in Vietnamese. 16C is actually the time when Dae Jang Geum was alive in Korea.

• ベトナム、韓国、日本は中国の隣国としてよく似ている。漢字を使う、あるいは使っていたことも、そして様々な思考方法も。
• 我々はベトナムを日本の歴史的なパートナーとしてもっと知るべきである。古都ホイアン歴史的な関係の良き証人である。
• またベトナムでも韓流ドラマが非常に人気がある。しばしばハノイのホテルでベトナム語へ吹き替えた韓国ドラマを見ることができた。16Cと言えば、朝鮮でチャングムが生きていた頃の時代である。