Japanese Covered Bridge – The Symbol of Hoi An

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Japanese Covered Bridgae The Symbol of Hoi An
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Chua Cau is one of the most spectacular sites of
Hoi An. It also has the honor of being printed on
the 20,000 VND bill. Theres no point of visiting
Hoi An without a stop by Japanese Bridge, this is
the soul of charming Hoi An. Besides providing
Hoi An hotel booking, we also provide interesting
information about Hoi An. This week, its going
to be the very ancient bridge in the Ancient
Town. In 1653, the pagoda part of Japanese
Bridge was built and locals began to call the
bridge Chua Cau.
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The Bridge Japanese Covered Bridge (or Chua Nhat
Ban) was built in the 17th Century by Japanese
merchants to keep down Namazu monster. Namazu was
a giant catfish with its head lied under India,
body under Vietnam (Hoi An), its tail under
Japan, the monster caused earthquake and flood
every time it moved. Legend says the bridge was a
sword stick on the back of Namazu monster to stop
it from moving. Back then, Nguyen Lords treated
Chinese refugees very well so they decided to
settle in Hoi An. Japanese traders also stayed
here six months every year. So the Chinese and
Japanese divided into two areas with the bridge
in between.
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In 1633 Tokugawa Bakufu stop its civilians from
trading with foreign countries, the last Japanese
left Hoi An in 1637, then the Japanese town in
Hoi An was managed by Vietnamese, who was Minh
Huong people, and this was the origin of Minh
Huong village. In 1979, Nguyen Phuc Chu Lord
visited Hoi An, named the bridge Lai VienKieu,
which meant welcomes faraway friends. During
the renovations in 1817, 1865, 1915, 1986, the
bridge lost most of its Japanese characters and
replaced by Vietnamese Chinese style.
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The Pagoda The Pagoda part of Japanese Bridge
was built in 1653 to worship Xuanwu God. On the
entrance stand two wooden statues as guardians a
dog and a monkey. In Asian belief, dog and monkey
were worshiped as mascots and Japanese put the
statues here to calm the Namazu down.
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In Hoi An from September to December annually,
there are often floods and typhoons. Every time
the flood rises, the town is sunk into the water
for a few days. Xuanwu has the talent to stop
these disasters and help merchants in Hoi An work
safely. This is why the Pagoda part of Japanese
Bridge is the moral support for civilians through
their hard time. Tips To enter the pagoda, you
need ticket which is included in Hoi An Ancient
Town ticket. Japanese Covered Bridge is right in
the Ancient Town, you can hardly miss it while
take a walk here. After making a Hoi An hotel
booking, find and mark this site on the map.
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