Interesting Images of Ha noi past and present

Many people usually give question” why are the poems and the songs with the content talk about the past of Hanoi very nice?” The beauty of streets, houses in the past were lost instead of crowded streets at the moment.

From ideas of old pictures which The France took and some pictures was took by “Huu Bao” photographer, who have lived in Hanoi many years, we find scenes, the beauty of Hanoi by historical periods.

Dong Xuan market looks from Hang Giay Street. At that time, Dong Xuan Market doesn”t have concrete domes built by the Frech as now which the roofs. The pagoda in below picture and tramways run through the intersection Hang  Khoai, Hang Giay lost also.

 

A later time, the Dong Xuan Market was built by adding five firm  concrete domes with sofisticated and beautiful  architecture by the Frech.

 

Nowadays, the Dong Xuan market remains 3 concerte domes. The nearest concrete dome was destroy to construct Cau dong road, remains concrete pillar in the street corner.

Formerly, Hang Buom street famous with Viet Nam architecture. The houses don’t influence by the Frech architecture later. Wall concretes have separated the houses as a boundary bring architecture motifs for all the streets.

Nowadays, Hang Buom has changed very much.

 

Duc Hoa shop- in the 90 Hang Dao street. In the picture, we can look the Hanoi woman wear ao dai.

In front of the shop, where has iron fecne to prevent the buili up bikes on the glass.

At 90 hang dao street nowadays.

Hang Bac street in 1920 have much houses were designes by the west artichecture by the Frech bring to Viet nam.

 

Hang bac street nowadays.

Intersection Hang Can street- Lan Ong in the 1980

 

Today, intersection where has some small old-houses with balcony beside some new building.

Small intersection of Nguyen Sieu and Ngo Gach street in last century.

 

Nowadays, we can’t realise it is the same place as the above photo.

Old-house at Luong Ngoc Quyen street near Phat Loc dainty.

 

This house lost because of the downgraded, remains next corner.

Old house has French-architecture at Chau Long street.

House today, the left side has repaired and for leasing, outside architecture doesn’t origin as before.

The bus station, clock column in Chuong Duong leg of bridge nowadays. Clock column was built next to O Truong Thanh, where is the entrance old town today.It was built to give Greenwich mean time for the people live here, guaranteed exactly time in the trade istead of calculating the time by

the indigenous way with the calculation: a watch by two hours.

Nowaday, the watch lost due to buiding Chuong Duong bridge. As we can see, a new clock has built beside but unlike with the old clock.

Hanoi ancient Cathedral

Cathedral today has not changed much compared to the past. Now, this is the area attract many people on the holiday.

There are many change in Hanoi after decades, but Hanoi still beautiful in the heart of every person who have been living here.