Many tourists to the old capital city of Hue are very eager to discover unique garden-houses, but they are dumbfounded because they are refused by all garden-houses. “Nha vuon hue” or garden-house is a typical kind of ornamental garden which is a combination of housing architecture with surrounding garden. Garden-houses are the homes of feudal mandarins in the past or houses of rich traders. Houses there are traditional-styled houses (often nha ruong Hue) and they are surrounded by gardens. Hue garden-houses were opened for tourists since the Hue Festival 2000. Since then they have become favorite destinations. The most famous garden-houses include An Hien, Lac Tinh Vien, Ngoc Son Princess, etc. However, these garden-houses are now almost closed. Le Khanh Tuan, the owner of a garden-house, explained: “I have to wear ao dai (traditional gown for men) khan dong (ready-to-wear turban for men) and stand at the gate to welcome tourists, make tea for them and sometimes I have to leave my meal to introduce the garden-house to tourists but I earn nothing.” Nguyen Thi Tuy, who also owns a garden-house, said that her garden-house has been opened for free for nearly ten years. “We want to introduce our garden-houses… Read full this story
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