Hey what's up everybody? It is Cory here.
I am near the Temple of Literature, called Văn Miếu, and that is actually across the street.
That's the entrance gate.
So the Temple of Literature was a place where a lot of students went to become doctors, professors...
Very scholarly people from a long time ago would go there.
That is Vietnam's first National University.
After the students are finished with doing all their studies and exams over there
they would come over to this side of the street.
And this area is called Hồ Văn, and that is Lake Văn.
And around here, it's very peaceful, it's very tranquil.
And so the students would come here, they would have tea, they would eat snacks,
they would philosophize with each other,
they would debate.
They would just do all kinds of leisurely things around this area.
Right now, during Tết, during the Lunar New Year week
you can come here and they setup this kind of like mock ancient village.
And they have a lot of different artisans, and craftsman selling goods.
And especially right in the front part, in the courtyard, there's a bunch of very talented calligraphy artists.
What I mean by calligraphy is they do the Chinese characters.
And they do amazing brushwork, and so we're going to go check that out.
I'll probably pick up a scroll for my home, and uhhmmm... yeah, let's go guys!
So they have a book and you can choose the writing that you want done on the scroll.
This one doesn't have any English, but some of these guys do speak some English.
So you can choose the different type of paper that you want for the scroll.
Once they're done, he's using the blowdryer to dry off all the ink.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this kind of like chill walk around Lake Văn.
And I got my scroll, I'm going to hang it up in my house.
It's a really nice addition and a great way to start off the new year.
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Bye!