City Pass through Hoi An

Starting the day with some strong Vietnamese coffee and my new suave hat that I bought because its soooooooooooooo hot!

The Tan Ky historical house.     

The house is 2 centuries old, 7 generations have lived in the house. It is so close to the river, that when it floods the house fills with water and they move all the furniture upstairs. 

There are the flood lines - pretty hectic hey!

The lady from the 6th generation sitting at the desk!

All the engraving and decoration is made from mother of pearl.

All the furniture is made from teak with mother of pearl. 

The Confucius Cup or Pythogorean Cup. When the cup is filled, liquid rises up to the chamber at the top of the second column. As long as the liquid does not rise above the top of the chamber, the cup functions normally. If the level rises, the liquid spills through the first chamber and out of the bottom of the cup. Hydro-static pressure creates a siphon and empties the entire cup. It is also know as the cup of gluttony. In Chinese philosophy this is what it means:

A legend says that when ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius nearly died of hunger and thirst on a journey through the desert, he met an old man who led him to a pond and gave him a cup to scoop water.

He scooped up a full cup but when he brought it to his mouth, there was no water. Surprised, he found that the cup had a small hole at the bottom which water fell through when the cup was full. He finally understood that he could not drink the water unless he only partially filled the cup.

Confucius then theorised that human beings needed to control their behaviours and keep their minds level, not in extremes, and live as gentleman with human love, faith, righteousness, wisdom and loyalty. Later on, the legendary cup that saved Confucius was named the Cup of Confucius and his followers produced similar cups in order to practise and propagate his doctrine.

The Cup of Confucius in Tan Ky house maintains its original strangeness because if someone attempts to fill it more than 80 per cent, all the water falls out. 

The Assembly Hall of the Fujian Chinese Congregation. It was an assembly hall, it is now a temple for worship.

Beautiful gardens.

There are massive spirals of incense burning throughout the entire temples.  

Everywhere you look, they hang from the ceilings.

Beautiful shrine.

Cute boat!

Surprisingly the smell of incense is not overwhelming!

Dragon pond. 

Chua Ong Temple. 

Amazing doors! 

The pond reflecting bad omens!

The shrine.

Strange horses!

Painting of Buddha. 

The National Hoi An Museum.

Traditional Vietnamese paintings.

Name of the museum.

And after walking in the hot sun, you can go for a a barber shave and an ear clean....sounds fanBLOODYtastic!