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I promised with a friend of mine to write a journal about my hometown. I was born in Hue City, an antique city of the middle province of Vietnam. I think many people have heard about my place, which is quite famous with the tourists when they come to Vietnam. But this is the first time I wrote a journal about my hometown.
Hue City was an old capital of Vietnam in the Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945. It's quite small but very quiet and peaceful place. It is well known for the two World Cultural heritages, Nha nhac and the Citadel palace complex. Nha nhac is a form of Vietnamese court music which was only performed for the Emperor and royal family.
The Citadel Palace complex is located on the North bank of Huong River, inside Hue City. I don't know anything about geomancy but it was said to be protected by the two sand dunes as "dargon on the left, tiger on ther right"
Here are some pictures of my Hue city. The two first pictures are about the Citadel at night and day. At some special events such as Independence day, the Tet holiday or the Festival, the Citadel is lighted with many coloured lamps at night. It's very beautiful.
The last picture is about the Truong Tien brigde. It's the bridge which is across the Huong river. It was built at 1897 at the time of Thanh Thai Emperor. Do you know who designed it? The designer was Gustavel Eiffel who was famous for the Eiffel tower. In the evening, the Truong Tien brigde is also lighted by many lights with 6 mainly colours: green, yellow, red, blue, white and pink. I want to add another of its picture at night here but I can't.
I'll continue to write about my place in another journal.
Hue City was an old capital of Vietnam in the Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945. It's quite small but very quiet and peaceful place. It is well known for the two World Cultural heritages, Nha nhac and the Citadel palace complex. Nha nhac is a form of Vietnamese court music which was only performed for the Emperor and royal family.
The Citadel Palace complex is located on the North bank of Huong River, inside Hue City. I don't know anything about geomancy but it was said to be protected by the two sand dunes as "dargon on the left, tiger on ther right"
Here are some pictures of my Hue city. The two first pictures are about the Citadel at night and day. At some special events such as Independence day, the Tet holiday or the Festival, the Citadel is lighted with many coloured lamps at night. It's very beautiful.
The last picture is about the Truong Tien brigde. It's the bridge which is across the Huong river. It was built at 1897 at the time of Thanh Thai Emperor. Do you know who designed it? The designer was Gustavel Eiffel who was famous for the Eiffel tower. In the evening, the Truong Tien brigde is also lighted by many lights with 6 mainly colours: green, yellow, red, blue, white and pink. I want to add another of its picture at night here but I can't.
I'll continue to write about my place in another journal.
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The two first pictures are about of the Citadel at night and during the day.
The last picture is of about the Truong Tien bridge.
I want to add another of its picture of it at night here, but I can't.
My Hometown
I promised with a friend of mine that I would to write a journal entry about my hometown.
I was born in Hue City, an antique ancient city of the middle province of Vietnam. We use "antique" to refer more to small things.
I think many people have heard about my this place, which is quite famous with the tourists when they come to Vietnam.
But this is the first time I've wrote written a journal about my hometown. Here, "I wrote" isn't wrong, but we're more likely to say "this is the first time I have written."
Hue City was an old capital of Vietnam in during the Nguyen Dynasty, which lasted/ruled from 1802 to 1945.
It's quite small, but it's a very quiet and peaceful place.
It is well known for its Imperial City, which is a World Heritage Site, and for the type of music known as nha nhac. I rewrote this sentence for you. In English, Kinh thanh Hue would be called the Imperial City of Hue.
Nha nhac is a form of Vietnamese court music which was only performed for the emperor and the royal family. We only capitalize "emperor" when it's followed by a name (for example, Emperor Le Loi) or when it's a specific position (e.g. Le Loi held the position of Emperor of Vietnam).
The citadel Palace complex is located on the north bank of the Huong River, inside Hue City. In this case, the citadel is the structure outside the Imperial City itself.
I don't know anything about geomancy, but it was said to be protected by the two sand dunes as "dargon dragon on the left, tiger on ther right."
Here are some pictures of my Hue city.
The two first pictures are about of the citadel at night and during the day.
At some special events such as Independence Day, the Tet holiday, or the festival, the citadel is lighted lit with many coloured lamps at night. Which festival? If you mean a specific one (like the Mid-Autumn Festival), then you can capitalize the "f" in "festival."
It's the bridge which is goes across the Huong river. If you say "the bridge is across the river," it sounds like the bridge is on the other side of the river.
It was built at 1897 at the time of Emperor Thanh Thai Emperor.
The designer was Gustavel Eiffel, who was famous for designing the Eiffel Tower.
In the evening, the Truong Tien brigde bridge is also lighted lit by many lights with 6 mainly colours: green, yellow, red, blue, white and pink.
I'll continue to write about my place city in another journal entry. Or you could say "I'll continue to write about this place..."
-I think most of the places where you say "citadel" should be changed to say "Imperial City." In English and in the case of the Imperial City of Hue, the citadel surrounds the Imperial City.
-A lot of native English speakers won't know what geomancy is. I had to look it up to check if my guess was correct.
Nice job! I understood almost everything you were trying to express. I look forward to reading more about your city!
It's quite small and is a very quiet and peaceful place. (If you used 'but' you are making a comparison, whereas here, you want to indicate three aspects of the city.)
I don't know anything about geomancy, but it was said to be protected by the two sand dunes; as "a dragon on the left and a tiger on ther right".
During some special events such as Independence day, the Tet holiday or other festivals, the citadel is lit with many coloured lamps at night.
It's the bridge which crosses the Huong river and was built in 1897 during the reign of Emperor Thanh Thai. (I've added the next sentence here because they both relate to the bridge.)
It was built at 1897 at the time of Thanh Thai Emperor.
Good grammar, sentence structure and paragraphs. Just some minor mistakes which are really easy to correct.
Keep it up!
I've been to the north and south of Vietnam, but never to the centre. I've always wanted to visit Hue City so maybe you can show me around the next time I'm there... ^_^