Hoi An played an important role in
international trade as a main SE Asia stopover in the Maritime Silk
Road.
By the 17th and 18th centuries it had become one of the most important Southeast Asian trading ports welcoming foreign traders.
They traded in silk, china, pottery,
and spices.
In 1999 Hoi An ancient town was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site because of its remarkably intact state.
Hoi An was an international port of
Vietnam and an important place on the Silk Road of the world.
For local fishermen, the boat is seen as the most precious
property. Many fisher families still live in their own boat as a house.
They paint eyes at the bow because they think that the boat needs eyes to see things clearly in the front, to navigate well and avoid dangers.
Water buffalo were essential to the development
of the country's agrarian economy. In a nation where rice is the main export buffalo is
undoubtedly the most essential animal.
A
buffalo can work for long periods, in variable weather conditions, pull
plows in the rice fields and help carry heavy loads.
For the most part, they haven’t
been replaced by machinery because machines will only be able to work in large
fields and can’t work in small and narrow spaces with different topography.
Not to mention, buying modern machines takes lots of money which Vietnamese farmers can’t afford.
