Dong Ba Market Hue

Dong Ba Market Hue

One of the must see sites in Hue is Dong Ba Market. Roaming around this food market would add new color to your visit to this Vietnamese city. Dong Ba Market in Old Hue is near the position where the Dong Ba Canal merges with the Perfume River. If you want to know certain things regarding Vietnamese food or culture, you must come to this place. What consists in the attraction towards this market is the preservation of ancient distinctiveness. Dong Ba Market is near the eastern corner of the Citadel.

Tourists make visit to Dong Ba Market not only because they can buy many goods and local specialties, but because in their hearts it is a symbol of Hue's civilization.

Along with the name of Hue's largest market and the first steel bridge across the Dong Ba River and Dong Ba Street, Dong Ba also marks a small canal linking the bazaar with the busy river port of Bao Vinh, Lo Street and Thanh Ha.

The marketplace was formerly positioned outside the citadel's Chanh Dong Gate (also commonly called Dong Ba), where today you will find a park at the end of Phan Dang Luu Street.

Delving into the history of this place, you will find that the bazaar was burnt down in the summer of 1885. In 1887, King Dong Khanh had it reconstructed and named it Dong Ba. However, in the year 1889, King Thanh Thai had it shifted to the present site at the crossroads of the Huong River and the west bank of the Dong Ba Canal. Regarding the causes behind the markets popularity, it's convenient location has to be taken into account.

Dong Ba Market provided the platform for the conventional crafts in the city of Hue. Today, the market still sells many traditional products of the region: Phu Cam conical hats
Hien Luong scissors
bronze articles of the Duc guild
Phuoc Tich pottery
Bao La rattan and bamboo products
Ke Mon jewelry
Nam Thuan sweets
Tuan tea
Huong Can mandarins
Luong Quan-Nguyet Bieu pomelos and
Tinh Tarn lotus
And everyday Hue dishes such as clam rice, beef noodles, shrimp cakes, pancakes, bean puddings, sour shrimps, and My Lai shredded l

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