4 hours
10
14+
Tu Duc Pagoda
The National Language is a symbol of Vietnamese culture, helping to preserve and promote the nation’s traditional cultural values. The National Language is also a powerful tool to create and develop Vietnamese literature, art, science, and education.Let’s pick up our phones and wander through the alleys, pagodas, universities, churches and mausoleums in Saigon and Cho Quan to learn about the story of the formation and development of Chinese writing. us today. From there, find the relationship between people and landscapes in photography and awaken the inspiration to wander, wander, and explore on each road.We invite you to join SFP in going back to the past of more than a thousand years of Vietnamese writing. Through the remaining architectural works, we hope we can share with you the story of the formation and development of the Vietnamese language in a most special way: the viewfinders of film cameras!
Around 14:00 – 14:30 PM
You will go to Tu Duc Pagoda and can park your car in the parking lot on the small coffee shop. Then, you will gather, settle down and listen to instructions on the film camera.
Learn about architecture and the influence of Buddhism on the beliefs and lifestyle of Vietnamese people. Listen to the sharing from the temple keeper and stories about human life.
Walk around the green streets of Saigon and hear the story about the cause and birth of the national language as well as the pride of the ancient Vietnamese people.
End the journey at one of Saigon's first churches. Listen to the story of Truong Vinh Ky's life and contributions.