Visiting Hanoi 2- the Temple of Literature

This weekend we visited more things in Hanoi. We visited the Temple of Literature which is the site of the very first university in Vietnam- needless to say this was a long time ago (though I can`t give you the exact dates). There were many students there in cap and gown with their framed diplomas with proud parents taking their pictures. The grounds of the temple were so calm and peaceful after the hussle and bussle of Hanoi. It was like a little oasis in the middle of the city.

Entrance to the Temple of Literature

animal hedges, a cousin of our Peace House rat perhaps?

Tablets for each year of doctoral graduates, each graduates name is inscibed and the tablets sit on a turtle's back

graduates!

One of the many Vietnamese kings