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The capital city of Hanoi in someone’s eyes can be a bustling urban area with car horns, luxurious sparkling electric lights or rows of bustling modern high-rise buildings. But for the children of Hanoi, the capital of thousands of years of civilization is only “condensed” in the alleys – small, narrow and humble spaces that are still enough to nurture many generations born and raised…
When talking about Hanoi, we don’t just talk about the Turtle Tower or the Temple of Literature? These alleys nestled in the heart of the bustling city are not famous landmarks on the world tourist map, but are a unique feature of Hanoi alone. There are alleys that cannot fit two vehicles, there are alleys where you have to stoop while standing, there are alleys with rough roads filled with bricks and stones, there are dark alleys that are deep and dark, if you are not familiar with the road you have to walk slowly. turn on the phone’s flash… However, those seemingly imperfect things are the beauty that makes the capital a quiet and ancient capital, a discreet charm that cannot be mixed with any other land.
Not only is it a path or the result of the urbanization process in suburban areas, alleys are also places where generations of people live together, where “neighbors turn out their lights at night to each other”, where shops and restaurants give afternoon gifts to each other. crowded markets, where children shoot marbles, where stray cats sleep peacefully, where cultural history is preserved, where busy adults seek refuge after a long, bustling day…
Sometimes when walking in the alley, smelling the fragrant smell of kitchen smoke, I know that someone is cooking roasted meat this afternoon. The shady green alley is a gathering place to relieve the heat every afternoon when the power goes out. The alley embraces a corner of the yard and a fierce childhood space. The alley is also where the partition walls are clothes drying racks, racks for hanging potted plants, a giant “concrete drilling and cutting” advertising sign, and the backs for bicycles and brooms to sweep the yard. stomp. Each alley tells a different story, about the daily life of the people living there.
Born in the alley, grown up in the alley, that can also be a reasonable explanation for the humble, rustic personalities like the small alleys of Hanoi people.
No one can go fast in the alley, that’s why Hanoi people “can’t rush”.
Alley houses are close together, so the neighborly relationship becomes warmer.
The alley is small and rustic, so naturally people gradually get used to a simple and humble lifestyle.
The alley is the rhythm of life, the soul of Hanoi people. Small alleys and small streets will stay forever in every person of Hanoi in some way, regardless of the fading and twists of time…
