Tai Chi class – Authentic Hanoi experience you never forget

[Orient Skyline Travel]

Get up to the first sun ray and head to the surrounding streets and green parks near where you stay to experience authentic Hanoi in early morning. Once arrive, you will be amazed seeing many Hanoians of all ages, at that early, gathering in those parks for morning socializing as they often practice some sort of sport and exercise together. This is also a good opportunity for them to socialize with friends of same age and interest before wave goodbye for their own daily life tasks. The most popular place, perhaps the best, is Hoan Kiem lake, one of the Hanoi attractions, which has beautiful background of a tranquil lake surrounded with green trees and dotted with a red bridge connecting to the old Ngoc Son temple, one of Hanoi’s highlight, built on an island in the middle of the lake. Every day at around 5:30 o’clock while the city is still a little sleepy, Hoan Kiem lake is already awaken up with hundreds of people, who live around the old quarter, coming to the lake for their morning jogging and exercising. Take a leisurely stroll around the lake, you will encounter many different types of sports and exercises which people are practicing such as Tai Chi, a slow pace martial art and Hanoi people practice this to strengthen their health and endurance. Looking at the movement one may think it is very slow and simple to practice and may wonder how people can improve health practicing this.

In reality, Tai Chi follows the principle of reaching the great harmony between the two extremes Jin and Jang and does not require quick and powerful muscle strokes. Its movement rhythm is the consequence of the regular combination of a calm mind, breath controlling in accordance with the movement of hands, waist and legs. For a truly authentic Hanoi city tour, just join in for some firsthand practice. If you want to join in something quick and muscled, continue the walk and you will come across aerobics class of younger ladies standing around their training coach with a high volume loud speaker twisting their arms up in the air and spin their hips and thighs. Journey on to the other side, roll up your pans and join in kicking the shuttle cock game (known as da cau in Vietnamese), try to keep it up in the air using all body parts except your hands.

As Hanoi shifts its gear when the traffic increases, the motorbikes weave in chaos with honking, visit one of the Hanoi styled coffee parlous overlooking the lake view, enriching your Hanoi tour authentic experience with some sip of strong coffee while watching the world goes by.

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