Editing Hanoi (section)

=== Old Quarter ===
{{Main|Old Quarter, Hanoi{{!}}Old Quarter}}
[[File:Old Quarter, Hanoi (12) (38496654951).jpg|thumb|A street in [[Old Quarter, Hanoi|Hanoi's Old Quarter]]|215x215px]]The Old Quarter, near [[Hoàn Kiếm Lake]], maintains most of the original street layout and some of the architecture of old Hanoi. At the beginning of the 20th century Hanoi consisted of the "36 streets", the citadel, and some of the newer French buildings south of Hoàn Kiếm lake, most of which are now part of Hoàn Kiếm district.{{sfn|Logan|2000|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}} Each street had merchants and households specializing in a particular trade, such as silk, jewelry or even bamboo. The street names still reflect these specializations, although few of them remain exclusively in their original commerce.{{sfn|Forbes|Henley|2012|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}} The area is famous for its specializations in trades such as traditional medicine and local handicrafts, including silk shops, bamboo carpenters, and tin smiths. Local cuisine specialties as well as several clubs and bars can be found here also. A night market (near [[Đồng Xuân Market]]) in the heart of the district opens for business every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening with a variety of clothing, souvenirs and food.

The city's more than six decades of French colonization, as well as centuries of sociocultural influence from China, have influenced the designs of the old houses in Hanoi. The Franco-Chinese or hybrid architectural styles can be reflected in the front of a house in the co-existence of French-styled columns, Confucian scrolls, the Taoist yin-yang sign, and the Buddhist lotus sculpture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Vuong |first1=Quan-Hoang |last2=Bui |first2=Quang-Khiem |last3=La |first3=Viet-Phuong |last4=Vuong |first4=Thu-Trang |last5=Ho |first5=Manh-Toan |last6=Nguyen |first6=Hong-Kong T. |last7=Nguyen |first7=Hong-Ngoc |last8=Nghiem |first8=Kien-Cuong P. |last9=Ho |first9=Manh-Tung |date=2019-01-01 |title=Cultural evolution in Vietnam's early 20th century: A Bayesian networks analysis of Hanoi Franco-Chinese house designs |journal=Social Sciences & Humanities Open |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=100001 |doi=10.1016/j.ssaho.2019.100001 |s2cid=203239554 |issn=2590-2911 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1903.00817 }}</ref>