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Yen Tu Mountain – home to vendors of bamboo sprouts
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel Blog on January 3, 2010
Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province is famous for wonderful scenery and ancient, beautiful pagodas. Each year thousands of pilgrims from around the country come during the annual Yen Tu Spring Festival to climb the pilgrimage route from the foot of the mountain to Dong Pagoda.
More recently the mountain has also gained a reputation for the number of bamboo sprouts vendors who come there to earn a living.
Thanks to the availability of the cable cars it is easy to reach the top of Yen Tu Mountain whose peak is over 1,000m above sea level. But the vendors still trek up the mountain over large slippery rocks to find bamboo shoots and other valuable health plants. To them, the imposing Yen Tu Mountain is an asset to help them survive the hardships.
Van Don – An attractive archipelago in the northeastern
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel Blog on December 29, 2009
Van Don Archipelago is about 50 km northeast of Ha Long City. It belongs to the island district of Van Don – one of the four key economic-tourism areas in Quang Ninh Province.
With over 600 islands and islets which are arranged as a great wall in Bai Tu Long Bay, next and connected to Ha Long Bay, Van Don is considered as a nature wonder. In addition, it was one of the first wealthy commercial ports in Viet Nam under the Ly and Tran dynasties (from the 11th – 13th century). Unspoiled natural beauty and cultural, historical values make Van Don as a buffet of sightseeing for tourists.
For nature lovers, they will be attracted by charming white-sand beaches with clear blue water such as Long Beach (
Bai Dai) in Cai Bau Island, Ngoc Vung Beach in Ngoc Vung Island and Quan Lan Beach, Minh Chau Beach, Son Hao Beach in Quan Lan Island. All the beaches here are really fascinating for tourists with their pristine beauty and pure environment. Some beaches spread over several kilometers and some of meters away from the beaches stand the very green wild casuarinas, which further add to its original charm. Some other notable landscapes in Van Don are the Van Mountain (the mountain is covered by cloud) at 445 metres high on Ban Sen Island, the Bai Tu Long National Park on Ba Mun Island and so on. Read the rest of this entry »
Yen Tu Festival
Posted by Huyen Tran in Festivals, Travel Blog on December 18, 2009
A popular saying goes: “Even after 100 years of virtuous religious life, if you don’t come to Yen Tu you cannot be called a true religious person”. Pilgrimage to Yen Tu Festival in respect of Buddha and sightseeing is so meaningful…
Situated within the immense arched mountain range of north-eastern Vietnam, Yen Tu Mountain in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province bears at its peak the Dong Pagoda: at an altitude of 1,068m above sea level. The beauty of Yen Tu consists in the majesty of its mountains mingling with the ancient and solemn quietness of its pagodas, shrines and towers. Yen Tu has been a centre of Buddhism for many centuries, and is the starting point of the Buddhist sect of Truc Lam. Travellers to Yen Tu Festival to stay away from the mundane and go on a religion pilgrimage in the midst of the mighty nature.
Bach Dang Stake – Yard
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations on December 11, 2009
Location: Located in the marshy zone of Yen Giang Commune, Yen Hung District, Quang Ninh Province, that borders the Chanh River.
Characteristics: The stake-yard is the site where Tran Hung Dao, a national hero of the 13th century, is forever honoured.
It was officially recognized as one of Vietnam’s historic vestiges on March 22, 1988; the 700th anniversary of a great victory at Bach Dang against Mongol invaders.
When the local people built a dyke in 1953, they discovered the Bach Dang stake-yard. There remain hundreds of stakes arranged in the zigzag-shaped (shape of the letter Z). Some are vertical; some others are inclined 15o to the east. Most of the stakes are made of ironwood. They were bevelled in one end, and their heads were broken. Their average length ranges from 2 to 2.8m, even up to 3.2m. The bevelled part is 0.8 to 1m. The stakes lie 0.5-1.5m under ground. The whole 220m2 stake ground is now protected by dyke. Of the stakes, 42 remain intact 2m under a layer of mud and jut out 0.2-2m. The density of stakes in the southern part of the ground is 1 stake over 0.9-1m2; meanwhile that of the northern part is 1 stake over 1.5-2m2. Just 3km away from the town centre, the Tran Hung Dao Temple lies at a strip of land stretching to the middle of the river in Yen Giang Commune. Legend has it that when Tran Hung Dao came to Trung Ban mound to investigate the topography of the locality to prepare for the Bach Dang battle, his hair knot got loose. He stopped, pushing his sword in the ground, to twist his hair into a chignon. The local fishermen saw this and built a temple dedicated to him right in this place. Read the rest of this entry »
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