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Halong Guide
Sights to visit
Places
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that you will cruise to in our trip to Halong Bay, Bai Tu Long Bay, Quan
Lan Island, Cat Ba Island. Cruise off the beaten path.
Vong Vieng Fishing Village
Cap La Fishing Village
Cong Do Fishing Village
Cong Dam Fishing Village
Thien Canh Son Cave
Sung Sot Cave
Master Cave
Quan Lan
Island
Hon
Co Island
Titov Beach
Cat Oan Beach
Minh Chau Beach
Bai Tu
Long Bay
Activities to join
Things to do
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that you will do to in our trips
Kayaking
Fishing
Swimming
Rock
Climbing
Trekking
Cooking
Studying geological values
Studying the biodiversity
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Halong Cultural and Historical Value
The beauty of
Hạ Long Bay consists in
its mountains, water, clouds, caves and grottoes. Many, however, do
not realize that Hạ Long
was also the cradle of an ancient people who helped create the
present Hạ Long culture.
At the end of 1937, a Swedish archaeologist named Anderson, together
with two French archaeologist sisters named Conani, journeyed for
months through Hạ Long
sea. They climbed mountains, visited caves and explored the
coastline, finding many stone artifacts: axes, grinding tables,
sewing needles and jewellery. They called the culture that formed
these remnants “Ngọc Vừng” In the months and years following,
Vietnamese archaeologists continued their research and made many
excavations; discovering more archaeological sites, such as Đồng
Mang, Xích Thổ and Soi Nhụ. Through an area of some hundreds of
square kilometres, they discovered many stone artifacts and pieces
of broken designed pottery.
Throughout its development,
Hạ Long has had a particularly important position; being
situated on the communication routes between China, Japan and
Thailand. Gradually, it became the centre of cultural and commercial
exchanges between these countries and ancient Vietnam. The book
Comprehensive History of Đậi Việt reads: "In the second month of the
spring of the year of Kỷ Tỵ, the 10th year of the reign of Lư Anh
Tông (1149), the commercial port of Vân Đồn was established.” In the
long period overlapping the Lư, Trần and Lê dynasties, Vân Đồn was a
place of busy commercial and cultural exchanges between Vietnam and
its South-East Asian neighbors. A remaining vestige of the ancient
commercial port is Cái Làng Wharf (Quan Lan).
Vân Đồn is also a site that witnessed glorious feats of war against
the invasion of the Yuan-Mongols aggressors. It was here that the
enemy, General Trương Hổ, had an entire fleet of food supply boats
set ablaze by Trần Khánh Dư. This contributed greatly to the victory
of Bạch Đằng.
Closely linked to this animated commercial centre were many
religious architectural constructions; built to meet the
requirements of both traders and the population that practiced
Catholicism and Buddhism.
At Soi Nhụ, researchers found three fossilized human skeletons.
In particular, in the central zone of the present UNESCO World
Heritage Site area, there have been recent discoveries of
fascinating archaeological finds: Mê Cung, Thiên Long and Tiên Ông
grottoes. The quantity of ancient shellfish in the Melina Spring,
indicated by the 1.5 m-thick heaps of shells, amounts to hundreds of
cubic metres.
The archaeological sites of the Hạ Long culture are distributed
everywhere, but are mostly found on the sandy beaches of the
coastline, and in these caves and grottoes: Ngọc Vừng, Tuần Châu,
Xích Thô and Đông Mang. There are also sites far from the coast,
such as Thoi Giêng and Tiên Ông. Wherever the remnants of the first
peoples of Hạ Long are found, they seem to bear a common
characteristic: the same materials, techniques, forms and designs.
Scientists have called it the "Hạ Long culture of the late period
of the new Stone Age.”
In Cái Làng Wharf, along to 200m-long coastline scientists had found
broken pieces of pottery and china forming a 0.6 m-thick layer. Ages
date from between the Lư and Trần dynasties. Here, there are also
foundations of ancient houses once built along the wharf. Apart from
here, many other ancient wharves have been found, such as: Cống Đông,
Công Yên, Ngọc Vừng, Quan Lạn and Cái Bầu. They have featured
similar artifacts.
On Cống Đông Island alone, four pagodas were built. Among them, the
Lâm Pagoda is one of the most ancient in the area. It was built
under the Trần Dynasty with three gates, a shrine to Buddha,
anterior cult room and house of ancestors. On the north-east side of
the pagoda was a tower, the remnants of which indicate it was a
large and solemn construction.
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