Referring to landscapes, places with charming water in Vietnam, we can hardly mention Ha Long Bay. That name is Vietnamese who knows. It is not only beautiful in the present or in the future but it is beautiful in ancient times in the poem of Nguyen Khoa Diem: "The chicken, the toad of the motherland also turns Ha Long into a landscape." Recently, Ha Long Bay was recognized by UNESCO as one of the seven most beautiful wonders in the world. Do not know that Ha Long has what it is so honored to?
Halong Bay also has the legend that the Jade Emperor sent Mother Dragon carrying a baby dragon down to help the Vietnamese fight the enemy. The boat from the sea rushing to the shore just at the Dragon to the world. The Dragon immediately sprayed the fire to burn the enemy boat, part of the Chau Ngoc stone wall made a horrendous to make the enemy boat crashed to shatter, blocking the progress of the foreign.
After the invasion, see the peaceful earth, the trees are good, the people here hard work, hard, united to help each other, Dragon Mother and Baby Dragon do not return to heaven but stay in the world, where The battle to protect the Dai Viet people forever. Mother Mother landed in Ha Long; The Son of the Son is Bai Tu Long and the flock of white dragons is Bach Long Vi (Tra Co peninsula today, with sandy beaches longer than 15 km).
Another myth has it that in a time when the country has foreign invaders, a dragon flew along the river down to the sea and landed in the northeastern coastal area, making it a stepping stone. Naval troops. The dragon-landed shelter for the country is called Ha Long.
First of all, the location of Ha Long Bay is in the Northeast of Vietnam. Halong Bay is part of the Gulf of Tonkin, including the waters of Ha Long City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Island District. Don. To the southwest, the bay borders Cat Ba Island, the east is the sea, the rest is adjacent to the mainland with a 120 km coastline, limited to 106058 '- 107022' east latitude and 20045 '- 20050' north latitude with total area of 1553 km2.
Next to the island here are 1969 large and small islands, of which 989 islands have names and 980 islands have not been named. There are two types of islands that are limestone islands and cliff islands in Bai Dai Long and Halong Bay. Here we see a series of beautiful and famous caves. The World Heritage Site has an area of 434 km2, including 775 islands, as a triangle with three peaks, West Wood Island, Ba Ham Lake (south), Cong Tay Island east) the adjacent area is the buffer zone and national scenic spots ranked by the Ministry of Culture and Information in 1962.
Come to Ha Long, people can not take their eyes off the scenery here. What is the mountain, which is the water with the caves really fascinating people want to go to the end to find the finite in the infinite of the sky, the mountain. We assume that the mountain is like the giants, sitting in the boat that looked up to measure the height of the mountains is really eyed. Here we know all is how majestic, what is the friendship between water and young. Salty sea water that distant taste of salt. Cave with stalactites as falling, but really is not falling. It was as fast as thousands of drops of liquid jade glitter stick together but not fall down.
The people here are really lovely too. They are not only hospitable, but also as a tour guide who speaks about the scene and steers the driver to where he wants to go. The people here warmly when guests come and when the guests leave the impression that the fading people of the country with romantic feelings as salty as sea salt.
It is here that Halong Bay is worthy of being one of the seven wonders of the world. If you have been here, you must be very impressed by the beauty and the people here. And those who have not come, come quickly to enjoy what is the gift, what is mother nature.