Attractive 'green circle' of Quyet mountain in Vinh city
(Baonghean.vn) - Vinh City is focusing on attracting investment projects to build the Quyet Mountain Forest Park complex with many important construction items covering an area of 155 hectares.
Spiritual destination
After the great victory in the Spring of Ky Dau 1789, Emperor Quang Trung embarked on the task of building and consolidating the country. After many times passing through Nghe An, realizing that this was a land of spiritual and talented people, he issued an edict to build Phuong Hoang Trung Do citadel in Yen Truong land, Chau Loc district, now Trung Do ward, Vinh city.
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| King Quang Trung Temple on top of Dung Quyet Mountain. Photo: Nguyen Book |
The outer wall of Phoenix Central Capital was built of earth and laterite, in a quadrilateral shape with a perimeter of about 2,820m, a rampart of 3-4m high, and an area of 22 hectares. Surrounding the outside of the wall is a moat about 30m wide and 2.5-3m deep. The inner wall was built of bricks and laterite, with a perimeter of 1,680m and a height of 2m.
Inside the citadel there is a 3-storey building with laterite steps in front and 2 corridors in the back connecting to Thai Hoa Palace, which was used for King Quang Trung's court meetings.
Unfortunately, when the Phoenix citadel was just completed, the plan to move the capital was still unfinished when the Emperor suddenly passed away. In response to the people's wishes, to show gratitude to the national hero, the People's Committee of Nghe An province decided to build a temple to worship King Quang Trung in block 2, Trung Do ward, Vinh city.
The temple is located on the second peak of Dung Quyet mountain, 97m above sea level, in the sacred land chosen by King Quang Trung as the capital more than 220 years ago. The project was inaugurated on May 7, 2008.
This is a spiritual and cultural project associated with tourism, meeting the needs of domestic and foreign tourists to admire and commemorate the merits of Emperor Quang Trung and enjoy the landscape of a cultural region with charming mountains and rivers, a land of outstanding people rich in epics, imbued with the identity of Nghe An.
“On average, each year, the Temple welcomes over 110,000 visitors to offer incense and visit to learn about history. Every year, there are two major holidays at the Temple: Emperor Quang Trung's death anniversary (July 29th of the lunar calendar) and Ngoc Hoi - Dong Da Victory Day (January 5th of the lunar calendar).
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| Many cultural activities take place at Emperor Quang Trung Temple. Photo: Sy Minh - Duc Anh. |
Green park in the heart of the city
Dung Quyet Mountain with its heroic vestiges in the fight to protect the Red City is also an attractive tourist destination. Right at the foot of Dung Quyet Mountain is the winding Lam River, creating a unique natural landscape.
Standing on the top of Dung Quyet mountain, visitors can see four directions: To the West is Kim Lien - Nam Dan, the hometown of President Ho Chi Minh; to the East is Cua Lo - a beautiful and poetic beach resort; to the Southeast is the church of the great poet Nguyen Du and Hong mountain - Lam river; to the North is the whole view of Vinh city with modern constructions.
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| Dung Quyet Mountain seen from above. Photo: Sach Nguyen |
Along with that are old pine forests, rich vegetation, cool, fresh air, winding, poetic mountain roads, creating a "miniature Da Lat" in the heart of the city, which will be an attractive eco-tourism resort.
Currently, Vinh city has planned the Lam Vien - Dung Quyet mountain tourist area with a total area of over 155 hectares. Including many construction items such as: forest park area, entertainment areas.
At the highest peak of the mountain, a flagpole area will be built, with a viewing platform and a model of King Quang Trung's Phoenix Capital. At the foot of Dung Quyet Mountain, where the poetic Lam River is located, many games with strong national colors and many modern games will be arranged.
According to the planning of Quyet Mountain Forest Park, there will be many items: The stele of the Phoenix Trung Do relic on the old Dragon tower in the middle of the Phoenix capital; The watchtower on the top of Dung Quyet Mountain - where Ly Nhat Quang once built the Hai Dai watchtower; asphalt road to the top of the mountain; Temple of King Quang Trung; Nghinh Phong Quan; rockery; aquarium park; supermarket; moon-viewing tower; construction of a road serving tourists to walk and enjoy the scenery; a cable car line nearly 2,000m long at an altitude of more than 100m, starting from the watchtower on the top of the mountain, crossing Lam River to Nghi Xuan - Ha Tinh...
Mr. Bui Quang Phuong - Head of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vinh city said: "The planning for the construction of Quyet Mountain Forest Park was approved by the Provincial People's Committee in 2008, and then the planning was adjusted with 4 areas: Reception area, small war relic park; ecological landscape park area; conservation area, embellishment and promotion of the value of Ben Thuy intersection.
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| Scenery on top of Quyet mountain. Photo: Sach Nguyen - Thanh Phuc |
Accordingly, Quyet Mountain Forest Park is located in Vinh and surrounding tourist clusters, which is considered the second largest tourist cluster in the North Central region.
From here, many domestic and international tours and routes can be built such as: Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Cua Lo; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Kim Lien Relic Site; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Do Luong - Pu Mat Primeval Forest; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Homeland of Great Poet Nguyen Du; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Laos; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Ha Long; Quyet Mountain - Ben Thuy - Hainan (China) with many types of tourism: Sightseeing, research; spiritual; eco-resort; transit; Entertainment...
Currently, some items in the planning have been completed and put into use, but in order for Quyet Mountain Park to become an attractive tourist destination, there needs to be synchronous investment. The city is promoting attracting investors with many preferential policies to awaken the tourism potential of Quyet Mountain Park.
