Famous tourist destinations associated with dragon images in Vietnam

Strangely enough, on this S-shaped strip of land, places associated with the image of a dragon are famously beautiful. There are places that the whole world wants to admire.

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Ha Long Bay

According to legend: when the Vietnamese people had just established their country, they were invaded by foreign invaders. The Jade Emperor sent Mother Dragon and a group of Child Dragons down to earth to help the Vietnamese fight the invaders. The enemy ships from the sea rushed to shore just as the Dragons arrived in the earth. The Dragons immediately spat out countless pearls and transformed into thousands of rocky islands on the sea, like a solid wall blocking the advance of the enemy warships.

The place where the dragons spewed out treasures is now Ha Long Bay, in Quang Ninh province. At 7 p.m. (GMT) on November 11, or 2 a.m. on November 12, Vietnam time, the website of the New7Wonders Organization announced the initial results of the vote for the sites voted as new natural wonders of the world. Ha Long is in the top 7.

Ha Long Bay National Monument has been recognized by UNESCO as a world natural heritage twice. The first time on December 17, 1994, Ha Long Bay was recognized for its aesthetic value. Ha Long Bay has ideal places for resting, playing, sightseeing, and exploring such as: Con Coc Islet, Trong Mai Islet, Ngoc Vung Island, Titop Island, Sung Sot Cave, Thien Cung Cave, Dau Go Cave... Most notably is Tuan Chau Island tourist area. This is an international-class tourist destination. This place used to be the venue for very famous beauty pageants.

During all holidays and Tet holidays of the year, Ha Long Bay is always an ideal destination for domestic and international tourists to choose. All tourists who have been to Ha Long Bay must admit: this is a unique wonder of stone standing in the sky in the world.

Bai Tu Long

As one of the other famous tourist destinations of Quang Ninh. Once in the top 5 most wonderful tourist destinations in Southeast Asia, Bai Tu Long Bay is an island sea with many legends. People have once evaluated the beauty of the bay: If Ha Long Bay is as beautiful as a splendid urban girl, Bai Tu Long is a gentle and graceful country girl.

Bai Tu Long has many large and small rocky islands and a rich vegetation. Coming here, visitors can also meet many rare animals. In particular, in the National Park there is also a rare bird species called the Red Emperor listed in the Red Book.

When mentioning Bai Tu Long, everyone remembers Van Don port, a bustling seaport during the Ly Dynasty nearly 1,000 years ago, with a lot of goods and bustling merchants from all over the world. In addition, there is also Quan Lan - Minh Chau island, which is home to one of the oldest trading ports in ancient Vietnam. These are ideal tourist and wedding photography spots for couples who want to take wedding photos.

Bach Long Vi

Bach Long Vi is also a very famous place, an island district of Hai Phong city. This island is named Bach Long Vi because ancient feng shui and geographers believed that this is the tail of a giant White Dragon located in a very precious land.

In fact, traveling to Bach Long Vi Island is very difficult, requiring courage from the traveler. Moreover, boats traveling between the island and the mainland are rare, so very few people are lucky enough to admire this precious island. But when you go to the island, you will have many extremely interesting activities. For example, watching the sunset on the island, a very strange scene. Or you can go squid fishing and enjoy the unique fog on the island. Bach Long Vi is considered to be the place with the most squid in the Northern sea.
Cuu Long Son mountain range
The Cuu Long Son range is located on the Do Son peninsula, which was chosen by the French as one of the two most ideal resting places in Vietnam. Here, there is a mountain range running out to the sea, undulating like a winding dragon, so it was named Cuu Long Son (nine dragon mountains). From Do Son, looking out to the Gulf of Tonkin, there is Long Chau island, on the top of the mountain there is a lighthouse guiding ships entering and leaving Hai Phong port.

Phu Long Island

Phu Long Island, also known as Cat Ba Island, is located in Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city. This is also the place most travel enthusiasts want to visit once in their life.

According to legend, Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay were the places where the mother dragon and her child dragons descended to earth to help our people fight and defend the country. Ha Long means descending dragon; Bai Tu Long means child dragons bowing to the mother dragon. In the middle of Ha Long Bay is Phu Long Island (Cat Ba), which means floating dragon. The island has a dreamlike landscape with Cat Ba National Park protected by UNESCO.

Mekong Delta

The Mekong River is a branch of the majestic Mekong River, recognized worldwide for its multifaceted beauty. The branch of the Mekong River flows through Vietnam, winding through the delta like nine dragons embracing the fertile land that is the rice granary of Vietnam.

Tourists can sit on an airplane and observe: the Mekong River looks like nine Dragons, nine branches of the river flowing into the East Sea. The nine Dragon heads or river mouths are Cua Tieu, Cua Dai, Cua Ba Lai, Cua Ham Luong, Cua Co Chien, Cua Dinh An, Cua Tranh De, Cua Cung Hau and Cua Bat Sac.

If visitors choose to go by boat along the river, it is also an interesting experience. The colorful life along the river with the activities of the people here is an endless inspiration for those who love to travel.

To the land of dragon fruit

Coming to the land of dragon fruit in the year of the dragon is also an interesting experience. That is the land of Binh Thuan. Besides Mui Ne, a famous tourist destination with beautiful beaches, Ham Thuan Bac, Ham Thuan Nam and Bac Binh district are famous places to grow dragon fruit in Binh Thuan.

The dragon fruit tree has a shape very similar to a dragon (called a green dragon), and the fruit is also special. The dragon fruit flower looks like a very attractive night-blooming cereus flower. The dragon fruit tree is very valuable in the year of the dragon. A pot of dragon fruit on the occasion of the year of the dragon can be sold for up to 5 million VND.

In addition to the above mentioned places, the South also has many other lands named Long such as: Long An, Long My, Long Dinh, Long Binh, Long Khanh, Long Phu, An Long, etc., each of which is a wonderful tourist destination.

According to: Afamily