Legend of the islands , caves of Halong Bay

Ha long bay Vietnam formed after the tectonic movement going on for millions of years . However, in the minds of the Vietnamese people , the folk imagination rich , Halong Bay is born from the legend . And the more he makes the legendary Ha Long " shimmering colors " more ...

The advent of Halong Bay is covered by the legend of the dragon is the Jade Emperor sent men down to help the Vietnamese fight the foreign invaders . Victory , that beautiful , man in the earth dragon , creating countless islands today ... Apparently, even in legend , Halong Bay was covered by halo associated with history against invaders heroic invasion of the nation .

Likewise, the legend of the islands , caves etc. the area are very much concerned with the nation's history . Dau legend has it that in the war against the Yuan - Mongolian , Tran Hung Dao was to prepare many ironwood stakes here , roughly pointed to plug into the bed of the Bach Dang River . Because there are so many pieces of wood left fishermen have called Dau . Then there are other legends say , this is the place to Tran Hung Dao hid ironwood stakes in preparation for the Bach Dang battle to hang fisherman called Hidden Wood , went into a long gradually deviate call Dau ( ? ) . Gone Merveille de Monde ( Wonders of the World ) specializes in French tourist publication in 1938 , was known as Dau Go cave Grotte des Merveilles ( of the wonders ) . 1917 , King Khai Dinh and the French governor Paul Doumer the visitation trip to Halong Bay to play and visit Dau Go cave . Shocked by the magical beauty of the cave , the king had a plate engraved with inscriptions praising the content of Ha Long beauty and Dau Go cave . 1962 , Uncle Ho also had to visit the Dau Go enjoy the beauty of Halong Bay .

Cat Ba Island - the largest island among the islands in Halong Bay , one of the Red Square area , also covering a lot of legends about the name . According to local legend , the original name is The Cat Ba Ba . For a time, the women , the women here worry about the logistics stands out for his fight on an island called Island The He ( Mr Cat ) . She then read the bias is Cat Ba . Then there are other interesting stories that , while Tran , Tran Hung Dao Street North Sea chose this as a place of gathering , military training , food hoarding seminar . Hang Hidden Wood is where our troops hiding piles of wood , while the Lan Ha Bay waters where food hoarding seminar , health care , the area governed by the Ba . She later called The Cat Ba deviate into what it is today ...

Unlike Dau Go cave , Trinh Nu cave legend of a tragic love story . Virgin Cave located on Bo Hon island chain with a system of Sung Sot , Cave Lake Tien , Hang Luon ... Legend has it that : Then have a beautiful daughter fishing villages , the poor , the family had to go to work for the name of governing fishing . Seeing her beautiful , he forced her family to marry her as his concubine . She refused because she did have a boyfriend , that guy is fishing offshore in preparation for their wedding day . Do not stand her , called her landlord had his island exile . Starving and exhausted , in a rainy night , she had turned to stone here. Knowing she had an accident , the boy absorbed finding her sailing . Thunderstorms strikes that shattered his boat , he drifted onto a deserted island . In flashes , he looked up and realized the girl away , but the words he was called away by the wind . He used to hit rock cliff let her know that he has arrived . He knocked on hand when the blood flowed profusely , to the point of exhaustion , and he turned to stone . Where is petrified cave girl Virgin , hang this door has stone statues of her . Faced with a row in the Virgin Cave ( also known as Son cave ) is where the boy was petrified . Stone statue of the boy is facing Virgin still hang today. When the mine was occupied , on the map , the French in the French cave called La Vierge is ( cave of a girl ) - which is based on the legend of the local fishermen