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Vietnam is a beautiful country with beaches and islands, a 3,260km long coastline, pristine natural beauty, mountains, numerous lakes, rivers, gushing cascades, green forests and enigmatic caves. The boundless stretch of white sandy beaches is alluring. The delectable cuisine of Vietnam is world renowned. The land is filled with exotic marine life and tropical flora. Vietnam also invigorates the visitors, with sweet pine forests and many of Vietnam's constituents are recipients of three World heritage site status awards.
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a prominent tourist destination in Vietnam. The embalmed and preserved body of the father of the modern state and the liberator of the Vietnamese people, Ho Chi Minh is displayed in the Mausoleum. The body of the beloved leader of the Vietnamese is preserved in a glass case. Near this Mausoleum is the Ho Chi Minh Museum which displays the memorabilia of the leader which includes the military orders, correspondence, manifestos and photographs that depict the crucial role, he played in the history of Vietnam.
Emperor Ly Thai Tong, dreamt of the Buddhist Goddess of mercy and compassion, seated in a lotus flower, blessing him with a son. Shortly after this incident, he married and had a son. To celebrate this event, the one pillar pagoda was built. This pagoda is visited by many who pray for well being and fertility and many vouch for the miracle that happens after the visit. The wooden structure resembles a lotus flower, which stands for enlightenment, according to the Buddhist belief. The One pillar pagoda is an interesting place to visit, in Vietnam.
Another famous attraction is the Halong Bay. The Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Bay is replete with spectacular natural setting, limestone, grotto and caves. The Bay has over 3,000 small islands and many of the islands have names that describe their shapes. Dragon, Incense Burner and Man's Head Islands are the names of a few islands. The Hang Dau Go is the popular cave, in the Bay.
The Royal Tombs are among the popular tourist attractions of Vietnam. To the South of Hue, eight beautiful royal tombs of Nguyen emperors are situated. They are located among the hills, on the banks of the famous Perfume River. Each Mausoleum was constructed, while the emperor was still alive, for afterlife. They are designed like complexes with paved courtyard and many buildings, which have mandarin statues and stone artefacts engraved with the details of the dead and the reign. The main temple is meant for the worship of the deceased.
For that complete Vietnamese experience, a trip on the boat, along the Perfume River is extremely essential. The stops, during the boat trip, bring the tourists closer to the people and the land. The tourists can visit all the major spots in the city, during the journey. The boat trip is sometimes accompanied with folk song performances and music that is captivating. Vietnam is a place, where the pages of history come alive through magnificent structures and historical monuments. This coupled with the scenic beauty of the landscape makes Vietnam a great vacation spot for people, all over the world.
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Halong Bay - A World Heritage
The legend of Halong has it that, “Once upon a time, soon after the Viet people established their country, invaders came. The Jade Emperor sent Mother Dragon and her Child Dragons down to earth to help the Viet people fight against their enemy. Right at the time invaders’ boats were rushing to the shore, the dragons landed down on earth. The dragons immediately sent out from their mouths a lot of pearls, which then turned into thousands of stone islands emerging in the sea like great walls challenging the invaders’ boats. The fast boats couldn’t manage to stop and crashed into the islands and into each other and broke into pieces.
After the victory, Mother Dragon and Child Dragons didn’t return Heaven but stayed on earth at the place where the battle had occurred. The location Mother Dragon landed is nowadays Halong Bay and where Child Dragons descended is now Bai Tu Long. The dragons’ tails waving the water created Long Vi (present Tra Co peninsula) and formed a fine sand beach over ten kilometers long”.
It abuts Cat Ba Island in the southwest. Toward the west is the shore with a 120km-long coastline. The site is 1553 sq. km with 1969 islands of various sizes, of which 989 have been named.
The islands in Halong Bay are mainly limestone and schist islands most lying in the two main areas: the southeastern part of Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern part of Halong Bay. These islands represent the most ancient images of a geographical site having a tectonic age of from 250 million to 280 million years. They are the result of many times of rising and lowering processes of the continent to form a karst. The process of nearly full erosion and weathering of the karst created the unique Halong Bay in the world. In a not very large area, thousands of islands with different forms look like glittering emeralds attached to the blue scarf of a virgin. The area where many stone islands concentrate has spectacular scenes and world-famous caves and is the center of Halong Bay Natural Heritage, including Halong Bay and a part of Bai Tu Long Bay.
The area is recognized as the World Natural Heritage that is the area of 434 sq. km with 775 islands. It looks like a giant triangle with Dau Go Island (in the west), Ba Ham Lake (in the south) and Cong Tay Island (in the east) as its three angle points. The nearby area is the buffer area and areas classified as national beauty spots in 1962 by the Ministry of Culture and Information.
Viewed from above, Halong Bay looks like an extremely vivid huge drawing. This is a wonderful and skilful masterpiece of the Creation and of nature that turns thousands of dumb soulless stone islands into fantastic sculptural and artistic works of various graceful shapes, both familiar and strange to human beings. Thousands of islands emerging uneven in the fanciful waves look strong and magnificent but also mild and vivid. Amidst these islands we feel as if we were astray in a petrified legendary world. There are many names given to islands according to their shapes and forms. This one looks like somebody heading toward the shore: Hon Dau Nguoi (Human Head Island); that one looks like a dragon hovering above the sea surface: Hon Rong (Dragon Island); another looks like an old man sitting fishing: Hon La Vong; some look like big sails struggling amidst the wind to set off for the sea: Hon Canh Buom (Sail Island); then two islands look like a pair of chicken lovingly playing with each other above the sea: Hon Trong Mai (Male and Female Chicken Island); and amid the vast sea stands an island like a big incense burner like a ritual offering to Heaven: Hon Lu Huong (Incense Burner Island). All are so real that people are taken aback by them. Those stone islands have experienced unpredictable changes over time and they take different shapes from different angles of view. Here, we come to realize that they are not dumb inanimate things but are vivid and soulful.
Inside the stone islands are various breath-taking caves, such as Thien Cung, Dau Go, Sung Sot, Trinh Nu, Tam Cung and others. These are really magnificent palaces of the Creation on earth. Long ago, Halong Bay has been called by the great national poet Nguyen Trai: “a wonder of the earth erected towards the high sky”. Many men of letters from all over the world have been taken aback at the grandiose scenery of Halong. They seem to get puzzled and incompetent as their treasure of vocabulary is not rich enough to depict the splendor of this place.
Halong Bay is also attached to glorious pages of Vietnamese history, with famous sites such as Van Don, a bustling trade port in the 12th century, charming Bai Tho Mountain, and not very far away from here is the Bach Dang River which witnessed two famous naval battles of the Viet’s ancestors against invaders. Also, Halong is one of the cradles of human kind with the glorious Halong culture in the late Neolithic age, discovered at such archeological sites as Dong Mang, Xich Tho, Soi Nhu and Thoi Gieng.
Halong is also home to great biodiversity with typical eco-systems like mangrove forest, coral and tropical forest. It is also home to thousands of plants and animals of numerous species, for example shrimp, fish and squid. Some species are particularly rare and can be found no where else.
With such special values, at the 18th Session of UNESCO’s Council of World Heritage held on 17 December 1994 in Thailand, Halong Bay was officially placed on the list of the World Natural Heritage. In 2000, UNESCO recognized it as the World Heritage for the second time for its geographical and geomorphologic values. This confirms the global premier value of Halong Bay.
Wherever you come from, whosoever you are and however old you are, you will certainly experience the same emotion and feeling when admiring this wonder of stone and water. And great experiences will always remain even when you leave the place. The legend of Mother Dragon and Child Dragons sending out pearls to form thousands of stone islands to stop invaders still serve as the soul of this invaluable heritage of the world.
Have you ever come to Halong, the unique wonder of the world of its kind, to admire and explore secretes implicit in the place?
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How to make Gonesh brand incense cones burn properly?
Well, I've got some Gonesh cones.
THEY REFUSE TO BURN >8C
Especially when turned upright. They will /almost/ stay embering when upside down, but I don't have a rig to hold them like that. Anyone know of any other way to make the damn things burn? They take forever to light up, if you can get them lit at all, then they wont /stay/ lit.
I'm very picky about scents and Gonesh is the only company I'll buy from. I really want to use the cones because I got a really nifty asian dragon burner for 'em :[
once lit, they wont smoke either
Funny you should ask. We were in a novelty store recently and they had Gonesh incense cones. Some smelled great and we wanted to buy a few. When I was in college we could buy little wire holders for the cones. When stretched out they looked like a spiral and you'd put the cone in them upside down and light it. The people at the store looked at us like we were nuts. So, I went home and made one out of some scrap wire. Worked great!
Re-visiting a simulated palace of the Baekje Kingdom
The main Sabi palace of the Baekje Historical Village has on its roof the 590 kilogram ornament called “chimi” which was excavated from the Mireuksa Temple. The same style of decorative “chimis” can be also found in traditional Japanese architecture.
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