Highlights of Hai Duong
In Hai Duong, tourists should not miss Chi Lang Nam Stork Island, see water puppetry or visit Con Son - Kiep Bac Monuments.
Hai Duong is not a prominent name on the tourist map but attracts visitors by the long history and peaceful landscape. Come here, in addition to visiting traditional craft villages, you can start with the following exploration activities:
1. Explore Chi Lang Nam Island
Stork in Chi Lang Nam commune, Thanh Mien district. Covering more than 31,000 hectares, this is home to about 12,000 storks and 5,030 cauliflowers. The main storks include fire, flies, black, ...., the cauldron is gray, blue, black ...For sightseeing, guests have the option of ducking or sailing around small islands. A loud noise can also cause a disturbance. Every soot from the bushes to the blue sky. With resonators, all create a spectacular and wild scene.
It only takes about one day to get to the island. There are people who seek homestay, stay overnight to enjoy the peaceful scene as well as find out the life of the stork. As a result, they can observe more scenes such as the flock of storks, cauldron go to eat early in the morning and return at the end.
September to April next year is the time of storks, cauldron nest. Visitors can see the white stork wings or new born baby with trembling legs. Picture: Dieu Huyen
2. Visiting Con Son - Kiep Bac
Con Son National Monument - Kiep Bac belongs to Chi Linh town. This place is famous for its legendary land, associated with outstanding people such as Tran Hung Dao Dai Vuong, Tran Nguyen Dan, Nguyen Trai ... The highlight of the relic is Con Son Pagoda and Kiep Bac.
Con Son Pagoda is located at the foot of Con Son Mountain, works were before the Tran Dynasty and was restored, expanded in the Le. Through the ups and downs of history, today, the temple is only a small work, nestled under the green foliage.
Visitors can admire the 600-year-old porcelain, Thanh Hư Dong beer in the yard, the 3m high Buddha statues in the Upper or Tran Nguyen Dan, Nguyen Trai and Nguyen Thi Lo in the House behind the temple.
From here, guests climb about 600 stone steps alternating between the pine forest to the top of the mountain, where a large stone plate called the Fairy Pan. In this position, everyone can look around or look at Vong Lau (round wooden or covered roof) to rest.
Con Son - Kiep Bac is a familiar and famous place in Hai Duong. Picture: Huong Chi
Kiep Bac Temple is located on Luc Dau Giang Port, about 5 km from Con Son Pagoda. This was the place to store food and train soldiers of Hung Dao Vuong. In front of the temple are three doors. On the outside, there is the word "Hung Thien infinity", under "Tran Hung Dao Vuong". The scenery is the rich valley, surrounded by the Mount Dragon. The temple has seven bronze statues, Ngoc well ... attract visitors to visit.
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3. Visit Van Mieu Mao Dien
Hai Duong is home to the second largest Temple of Literature after the Temple of Literature in Hanoi.This monument was built in the mid 15th century in Mao Dien village, Cam Dien commune, Cam Giang district. At that time, the Temple had impressive architecture. The main part consists of two large buildings with 7 phoenix touch phoenix, bell tower, empty floor, the gate of the magnificent three-dimensional or pen tower, the radio tower floating dragon ...
In 1948, the French colonialists turned Mao Dien into an occupation base. As a result, heavy bombing ravaged the area. In 1973, the building was again affected by the typhoon. In order to preserve the monument, in 2002, the temple was renovated to welcome visitors.
The lunar calendar is celebrated on the lunar calendar. Upon arrival, besides exploring the history of Temple of Literature and the land of study, visitors can participate in chess competition, calligraphy.
For those who do not like noisy, day is usually the ideal time. At this time, the relic becomes quiet, exuding the inherent refinement. You can walk through the root of rice over 200 years old near the entrance, walk to the archaeological remains of time to look back on the history of the nation.
4. Water Puppet show
Puppets made from fig trees are light and easy to control on the water. Thanks to that, the activities become more flexible, giving the most genuine feelings to visitors. Picture: Dieu Huyen
At present, Hai Duong still has 3 puppetry wards: Hong Phong, Thanh Hai and Le Loi. All of them take advantage of the place of performances mixed with houses, fields. Thanks to that, visitors get a sense of closeness when watching.
In a small pond in the middle of the village, a water house was built as a venue for performance. Field stories are often local people, often used with hands to cultivate skillfully. Dancing elements, the story of the frog guy ... so naturally happens to visitors enthusiastically. This is the familiar image in Hong Phong, one of the three puppetry remains in Hai Duong.
Unlike many places, the art of puppetry here has a different control system. If many other wards use the pole to tangle and then pull the wire, people here plug the negative pile under the water and then re-wire. At the same time, each activity, gestures of "character" will be due to their ingenuity, ingenuity control.
