Showing posts with label Bach Ma The holiest temple in Nghe An. Show all posts
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Cua Lo Golf Course – An attractive destination

Cua Lo Golf Course – An attractive destination

Cua Lo Golf Resort is a sport and leisure destination, consisting of a 5-star and 3-star hotels, luxury villas, 18-hole golf course and a beach recretion area. The resort, located on Binh Minh Street, a main road in Cua Lo Township, extends over 1.2 km along an intact sandy beach in an area of 133ha.
Spreading along on of the most gorgeous beaches of Vietnam, Cua Lo Golf Course with natural sand dunes anh native Casarina forest offers golfers a real taste of surprising challenges and exciting golfing experiences. Cua Lo Golf Resort, the convergence of sports, beach, leisure and nature, is an ideal destination for those who love golf, an elite sport, and wish to indulge themselves with luxurious retreats.
The tourists who come to Cua Lo Golf Course not only can play golf but also relax with many kinds of tourist services, therefore, Cua Lo Golf Course attracts a lot of tourists, especially international tourists.
Specifically, many villas which are being finished will be used in July. Currently, the golf practice center attracts a large number of customers. With the advantage location, Cua Lo GOLF RESORT is becoming an attractive destination for domestic and international visitors to Cua Lo town.

Bai Lu resort

Bai Lu resort

Bai Lu is located on northeast of Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. This is a beautiful beach with blue water and is the best quiet area of Nghe An.
On the way to Bai Lu, there is a temple which worships Son Than and Thanh Mau. From Lu mountain, we can clearly see the Song Ngu, Eye Island, Lan Chau island, and many mountains .... Bai Lu has attracted many visitors to the resort. Bai Lu Resort is an atractive and ideal destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Breathtaking Sang Le forest

Breathtaking Sang Le forest

Sang Le forrest in Nghe An Province not only boasts beautiful scenery but also a unique experience. The forest has become a popular tourism destination. Sang Le covers 70 hectares and its natural beauty has still been preserved.
Visitors will see an endless sea of green colour of leaves mixed with white coloured stems. Sang Le’s tall trees bloom with purple flowers during the summer.
There are many ranges of trees 30-40 metres in height standing along the pathway, shadowing over other trees of 20-30 metres and surrounded by a carpet of grass, moss, and ferns.
People living here lead a very peaceful life. The forest provides the area with a plethora of fresh, cool air.
The forest stretches from Pu Mat National Park's headquarters in Con Cuong District, Nghe An Province all the way up to the Tuong Duong-Ky Son route.
Sang Le is a great family of Sang Le trees under Bang Lang group. Sang Le is a local name, and Lagerstroemiatomentsa Presl is its scientific name.

Nghe An's stunning Sao Va Waterfall


Central Nghe An Province boasts a stunning waterfall which is expected to lure lots of visitors and become a major tourist attraction.
Located in Tien Phong Commune in the mountainous Que Phong District, Nghe An Province, Sao Va Waterfall features breathtaking falls which stretch seemingly forever. The falls run around winding hills and mountains and create silvery-white streams.
Local authorities are planning to turn Sao Va into a tourist destination with a bird garden, an orchid garden, a stone park, and a model craft village to attract more visitors to the region.

Vinh Tourist Area and surroundings


Location: Located in Vinh City.  These areas have all the necessary and efficient conditions for developing tourism: there are about 100 places of historical and cultural interest, many of which have been ranked by the government:
Hong Son Temple, Can Linh Pagoda, Vinh Ancient City, museums, King Quang Trung’s Temple.
Vinh City has Uncle Ho Statue and Ho Chi Minh Square attracting more and more tourists from everywhere of the country day after day.
Travelers find it favorable to come to Vinh City because there is a domestic airport, Highway No.1 going past the city, a railway station connecting Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City, many bus stations and markets and 47 hotels, 02 of which are four-star hotel (Phuong Dong Hotel and Saigon-Kim Lien Hotel), a lot of restaurants, international and domestic tour centers.
Ho Chi Minh Square and Unlce Ho's statue
Besides, this tourist area has the typical vestiges:
Historical & Cultural Relics: Hong Son Temple, Can Linh Pagoda, King Quang Trung’s Temple...
Attraction: Forest Garden – Quyet Mountain, Ban Forest – Hung Hoa Bird Sanctuary
Museum: Museum of Nghe Tinh - Soviet Movement, Museum of the Fourth Military Region, Nghe An General Museum
Park: Nguyen Tat Thanh Park, Central Park, The public place of recreation - Cua Nam Lake
Specialty: Vinh's Eel porridge, Vinh’s orange...
Festival: Hong Son Temple Festival
King Quang Trung's Temple
The surrounding: Thai Lao Monument to the War Dead, Commemorated house for Le Hong Phong, Memorial House of Nguyen Du great poet, Cui Temple, Saint Hoang Muoi (the tenth Emperor)’s temple and tomb, Cua Lo beach, Kim Lien relic area.

Bach Ma The holiest temple in Nghe An


Bach Ma (Bạch Mã) - The holiest temple in Nghe An

Bach Ma temple; which is located in Tan Ha (Tân Hà) hamlet, Vo Liet (Võ Liệt) commune, Thanh Chuong (Thanh Chương) district, Nghe An province; is believed to be of the holiest temples with Con (Cờn) temple, Qua (Quả) temple,
and Chieu Trung (Chiêu Trưng) temple (now belongs to Ha Tinh province).
This temple worships the General Phan Da (Phan Đà), a young talent who greatly contributed to the victory against Ming aggression in early years of the 15th century led by King Le Loi (Lê Lợi).
According to some records and orally-told stories, Phan Da is from Chi Linh hamlet, Vo Liet commune, used to be a talent since his early ages. In 1424, Lam Son (Lam Sơn) insurgent army led by Le Loi headed for Nghe An to set up their general headquarters, he asked for permission to join the army and was soon assigned to important function. In a battle, Phan Da had a spoil of a valuable white horse named "Thiên lý mã" (thousand-mile horse). Since then, to every battle, he used to rise this horse, in his white armour, to rule battles. His fame widely spread. People respectfully called him White-horse God. After his death, his spirit many times blessed and saved his people and country. As a result, a temple was set up to worship this general.
The temple consists of 5 palaces with three-door gates, fringe, and blocks for civil and military mandarins, lower (upper, middle) palaces, which are all in harmony to bring about solemnity and respect. Almost all wooden details are carved with metamorphosed fish into dragon; phoenixes holding in their mouth imperial edict, two dragons flanking a moon, etc. There store in this temple a lot of rare and valuable exhibits such as: golden house, silver house, copper tintinnabulum set (38 pieces), statue of phoenix trimmed with gold, etc. Annually, rituals and offerings are held on 9th and 10th in lunar February.