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Quang Ninh
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 “Ha Long” is literally translated as "Bay of Descending
Dragons." Prior to the 19th century, this name was not recorded in any
document or archive. When mentioning the present-day Quang Ninh Sea or
Ha Long Bay, old historical books often referred to them by the names
of An Bang, Luc Thuy or Van Don. Not until the late 19th century did
the name of Halong Bay appear on a French Marine Map. “The Hai Phong
News”, a French news paper of the time, had an article, “Dragon appears
on Ha Long Bay”, reporting the following story: In 1898 a
sub-lieutenant named Lagredin, captaining the ‘Avalanse’ reported
seeing a huge sea snake on Ha Long Bay. This was also witnessed by many
of the crews. Thus emerged the European image of the Asian dragon.
Whether this appearance of a strange animal looking like a dragon
resulted the name of Ha Long Bay is not known (Reference “Quang Ninh:
Art and Culture” published in 2002).
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Bac Giang
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From the Bac Giang provincial capital, a crooked red soil trail
runs off Route 13, just past Tan An district town, to Duc La pagoda,
also known as Vinh Nghiem Tu (80km north of Hanoi).
The pagoda is
situated in an area of rolling hills. In the background is the Co Tien
mountain range and to the left is the batiks of the Luc river.
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Bac Giang
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
From the Bac Giang provincial capital, a crooked red soil trail
runs off Route 13, just past Tan An district town, to Duc La pagoda,
also known as Vinh Nghiem Tu (80km north of Hanoi).
The pagoda is
situated in an area of rolling hills. In the background is the Co Tien
mountain range and to the left is the batiks of the Luc river.
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Bac Giang
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Area: 3,817 sq.km
Population: 1,509,000
Provincial town: Bac Giang Town
Districts: Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, Yen The, Lang Giang, Yen Dung, Viet Yen, Tan Yen, Hiep Hoa
Economic potentialities: agriculture, forestry, fruit (litchi, pineapple).
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