After more than an hour of traveling from Hanoi, the whole group was bathed in the cool, misty air on top of Tam Dao mountain. The sweltering sun that heralded summer the past few days had completely disappeared. The whole group cheered when the car stopped and rushed down to take advantage of “hunting clouds”, enjoying the cool taste at an altitude of more than 1,300 meters above sea level. The time budget is not generous, the early morning dew will dissipate quickly when the sun rises, the car continues to carry us with cold thin mists from the top of the mountain slowly to Tay Thien mountain. Belief in worshiping Quoc Mau Tay Thien has been included in the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage. (Photo: Pham Anh Tuan) The sacred place of Ky Son Not to disappoint us, Tay Thien spiritual tourist-scenic area appears to be a mountainous area with beautiful features in the middle of a majestic natural place. This place converges all kinds of waterfalls, streams, along with ancient temples and pagodas, which are adorned with brilliant yellow linden trees. The best thing is that in the middle of the season change, the endemic peony bushes of Tam Dao are still springing with purple myrtle bushes racing to call Summer. In the sound of the wind, is the harmony of the waterfall, creating a charming scene in the midst of the vast mountains and forests. The first impression that came to us was the Thong Temple of Thien An Pagoda with the nine-root banyan tree – an ancient natural structure that has stood between heaven and earth for hundreds of years on this land. The banyan tree is like a conductor of the sacred mountains here. BILLION The sound of leaves whispering tells us about the legend of the origin of Buddhism that appeared here from the 3rd century BC to the belief of Mother Goddess – Tay Thien Lang Thi Tieu – Chinh Vuong consort of Hung. The Seventh Emperor. It can be said that the interference between the beliefs of Mother Goddess worship and Buddhism of this historical and cultural relic complex immediately made us fascinated with the very mysterious features of Tay Thien. But this is just a place to stop before climbing the pass and wading streams up to Thuong Temple – the place to worship Quoc Mau on the top of Tay Thien mountain. In the past, it took half a day to climb the pass, wade through streams, even have to swing the forest rope to reach the Upper Temple with a distance of more than 3km. Today, trams take visitors from Temple Thong to the foot of the mountain, taking only five minutes, and a modern cable car system will take visitors to enjoy Tay Thien from above for another 10 minutes. Only 15 minutes, our group reached Co temple, Cau temple halfway up the mountain. From here, everyone has to try the flexibility of their feet for another 15 minutes of incline, sometimes up to 60-70 degrees to reach the sacred Thuong Temple – located on the top of the cloud-covered Tay Thien mountain. Community place Our group stopped at the Mau temple, respectfully offered incense. The voice of the prose singing chau van swan: “Vietnam has a thousand Dong Lo / The North has Tay Thien mountain. Follow the world’s memories/Three saints and saints of Christmas help life./The people of Son Dinh are home/See a wise man./Mother is in charge of incense smoke/I pray for peace and harmony in the country. “. Oh, it turns out that Kim Oanh’s Congregation for the Holy Mother of bronze bar Kim Oanh from Hanoi is doing community activities here, performing the price of Tay Thien Mother to speak about the merits of helping King Hung expand his territory, teach people to grow wet rice, and military graves, strengthening the reign of Quoc Mau. We were silent when enjoying this special cultural space. Indeed, the heritage of worshiping Quoc Mau Tay Thien is not only a cultural symbol of Vinh Phuc province but also carries many values ​​of history, culture, patriotic tradition, and unity of the peoples. strong against foreign invaders. Now, the worship of the Tay Thien Mother Goddess has been included in the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tam Dao district is requesting to be established – completing the dossier requesting UNESCO to register social practices and beliefs. worshiping Tay Thien Mother here is the representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity. With that awareness, Tay Thien Spiritual Tourist Area is one of the few tourist destinations that no longer have the scene to attract visitors and along with it are hundreds of workers who are preserving and beautifying the landscape here. As one of the places of community activities of Mother Worship, Tay Thien often welcomes many visitors from all over the world to practice Mother Goddess worship. Kim Oanh’s group is one of them. Ms. Le Thi Linh (sanitation worker) said: “Our cleaning team has 17 people, working from 6 am to 5 pm. The annual festival takes place on February 15 to 17 of the lunar calendar every year, with tens of thousands of guests attending. But in the past two years, due to the Covid-19 epidemic situation, only the ceremony part was held, the festival part was not held anymore, so the number of visitors decreased a lot. Sharing with me, Mr. Nguyen Hung Nam (tram team) confided: “I have been working here for five years with 12 other electric car brothers. In previous years, our fleet had 60 vehicles running continuously, but now the number of passengers is decreasing, the staff is also decreasing. Being able to work in a spiritual place like this, we are really comfortable. I took guests to the Mau ceremony, so my mind was also relieved.” He added that every year, the Management Board conducts renovation of the scenic area based on nature, not as an artificial landscape. The service attitude of the staff towards visitors is also always improved. Guests feel comfortable will return and recommend to many others to know. International visitors, especially Japanese and Korean tourists, often come here to visit and enjoy religious activities on the Mau Temple. The trip received the enthusiastic response of the union members of the World & Vietnam Newspaper. (Photo: Pham Anh Tuan) One-way love Too busy playing forgot about time. When the clouds of blue smoke began to fall, the beauty of Tay Thien Temple began to return to its inherent solitude. And perhaps the quiet beauty of the mountains gives people the feeling of being next to the source. Resting in a small roadside shop, reviewing old stories with his brothers, Head of the delegation – Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Van Trung shared memories of the first days of receiving his assignment at the Working Office since the early 1990s. Mr. do not forget to mention the previous generation of Editor-in-Chief who laid the foundation and built the newspaper, … so that today, the younger generations unite to bring the Newspaper to development day by day. After a busy day at work, this is really a precious moment when we quietly enjoy the quiet and clear space together. After a long day, it’s time to sunset, every trip has to come back – back to work, to responsibilities, to the hustle and bustle of life, then there will be a time to return to find some quiet in the West. Sky. It is not a coincidence that every year Tay Thien attracts so many tourists from all over the world. People were delighted to feel the compassion of the Buddha and the generosity of the Mother, which is the tolerance, protection, and universal salvation of the world, seeing that people’s hearts were relaxed when they returned to Tay Thien.

Tourists go on a pilgrimage to Ba Vi mountain to offer incense to the Uncle Ho Temple and the Holy Ghost Tan Vien Temple Look for living witnesses to complete information for visitors In the report dated August 30, 1942 of Ambassador Son Tay Fucat to the Governor of Tonkin on the Ba Vi mountain planning project, evaluated: “Ba Vi mountain area will become a resort with higher benefits than Tam Dao. … ”. The reason is “the road from Hanoi to Ba Vi is very convenient. The distance from Hanoi to the 1,000m level is only 67km. There are only 12km of mountain roads. The slope of Ba Vi mountain is not more than 10% (meanwhile in Tam Dao it is 14%, even 16%). The climate in Ba Vi is not as wet as Tam Dao. The temperature does not change too much, the lowest is 17.8 degrees C and the highest is 29.6 degrees C ”. From 1932 – 1944, the French built many works here such as motels, amusement parks, churches, orphanages, summer camps, youth schools, military bases … At a height of 1,000-1,100m on the western slope of Tan Vien peak is a secret political prison system solidly built to imprison our patriotic communists against the colonial regime. The prison is arranged into 3 zones: Zone 1 is the residence for the prison guards, zone 2 and 3 are the places to keep prisoners. With a total area of ​​nearly 1,000m2, it can detain from 100-200 people. Currently, documents about the political prison are limited, Ba Vi National Park (National Park) is actively looking for surviving witnesses and related documents to gradually refine information. service visitors to visit. National park staff introduced the historical traces Ba Vi National Park is characterized by a mixed forest of broadleaf trees and low mountain subtropical conifers Preserve spiritual and historical values Currently, Ba Vi National Park has 217 vestiges from the French colonial period with unique architecture in harmony with nature. And Ba Vi National Park is trying to bring these historical vestiges into tourism development associated with biodiversity protection and preserving historical and spiritual values ​​of Ba Vi mountain. Mr. Do Huu The – Director of Ba Vi National Park took us along the winding road under the lush green trees to visit Ngoc Hoa cave. This cave is located at an altitude of 350m, about 200m from a motorway. Crouching through a small stone arch covered with vines, we can see the cave. Here, we observe a natural phenomenon that took place millions of years ago, that is the slide of geology due to the movement of the Ba Vi mountain formation, which created interesting caves. Above the cave is a large rock formed by 3 solid pillars to create a large arch about 15m2. Next to the rocky cave is a bat cave with a very “fertile” door shape. The cave consists of 4 doors piercing the mountain bed and is home to about 5-6 species of bats. However, the cave is very deep and dangerous, currently Ba Vi National Park has not allowed visitors to visit. Lying above the bat cave is “The Rock”. Legend has it that this is the place where Princess Ngoc Hoa (the 18th son of Hung Vuong) homesick and looks at the land of Phong Chau ancestor. From Ngoc Hoa cave, we can reach out to the forest lying on the slopes and the villages running far away on the foot of the mountain. A hundred-year old green cypress tree on top of Tieu Dong “The stone pool” at Ngoc Hoa cave During the camping or picnics vacation, young people will be guided by the humorous and experienced silviculture rangers to the ancient forests, offering incense at the Uncle Ho temple on the top, the holy temple. Strolled at the middle top, visited the prison area where the revolutionary soldiers were imprisoned, visited the French post at a height of 600-700m, which is now only ruins. Moreover, I heard stories of our army’s march through the jungle, along with the demonic demonic battle. Then let your heart blend with nature, you will be able to climb nearly 1,000 steps to visit the ancient green cypress forest on top of Tieu Dong. This is characteristic of mixed broadleaf and low mountain sub-tropical coniferous forests. You can comfortably sit on the smooth layers of moss, listen to the great wind in harmony with the sound of the holy forest birds, the cicadas squealing in the cool summer day, making magic concerts of the forest. blue.