Bac Kan is a well-known place as it used to be part of the
Viet Bac Revolutionary Zone of the Vietnam Revolutionary Forces and
embraces a number of tourist attractions.
Any visitors to Bac Kan
could have remarkable feelings about the place and people there. During
the resistance war against the French colonists, local people were very
bold by having an uprising against the colonisation but now in
peacetimes they have become so simple and hospitable. Bac Kan is famous
for Ba Be Lake,
which consists of three large fantastic lakes surrounded by mountains
and forests. Still, there is another mysterious tourist destination, Hua
Ma Cave.
Hua
Ma Cave is located in Quang Khe Commune, Ba Be District. The cave has
only recently been discovered so it is still almost untouched and
enigmatic. The cave has been naturally shaped during the
many-thousand-year process of geological changes. It is 700 meters in length and in some places the
cave opens up and is 50 meters in height. Inside the cave, there are
thousands of stalagmites and stalactites of different shapes; some look
like small towers, others are like a statue of Goddess of Mercy or a
formal court of mandarins in the feudal time.
In fact, Hua Ma has
been known by local people for a long time but, as it bears in a myth
and a much-weaved occult story, few local people would dare to approach
the gate of the cave. The legend tells that a long time ago, a King
headed a raiding contingent visited the locality and when he came to the
bank of a stream near the cave, his horse stopped and did not go on.
The King got off the horse and asked local people about the reason and
local people told him that the area was a habitat of ghosts. According
to them, when it was getting dark, cries generated from the cave and
they decided that these were the spirits of honest people who were
killed by foreign enemies during wars.
The King then ordered his troops to erect a pagoda to pray for peace for the souls of the killed people. Since then, local people have not heard the cries from the cave, yet they still consider the cave a holy place that should not be trespassed upon. As a result, the cave has been hidden until recent times.
If the cave is so mysterious inside,
the view outside the cave is also great. From the mouth of the cave,
people could see a large space, a vast picture of mountains, forests and
water. They could see Ba Be Lake and the Nang River running smoothly in
distance, they could hear birds singing elsewhere and imposing
mountains and forest in front. If lucky enough, visitors could
participate in a local monthly market to admire girls and boys of
several local ethnic minorities in their traditional colourful dresses
and clothes. They could taste and become familiar with local typical
specialties and they would get drunk with home-made wine and
unconsciously fall in love with the place and people.
Both Hua Ma Cave, the local people and the picturesque locality are waiting for
international and domestic tourists to explore them.
Source: qdnd.vn
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