(HBO) – Located about 100km from Hanoi, Thac Bo Temple is a famous spiritual tourist destination in Hoa Binh. The site was listed as a national relic site by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism in 2009.
Photo: The well-known spiritual tourist site of Thac Bo Temple draws a
large number of visitors.
Lying in the Thac Bo area on the Da River, the Thac Bo Temple complex comprises
Trinh Temple (God Temple), Chau (God Chau) Temple, and Thac Bo Cave (Fairy
Cave). The temple worships two Goddesses of Muong and Dao people.
Legend has it that the Thac Bo Goddesses are Dinh Thi Van, a Muong woman, and
an un-known woman from Dao ethnic group in Vay Nua commune. They offered
support in food and boats to King Le Loi (1384 – 1433) to cross Bo Waterfall
and beat Deo Cat Han rebels in Muong Le, Son La province. After their deaths,
the women's souls often appeared to help locals control the water flow and
cross the waterfall safely, and bless them with favourable weather conditions.
Therefore, locals honour them as Goddesses and construct the temple to worship
them.
Each year, in the seventh day of the first lunar month, Thac Bo Temple festival
is held. It runs through the end of the third lunar month. However, right in
the last month of the previous lunar year, people flock to the temple to
worship, with boats filling the temple’s port area.
Thac Bo Temple, despite being small in size, is a sacred place. Along with its
beautiful landscape with harmony of mountain and water, the site has 38 statues
of different sizes, including two bronze ones.
Arriving in Thac Bo Temple, worshipers will start from Trinh Temple to Chua
Temple. It takes 15-20 minutes rowing from one to the other, during which
visitors can enjoy stunning landscapes from hundreds of stone islands in
different sizes and fresh air. At the last destination of the tour, visitors
can taste special dishes sold in the foot of the temple before exploring the Da
River.
Each year, the Thac Bo national historical relic site attracts dozens of
thousands of visitors who come to pray for peace and luck and wish for a good
start for the year and enjoy the impressive beauty of Hoa Binh./.
Boasting favourable transport system, stunning landscapes, and an array of wellness resorts, Hoa Binh has been an ideal antidote for relieving stress.
April 30th and May 1st with 5 days off is the ideal time for families to choose the relaxing destinations and find a peaceful place. Thanks to the advantage of convenient transportation, mountainous terrain with wild beauty, cool climate, the resorts and health care areas in Hoa Binh province attract tourists on this occasion.
Currently, the tourism products of Yen Thuy district are mainly the festival and spiritual tourism. In addition to ensuring a civilized lifestyle in the religious activities, the party committees and the local authorities at all levels always focus on preserving the value of historical, cultural relics and festivals associated with exploiting tourism strengths.
The picturesque scenery of Hoa Binh Lake has endowed its tourism site with a unique allure. In recent years, localities have been harnessing the potential of the lake area and domestic and international tourists have chosen the site for sightseeing and leisure journeys.
The Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to become a national tourism site by 2030, focusing on developing synchronous and modern technical facilities, and high-quality and branded tourism products imbued with national cultural identities. The tourist site also aims to become the largest tourist centre in the province, and one of 12 key tourist areas in the Northern midland and mountainous region
On April 5th, in Hoa Binh city, the Tourism Association of Hoa Binh province and Tourism Association of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province jointly organized a conference to promote cooperation and tourism development. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
