Autumn and winter come to the sacred Yen Tu mountain

Dry, airy, the scenery of mountains, pagodas, forests in the clear space of autumn days gradually turning to winter makes anyone coming to Yen Tu at this time have a very special feeling...

The clear Giai Oan Stream flows beside the dark green forest in the autumn and winter of Yen Tu.

The North is now in the dry season, but the green space of Yen Tu (Uong Bi City) is still dominant. The entire mountainous area from the foot of the mountain to the top of Dong Pagoda is still a dark green forest, with only occasional yellow leaves. The aftershocks of Typhoon Yagi from early September are not easily recognizable, only with a keen eye can visitors notice the green trees sprouting and reviving after the fury of nature amidst the vast green here.

Autumn and winter are the most beautiful seasons of Yen Tu, but the spring festival has not yet arrived, so it is relatively deserted, very suitable for groups of guests who prefer quietness and want to find more private and profound experiences. For Yen Tu, this is also the season for foreign guests.

Mr. Le Trong Thanh, Deputy General Director of Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company, a tourism service operator at the foot of Yen Tu, said: We have European guests staying here for a whole month. Korean guests are a traditional group of guests of Yen Tu. After the Covid-19 pandemic, this group of guests slowed down and is currently in the recovery phase. Recently, Korean guests staying at Yen Tu are mainly people working and doing business in Vietnam coming to relax as families or individual guests. Along with that, on average, every day there are about 200-300 Korean guests on tours coming to visit Yen Tu for a day. The company is currently building product packages to attract this group of guests to stay here in the near future instead of just going for a day.

Tourists check in at Truc Lam Cultural Center at the foot of Yen Tu mountain.

Mr. Thanh said that, in addition to traditional tourist flows, the unit also promotes and seeks new markets at tourism fairs. Thereby, this year Yen Tu has an additional Taiwanese tourist flow, led by large travel agencies, with about 15-20 rooms available every day. The Halal tourist flow is also very potential, Legacy Yen Tu once welcomed a Halal tourist group from Malaysia who booked more than 80 rooms and stayed here for 2 nights. The unit also welcomed the group organizer, the owner of the company in the group of 4,500 Indian tourists who had traveled to Quang Ninh, to Yen Tu to survey, discuss together, and plan to build large groups to exploit the source of tourists in the future.

As a tourist highlight of Uong Bi City, tourism at the sacred Yen Tu mountain has been strongly invested in development in recent years. The system of ancient, deep pagodas and towers on the mountain with a history of thousands of years is hidden in the middle of Yen Tu National Forest, giving visitors special experiences and the opportunity to learn about Truc Lam Zen - a pure Vietnamese Zen sect founded by King Tran Nhan Tong in the 13th century. Visitors can choose to walk along the paved pilgrimage paths, creating steps to reach the pagodas or take the cable car to admire Yen Tu from above.

Visitors rest and relax at Legacy Yen Tu's Zen Monastery.

At the foot of the mountain, tourism services here have been exploited by Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company for many years. Visitors to Yen Tu this fall and winter can continue to experience attractive tourism products with the service product system in Lang Nuong and Legacy Yen Tu, from sightseeing, check-in, relaxation, cuisine or meditation, yoga, and herbal health care packages according to demand.

At the end of this year, visitors can also learn and experience some new products, such as participating in health seminars with knowledge sharing from famous scholars or business people can participate in the Happy Entrepreneur course held at the end of November...

Many trees that were broken by Typhoon Yagi have begun to sprout leaves at the foot of the mountain.

According to the plan of Uong Bi City, the "Yen Tu Heritage 2024 - Touching the Heritage Area" Race is expected to start on December 8 in Yen Tu, associated with the event of announcing and launching the Uong Bi City Tourism Brand Identity. The race is organized by the city for free, aiming to communicate and strongly promote the image of Yen Tu on the journey to nominate UNESCO to recognize the Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac Monuments and Landscape Complex as a World Cultural Heritage.

So far, the race has closed the list with 6,000 people registered to participate in the 5km, 10km and 21km distances. Visitors to Yen Tu on this occasion promise to witness a vibrant sports atmosphere at the foot of the mountain and can join in cheering for the runners. In early December, visitors will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of solemn ritual activities commemorating the 716th anniversary (1308-2024) of the Nirvana of King Tran Nhan Tong at Yen Tu...

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