The source of the fairy tale upstream

For thousands of years, streams have been where monks built meditation huts, where people from the forest built temples to worship gods and pray for peace, and where many famous people retired from office to live in seclusion.

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The poem Con Son Ca by Nguyen Trai (1380 - 1442) praises the beauty of the landscape of Con Son mountain (present-day Chi Linh, Hai Duong) when he returned to live in seclusion at home, where there was a hermitage of Truc Lam Zen master Huyen Quang of the Tran Dynasty: "Con Son stream murmurs, I hear it like the sound of a zither beside my ear" (Nom translation).

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The spring on the mountain is also associated with the idea of a source of elixir, associated with the legend of "Dao Nguyen", the peach blossom stream in Thien Thai, where Liu Shen and Nguyen Trieu in the Han Dynasty in China met fairies and got married while picking medicinal leaves, which was introduced to Vietnam with versions of Tu Thuc meeting fairies in Nga Son (Thanh Hoa).

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Famous for centuries until now is Yen stream in Huong Tich pagoda (My Duc, Hanoi). The Chinese name is Yen Vi, the stream is a water source flowing around Huong Son mountain, creating a natural swamp and finally joining the Day river, a total length of 4km.

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This is also a part of the journey to visit Huong Tich Pagoda, which has become a habit of visitors from all over. In fact, the scenery of Yen stream has created the beauty of the complex, when it softens the caves and mountains reflecting around.

Could be a picture of Tahquamenon Falls If in spring the cotton trees on the banks are the highlight, then in autumn the whole Yen stream is brilliant with purple and pink lotus flowers, making the tourist season at Huong Pagoda no longer just the 3 months of spring.

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Many streams have attracted pilgrims such as Tay Thien (Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc), Ao Vua (Ba Vi, Hanoi), Suoi Mo (Luc Nam, Bac Giang) or Giai Oan stream (Yen Tu, Quang Ninh), creating cultural and religious sediments, making the streams become places to deposit aspirations for peace and to cleanse human sorrow.

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Even the magical fish streams in Cam Thuy (Thanh Hoa), when the Muong and Thai ethnic people, with their awareness of preserving the natural ecosystem, also created a small legend for the mountainous region.

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The most famous stream during the revolutionary period was the stream named after a world communist leader: Lenin. The water source of this Bang River flows through Coc Bo Cave, where leader Ho Chi Minh used as a workplace when he returned to the country in 1941. Lenin Stream and Karl Marx Mountain became a pair of famous landmarks in Cao Bang province with clear blue water reflecting the forests and deep rocky mountains with a mythical atmosphere. This atmosphere becomes special when autumn is associated with the anniversary of the August Revolution in 1945.

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