Through
Kien An district, visitors will see Mountain Elephant (An Lao
district). Mountain Elephant looks like a huge elephant lying between
paddy field and blue sky, with an area of more 1km2, 145m high
reflected in Lach Tray river.
Traces
of historical man of Hung king's time - the nation builder can be
found, of which Dong Son bronze sword and other bronze relics are most
special. On 16th century Mac Dang Dung garrisoned at
Mountain Elephant to resist Le kings, Trinh lords. Perhaps insurgent
troops had been going through a rough road filled with sunlight on the
top of Mountain Chi Lai to fairy chess board? Blue stoned footsteps
leading into the Hong Voi cave (elephant throat cave), Tram fish cave,
Chep fish cave, Be cave, Chan cave, Dau Dong Quan cave... witnessed
footprint trace of many generations.
A
far-away sound of Wooden Bell of Long Hoa pagoda in a quiet atmosphere
takes us into Buddhist heaven. In addition, Mountain Elephant was the
place where Phan Ba Vanh set up his flag and rose up in arms to oppose
Nguyen Dynasty in 1825. Traces of French colony barrack namely Tuong
Son which had been leveled off by Cu Binh insurgent troop in just one
night of November 1888 is obvious... History of Mountain Elephant
guerilla team is still there...