Da Lat, High Land, Vietnam

During the 1890s, explorers in the region (including the noted bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin, protected from the famous French chemist Louis Pasteur), which was then part of the French territory of Cochin, asked the French Governor General Paul Doumer to create a resort center in the mountains. The Governor agreed. The site originally planned for the hill station was Dankia but Etienne Tardif, a member of the expedition of road construction from 1898 to 1899, suggested the current site instead. In 1907, the first hotel was built. Urban planning was conducted by Ernest Hébrard.

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French has endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and Swiss charms remain today. Hébrard includes the required health resort, golf course, parks, schools and homes, but no industry. The legacy of residential schools where children of all of Indochina were taught by priests, nuns French, and expatriates still existed as late as 1969. In 1929, the Christian and Missionary Alliance established a school (Dalat International School) for Canadian and American children of missionaries serving in South Asia. In 1965, the school moved to Bangkok, Thailand; then in 1966 to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia and then in June 1971, moved to its current location in Georgetown, Malaysia. There were seminars Jesuits (as Pius X Pontifical College) and other commands. The elite Vietnamese National Military Academy got its first class future leaders in 1950. There was an aviation school in Cam Ly airport.

During World War II, Dalat was the capital of the Federation of Indochina, from 1939 to 1945.

In the mid 1950s, the Vietnam Association Scout established their national training courses in Da Lat.

The only involvement Da Lat was during the Vietnam War was in the 1968 Tet Offensive. Heavy fighting raged from January 31 to February 9, 1968. Most of the fighting took place between the South Vietnamese units MP stationed in Da Lat and Viet Cong (VC) forces. The US lawmakers were also involved in the fighting and suffered multiple nodes in a rocket attack on their compound. Defeats and victories alternating between the two during the sporadic-yet-intense fighting. However, the South Vietnamese deputies were finally able to regain control of Da Lat. It is stated that nearly 200 VC were killed in action (KIAS) during this battle. Although the South Vietnamese Forces MP were known to have far fewer nodes, their injury list has grown steadily throughout the engagement because periods of low supplies and support. What is ultimately saved the South Vietnamese MPs was the fact that they held strong defensive positions throughout Dalat from beginning to end the fighting.

Thien Mu Pagoda, Vietnam

Built in 1601 on the orders of the first lords Nguyen, Nguyen Hoang, who at that time was the governor of Thuan Hoa (now known as color). Nguyen Lords were in name, the officials of the Lê Dynasty decision in Hanoi, but was independent de facto leader of Vietnam. According to the royal annals, Hoang while visiting the area, said local legend in which an old woman, known as Thien Mu (literally "Heavenly Lady"), dressed in red and blue sat on the site, rubbing his cheeks. She predicted that a Lord would come and build a pagoda on the mountain to pray for prosperity. She then disappeared after his prophecy. Hearing this, Hoang ordered the construction of a temple at the site, and the beginning of Thien Mu Tự.

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The original temple was simply built, and later expanded and renovated. In 1665, the major construction was undertaken by Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Tan Lord.

In 1695 Zen Master Thich Dai san, a member of the sect Tao Dong, arrived from China. He was invited to come to Hue as a guest of the Nguyen lords to start a Buddhist congregation and oversee its development. He was a noted Buddhist scholar of the Qing Dynasty and was sponsored by Lord Nguyen Phuc power Chu and was appointed abbot of the pagoda. In the seventh month of 1696, he returned to China, but given the Bodhisattva vows on Chu.

In 1710, Chu has funded casting a giant bell, which weighs 3285 kg, and was considered one of the most popular cultural remains of his time in Vietnam. The bell is said to be audible at 10 km and has been the subject of many poems and songs, including one by Emperor Thieu Tri Nguyen Dynasty that ruled in the 1840s.

In 1714, Chu oversaw another series of major expansions and construction projects, the biggest boom in the history of the pagoda. The main set of triple doors were erected, in addition to various shrines in high places, the Jade Emperor, the ten kings, rooms for Dharma preaching tours to store sutras, bell, drum towers, meditation rooms and halls to worship Avalokiteshvara and Medicine Buddha and housing for the sangha.

Chu also organized for the staging of Vassana retirement that occurs every year between the full moon of the fourth and seventh lunar month. The tradition was inaugurated at the time of Buddha Gautama in ancient India to coincide in the rainy season. Meanwhile, the monks would stay in one place and continue their spiritual, rather than wandering around and expose the dharma to the people because they were inclined to go on living beings during this period due to the water for their paths. It also organized an expedition to China to bring copies of the Tripitaka Canon and the Mahayana sutras, representing more than a thousand volumes, and bury them in the pagoda.

During the 19th century, the pagoda was frequented by the emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty, which was founded in 1802 by Emperor Gia Long after the unification of modern Vietnam. His successor Minh Mang funded further expansion and renovation of the temple.

Stone turtle with a stele on his back
Emperor Thieu Tri, who succeeded Minh Mang, Nhan Tower Từ erected in 1844, which is now known as Phuoc Duyen tower. The brick tower rises 21 m and is octagonal and has seven floors, each of which is dedicated to a Buddha. The tower has stood since, overlooking the Perfume River and has become synonymous with the landscape of Hue and the Perfume River. Its impact is such that it has become the unofficial symbol of the city.

The temple also contains a statue of a large turtle in marble, a symbol of longevity. Next to the tower on each side are structures that store the architectural history of the tower, and various poems composed by Thieu Tri.

The pagoda and buildings were severely damaged in a cyclone in 1904. Emperor Thanh Thai reconstructions authorized in 1907 and has continued to the current day, although it was still much lower and wider than its heyday Dynasty Nguyen before the storm. Today, a tourist establishment is also present among the gardens and grounds of the temple, a stupa was erected in honor of Hoa Thượng Thích Ðôn Hậu, the abbot of the pagoda during his resconstruction phase in the 20th century. His body is buried in the holy stupa, a pine garden.

In the main room, there is a statue of Maitreya Buddha, flanked by Bo Van Thu Tát Tát su Act and Bo Pho Hien.

During the summer of 1963, Thien Mu Pagoda, like many in South Vietnam, became an anti-government protest home. Buddhist majority of South Vietnam has long been dissatisfied with the rule of President Ngo Dinh Diem since coming to power in 1955. Diem showed strong favoritism towards Catholics and discrimination against Buddhists in the army, the civil service and distribution of government assistance. In the countryside, the Catholics were de facto exempt to accomplish the chore and in some rural areas, Catholic priests led private armies against Buddhist villages. Dissatisfied with Diem exploded in mass protest in Hue during the summer 1963 when nine died Buddhist hand of the army and police of the Diem on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha. In May 1963, a law against theft of religious flags was selectively invoked; Buddhist flag was banned on display Vesak while the Vatican flag was displayed to celebrate the anniversary of the consecration of Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc, Diem's brother. Buddhists defied the ban and a protest that began with a march from Từ Đàm Pagoda with government broadcasting station ended when government forces opened fire. Consequently, the Buddhist protests took place across the country and regularly increased in size, demanding the signing of a joint statement to end religious inequality. Thien Mu Pagoda was a major organizing point for the Buddhist movement and was often the location of the hunger strikes, barricades and protests.

In the early 1980s, one person was killed near the pagoda and the site became the focal point of anti-communist protests, traffic through the Phu Xuan bridge closure. The Communist government responded by arresting monks in charge of traffic and disturbing public order.

The temple also houses the vehicle engine in which Austin Thich Quang Duc was led to his self-immolation in Saigon in 1963 against the Diem regime. It was the first of a series of self-immolations by members of the Buddhist clergy, which the fate of Buddhists to the attention of the international community.

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Halong Bay, Vietnam

Geographically, the area of Halong Bay is included in the territory of North Vietnam. Halong Bay is one of the attraction in the world of Vietnam, the attraction of Halong Bay was ranked in the World Heritage site. Most of the area is filled with a sea of islands of various shapes and sizes.

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Many of the islands that have no name. Halong Bay is a bay that has an area of about 1,500 km2. Halong Bay is home to various species of flora and fauna, some of which are endemic.

According to legend, Ha Long Bay is a persistent mundane dragons after helping the Vietnamese who threatened the arrival of Chinese troops. The gods of heaven hear the prayers of the people of Vietnam and send dragons on Earth. Dragons are then regurgitate emeralds and jewels into the sea.

The stones were miraculously grow towering islands, creating a natural fortress which put an end to the Chinese fleet.

In Halong Bay, has prepared a small wooden yacht, used to drive around the bay and the cave which is equipped with lights of different colors to make it look nice cave.

The wind in the area of the tour to Halong Bay is very strong and cold, making the atmosphere even more exciting, the yacht will be touring around 3 hours and then to the mainland.


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