Hoa Lu Ancient Capital - A Popular Landscape In Northern Of Vietnam

Hoa Lu Ancient Capital - a famous destination of Ninh Binh province which will bring you to a few imperial capitals of Viet Nam in the ancient and medieval eras. When have an opportunity to visit Hoa Lu, you will not only have a fun and exciting time or admire the landscape, but can learn more about culture and history as well.

Hoa Lu is some 100 km from Ha Noi. Located near the town of Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu is the site of a 10th-century capital of an ancient Vietnamese Kingdom called Dai Co Viet. With total area is 300 hectares, was enclosed by a citadel. The citadel and the Yen Ngua limestone hills provided good defence for this kingdom against the Chinese.

The mountains, water valley, caves and rivers winding combined to make Hoa Lu's picturesque landscape.  Hoa Lu lays in a flat valley surrounded by the Trang An lime stone mountains, which form a natural wall protecting the old citadel. The city’s northwest is bordered by the Hoang Long River, the tributaries of which run through the capital, cooling the weather within the city and serving as convenient waterways. One of the ideal way to visit Hoa Lu is boat. Visitors will feel funny, cheery and interesting while joining tours in Tam Coc, Hoa Lu, Ninh Binh.

Hoa Lu has two temples from 17th century , modelled after their 11th-century originals that are on most itineraries to Hoa Lu. They are the Dinh Tien Hoang Temple and Le Hoan Temple, dedicated to the founder of the Dinh Dynasty and to its successor, reachable after a climb of more then 200 steps.

Coming to Hoa Lu, visitors can attend traditional cultural festivals here, and the most important and largest of them is the Truong Yen Festival, which is held on the 10th day of the third lunar month and lasts for three days.

The festival includes two parts: Worshiping is water procession at Truong Yen water station located on Hoang Long river and worship at the two temples of King Dinh and King Le. Entertainment activities includes performing "Co lau tap tran", competing in writing Han script, playing chess, performing dragon dance, etc.

If you are planning to travel to Hoa Lu now, do it soon without hesitation because Hoa Lu is beautiful and the weather is very nice in this time. In other words, the summer is one of the best moments to discover Hoa Lu. 

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