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Nui Coc lake in Thai Nguyen

in shape of herd of elephants        relics, and contains vestiges of
on a green glass surface. The        Hung Kings in the initial time of
cave entrance faces the east, is     establishment of Van Lang State.
approximately 8m high, with a        Hung Temple is associated with
including 30 stone steps carved      the legend Au Co, Lac Long Quan,
into the side of the mountain. The   the first state of Vietnamese
right wall of the cave has a carved  people, which has been handed
a poem from Ngo Thi Si (1726 -       down in many generations. Hung
1780) when he worked as the chief    Temple has been established for
of Lang Son Province. The poem       a long time and received many
praises the grandiose beauty of      repairs and improvements.
nature. Tam Thanh and Nhat Thanh,
Nhi Thanh, Tien pagoda, Ky Lua,      The relic area includes main items
Ky Cung river, Vong Phu mountain,    such as Ha temple the bell-tower,
and the legend of To Thi create an   Thien Quang pagoda, Trung temple,
attractive beauty for tourists when  6th Hung King’s royal tomb, Gieng
they visit the Lang region.          temple, Mother Au Co temple and
                                     Hung Vuong museum.
Hung Temple
                                     Hung Temple Festival is annually
Hung Temple lies on Nghia Linh       organized on March 10th of the lunar
mountain, in Co Tich hamlet, Hy      year and also the national holiday
Cuong commune, Phong Chau            in Vietnam.
(Phu Tho), 100km from Ha Noi
and 14km from Viet Tri City. It
has many national historical

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