Explore the picturesque seaweed forest in Nhon Hai fishing village

(PLO)- The beautiful and mysterious seaweed forest of the ancient undersea city wall in Nhon Hai, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh province has become an attraction for tourists to this fishing village.

(PLO)- The beautiful and mysterious seaweed forest of the ancient undersea city wall in Nhon Hai, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh province has become an attraction for tourists to this fishing village.

Nhon Hai fishing village is about 15 km from Quy Nhon city (Binh Dinh province). Nhon Hai is one of the coastal villages that still retains many pristine features, including rocky rapids, beaches, coral reefs and seaweed forests under the sea.

From April to August every year is the time when Nhon Hai fishing village enters the most beautiful tourist season of the year. The clear blue sea, flat sand and beautiful seaweed forest attract tourists to come here to relax. At low tide, a mysterious ancient citadel is revealed...

The "seaweed forest" under Nhon Hai sea is attractively beautiful. Photo: NGUYEN PHAN DUNG NHAN

According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nam, Vice Chairman of Nhon Hai Commune People's Committee, since April, Nhon Hai waters have attracted a large number of tourists coming to see seaweed. Photo: DUNG NHAN

Thanks to the commune's good implementation of the model of co-management of coastal aquatic resources, the Hon Kho area (Nhon Hai sea), coral reefs and seaweed are well protected. Photo: DUNG NHAN

Members of the community group to protect coastal aquatic resources in Nhon Hai set markers and delineate to protect the sea area around Hon Kho island, Nhon Hai commune. Photo: THU DUU

From April onwards, seaweed in Nhon Hai beach grows into a forest, attracting many tourists. Photo: DUNG NHAN

Mr. Nguyen Ton Xuan Sang, Director of Nhon Hai Tourism and Fisheries Service Cooperative, said that the seaweed forest is a blessing for the people here. During the seaweed harvest season, people go to the bustling sea. This is a beautiful image that attracts tourists from near and far to Nhon Hai to join the rhythm of fishing village life. Seaweed and jelly in the sea have become delicious dishes as gifts for tourists. Therefore, in recent times, the cooperative, along with authorities at all levels of Nhon Hai commune, and coastal people have joined hands to protect this natural resource. Photo: THU DUU

Coming to Nhon Hai beach on sunny summer days, visitors can not only see the seaweed, moss, and coral forests but also experience exploring the mysterious ancient city walls revealed when the tide recedes. Photo: THANH QUAN

Nhon Hai people said that there are about four days a month when the water recedes (at the beginning of the month, on the full moon day) and the citadel wall is exposed at the bottom of the sea. Up to now, they have no explanation for the origin of this wall. However, the mystery and traces related to the Champa dynasty and this wall attract more and more people to Nhon Hai to see the wall under the sea. Photo: THANH QUAN

Coming to Binh Dinh, visitors can also visit many other famous relics such as:

1. Imperial Citadel

Emperor Citadel is located in Nhon Hau commune and Dap Da ward, An Nhon town, 27km northwest of Quy Nhon. Emperor Citadel was built by the Tay Son dynasty in 1776 on the basis of Do Ban citadel left by the Champa Kingdom and was officially named Hoang De Citadel from 1778. See details

2. Canh Tien Tower

Canh Tien cave is located on top of a not very high hill in the center of Do Ban citadel, the ancient capital of the Champa kingdom in Nam An village, An Nhon town. In the book Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi, it is written: "An Nam ancient tower in Nam An village, Tuong Van district, in Do Ban citadel, is commonly called Canh Tien tower. From the shoulder of the tower up, all four sides look like fairy wings, so it's called that name. French researchers, in their own way, call it Tour de Cuvre (Bronze Tower). See details

3. Thap Thap Pagoda

Di Da Thap Thap Pagoda is located in Van Thuan village, Nhon Thanh ward, An Nhon town, Binh Dinh province. Follow Highway I from Quy Nhon to Quang Ngai, past Dap Da ward, to Van Thuan bridge, there is a road on the left about 200m leading to the pagoda. The name of the pagoda "Thap Thaps" is because previously there were 10 Cham towers on this hill, which later collapsed. The name "Amitabha" is the title of the Buddhist leader of the Pure Land. Amitabha also means reason, the original awareness of sentient beings. See details

4. Go Sanh ancient ceramic kiln

Go Sanh or Sanh hamlet is the name of a small hamlet in Phu Quang village, Nhon Hoa ward, An Nhon town. Phu Quang people say that while digging land for construction or farming, they often come across areas thick with intact pieces of ceramics of many types such as bowls, plates, and cups. Around the 70s, Go Sanh ceramics followed antique dealers to many regions and attracted the attention of ancient ceramic researchers in Vietnam and the world. See details

5.Historic site of collective grave of martyrs of Sao Vang division

The relic is a mass grave in Tay Phuong Danh area, Dap Da ward, An Nhon town, the resting place of 153 soldiers of Battalion 6, Regiment 12, Golden Star Division who died in the General campaign. offensive and uprising in the Spring of Mau Than 1968. Opening of the Spring of Mau Than 1968 campaign, in An Nhon area, from December 25, 1967 to January 17, 1968, provincial and district soldiers and guerrilla forces Coordinate attacks on enemies in many places, causing them a lot of damage. See details

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Update day : 07/04/2024