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Quan Lan Beach |
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This beach lies at Quan Lan Island
in Bái Tử Long Bay, between Minh Châu
and Quan Lạn communes of Vân Ðồn
District, 55 km away from Hạ Long City.
Its pristine beauty features unspoiled
environment. The deep blue beach has
strong waves and white sand, which spans
over several kilometers. Tens of meters
away from the beach stand the very green
wild pines, which further add to its
original charm.
Quan Lạn Island belongs to Bái Tử Long
Bay; part of an island range on the
outside of the gulf of Bắc Bộ. It has an
area of 11 sq. km, and features eight
populated hamlets. Quan Lạn Island
stretch toward East – West from the foot
of Vân Đồn Range to the Gót Mount with
many high mountains to the east barring
waves and winds, protect the villages.
The island is situated on an important
navigation route that connects China,
Japan, Thailand and Philippines to
Vietnam. Along two sides of the island
are tens kilometres of sand beaches.
This is the endless resource for glass
making which the sea gives to man and it
is also the extremely interesting
tourism
Since the 11th century, Quan Lạn had
been one of the centres of the ancient
commercial port of Vân Ðồn, which was
animated and prosperous at the time.
Today, there are still many vestiges
linked to the ancient commercial port.
This also explains why the island, lying
deep in the sea, has the large pagodas
and archaeological sites seen today. On
the island there is the Quan Lạn
Communal House built in the 18th
century; exceedingly beautiful and
almost entirely preserved. Next to it is
Quan Lạn Pagoda (Linh Quang Tự), which
is dedicated to Buddha and God Liêu Hạnh.
The pagoda also worships the statue of
old Hậu, a local person who made lots of
contributions to the construction of the
pagoda. The statue features a gentle and
cheerful old woman, which adds an
original character to the pagoda. Beside
Quan Lạn Pagoda lies Nghè Quan Lạn (Ðức
Ông) Shrine, which is dedicated to Phạm
Công Chính, a local people who
participated in the historical Vân Ðồn
battle against the Yuan invaders. He was
later honored as a god. Quan Lạn has
many valuable sea products such as
octopuses, butterfish, mackerel,
holothurian, shrimp, and sái sùn |
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