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Nui Coc Lake in Thai Nguyen is an attractive destination with picturesque
scenery scenery and the legend of sad love story between a girl named Cong and a
man named Coc.
Nui Coc Lake is located in Dai Tu district,
Thai Nguyen province. Coming there,
tourists will be greeted by immense emerald rice fields along
the way to Nui Coc Lake. Passing18km of windy roads from Thai Nguyen City’s
centre to the lake are lined by tea-terraced fields on hills, and gentle rivers
under a blue sky. Tourists always are surprised by the mystical beauty of Nui
Coc Lake. Its scene is more like a water-colour painting than a real landscape.
Nui Coc Lake with a width of 2,600 ha and a depth of 50m, it is an interesting
eco-tourism destination. The large tourism sector was built close to it. The
lake includes 89 islets; some are covered with trees, some with flocks of birds,
and others with flocks of storks or mountain goats. There are about 40 species
of birds and 15 species of mammals have been listed in the reservoir area. Next
to the lake, Coc Mountain stands imposingly middle of the blue sky, the bright
sunshine over every blade of grass and twig, all making beautiful scenery.
Coming there you will feel quiet and pleasant life far from the hustle and
bustle of the urban life. Nui Coc is related to the legend of the romantic love
between the girl named Cong and the man named Coc.
According to the legend, there was a couple love each other very much but their
love did not have happy ending due to the different social positions. All
Vietnamese people know the sad story, as the legend that “One pained person
cries and the tears have become a river. One person who spent a life waiting
becomes the mountain.”
The story is like a Vietnamese Romeo and Juliet. Man’s family is too poor, the
girl’s family is rich, and her family forbids their marriage. But they still
determine to wait for each other. One day, Coc’s the sound of the flute used to
call for Cong did not reach Cong’s room. Cong thought that he forgot her so she
was died of a broken heart.
Their story made the fairy in the sky feels pity for him and he was transformed
into a mountain. During four seasons, the lover’s flute was blown by the wind
through the leaves to resound it. For the girl, she cried all day in her room
until one day her body transformed into tears. The tears full of love and
loyalty absorb into the soil, and run as currents looking for a way to Coc
Mountain. Since then every year, in summer, when violet Sim (violet myrtle
flower) boomed on Coc Mountain and on Cong River, people remember this beautiful
love.
Tan Cuong region is the place where this legend was born. It is famous for its
perfumed tea in Thai Nguyen. Plants were watered by Cong’s tears, creating a
lasting sweet flavor that anyone who tastes can remember it forever.
Visiting Nui Coc Lake, tourists will also have the chance to
visit another interesting place on Nui Coc lake - Huyen Thoai Cung (Palace of
Legend). |
