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Vịnh Hạ Long | The Bay of the Descending Dragon

Most of the pictures I posted before were pictures of the Bay of the Descending Dragon, but I never said where there were from. Now I will explain where the name of the bay came from. I cropped this picture to have a panoramic view.

Local legend says that long ago when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. The people kept their land safe and formed what later became the country of Vietnam. After that, dragons were interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth and decided to live here then. The place where Mother Dragon flew down was named Hạ Long, the place where the dragon children attended upon their mother was called Bái Tử Long island (Bái: attend upon, Tử: children, Long: dragon), and the place where the dragon children wriggled their tails violently was called Bạch Long Vỹ island (Bạch: white- colour of the foam made when Children Dragon wriggle, Long: dragon, Vỹ: tail).
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Size of the picture :1576 x 525
Actual size : 2048 x 1536

Description
Vịnh Hạ Long | The Bay of the Descending Dragon

Most of the pictures I posted before were pictures of the Bay of the Descending Dragon, but I never said where there were from. Now I will explain where the name of the bay came from. I cropped this picture to have a panoramic view.

Local legend says that long ago when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. The people kept their land safe and formed what later became the country of Vietnam. After that, dragons were interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth and decided to live here then. The place where Mother Dragon flew down was named Hạ Long, the place where the dragon children attended upon their mother was called Bái Tử Long island (Bái: attend upon, Tử: children, Long: dragon), and the place where the dragon children wriggled their tails violently was called Bạch Long Vỹ island (Bạch: white- colour of the foam made when Children Dragon wriggle, Long: dragon, Vỹ: tail).
WIKIPEDIA

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Size of the picture :1576 x 525
Actual size : 2048 x 1536