Vai Gioi Cave is a tourist attraction with an attractive stalactite system. Many stalactites in Vai Gioi Cave look like traces of animal teeth, fish bones, etc.
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| The poetic entrance to Vai Gioi cave, Ninh Binh . |
Vai Gioi Cave is located in Ninh Hai Commune, Hoa Lu District, Ninh Binh Province, on a high mountain in Thung Nham Eco- tourism Area. To climb to the cave, you have to go through 439 stone steps. The cave is about 5000m2 wide with 3 hidden floors containing many stalactites with shapes symbolizing nirvana, bodhisattva, and heaven.
“Vải” is a verb that means the act of bowing one’s head to show respect, “Thiên” is an ancient Vietnamese word synonymous with the word “heaven”. Vai Giói Cave was once the place where the people of Hoa Lu capital set up an altar to worship the heavens, praying for favorable weather and wind. Today, this place is known as a paradise where “hell – earth – heaven” converge in the ancient capital. Each floor will give visitors a different feeling: the ordinary life with the “earthly” floor. Birth, aging, sickness and death, the cycle of cause and effect with the “hell” floor and the feeling of transcendence in “heaven”.
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| Stalactite system with diverse shapes in the cave. |
Vai Gioi Cave is a tourist attraction with an attractive stalactite system. Many stalactites in Vai Gioi Cave are like traces of animal teeth, fish bones... located in many places in the cave, making visitors feel like they are lost in an archaeological cave with many ancient relics. The hell level in Vai Gioi Cave has many stalactites with legends left by ancient people such as: Nai Ha Bridge, Tam Sinh Thach, Diem Vuong throne... In the "earthly" level, you can see flat rocks like the simple, rustic life of reality.
The “hell” level has two stalactites shaped like mastiffs, which are the place to distinguish between the hell level and the earthly world. “Marker number 0” marks the gap between heaven, earth and hell in Vai Gioi cave. Many visitors to the cave often take souvenir photos with this special milestone.
From the top door of the cave, you can observe the entire landscape of Thung Nham mountain forest with overlapping mountain ranges, the entrance to which are stilt houses creating a beautiful and vivid picture.
Come to Ninh Binh and admire the beauty of the fairyland in Vai Gioi cave, it will surely leave indelible impressions in your heart.
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