Old revolutionary base
Following Highway 19, down An Khe Pass, turn left about 20km to reach Vinh Thanh town. From here, there are 2 roads that can be traveled by car to Vinh Son commune. If you go by concrete road, there are many steep winding passes in the old forest; if you go by asphalt road, there are less steep slopes and a bit further, but in return, you will have many experiences with the gentle, clear Con River and the specialty fish.
Ta Ma stream tourist area (Vinh Thanh district, Binh Dinh province). Photo: D.MP
Vinh Son is a remote commune of Vinh Thanh, bordering Kbang district ( Gia Lai province). The commune has a natural area of over 16,600 hectares but only has 3,800 people living in 6 villages, mainly Bahnar ethnic group. The commune's production land area is very small so the number of poor households is still high (170 households).
According to Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee Dinh Van Ngai: Vinh Son will soon merge with Vinh Kim Commune. Meanwhile, Vinh Kim Commune has a high rate of poor households, no electricity grid, some residential areas use solar power. But in return, the good traffic network makes traveling, trading, and transporting goods quite convenient. Schools and medical stations in these communes also receive proper investment.
On the occasion of International Children's Day (June 1), the 50K Pleiku volunteer group came to give gifts to the poor and children in Vinh Son commune. Sitting in the car for the entire 40km journey from Vinh Thanh town to Vinh Son, many people occasionally exclaimed in praise of the road, despite going through many steep passes, but quite smooth and with beautiful scenery. This proves that the local government is very interested in investing in building transport infrastructure for the mountainous area.
And it was especially impressive when people learned that the place they were going to was the base from the Tay Son dynasty and also the revolutionary base of Vinh Thanh district during the years of resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism.
Road to Vinh Son. Photo: D.MP
According to Mr. Nguyen Hung - Justice Officer of Vinh Son Commune: There are still scattered ancient orange trees here that people and historians believe are the remaining evidence of Mr. Hue's orange garden (Nguyen Hue). Along with that, there are also many thrilling and mysterious legends about Ta Kon citadel in this place with stone blocks (probably basalt pillars) arranged into a wall surrounding a large primeval forest.
The process of building and defending Ta Kon citadel is passed down through the legendary Bahnar epic. Legend has it that: Ta Kon was once the home of three brothers, including two kings Trum and Tram and a beautiful, intelligent princess named Bia Toni.
Another legend about the origin of Ta Kon citadel is associated with the beautiful Ho Bia. The mountain god wanted to marry Ho Bia. But the god had a face made of stone, and under his chin was a cow's bib, which made him look very ugly, so Ho Bia was not satisfied and asked that if he could pass her three tests, he would accept her proposal. The mountain god passed all three tests, so the two became husband and wife, and together they built Ta Kon citadel to protect the villagers from robberies and invasions by enemies.
Besides the legend of the Bahnar people, there is an opinion that Ta Kon citadel was built by the Tay Son brothers. When the three Tay Son brothers recruited soldiers and horses, the Bahnar people responded strongly and together they built Ta Kon citadel as a secret stronghold... In the past, Ta Kon citadel was the place where the villagers lived and witnessed heroic battles against outside forces. During the 30 years of resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism, the Ta Kon citadel area, Vinh Son was the rear base of guerrillas and the main force of the district and Binh Dinh province until 1975.
When I heard about Vinh Son, I remembered a time when this area was also a corridor in the resistance war against the US to save the country from Kbang to the "border gate" Vinh Thanh. In mid-1973, when I was assigned the task of taking a group of K8 cadres and soldiers to Vinh Thanh to carry goods, I took the group along this corridor, from the South of Highway 19 to the North and to Ka Nak, down to Vinh Son. But when we returned, we followed the mountain road, through La slope to An Xuan (today's An Khe) to return to the unit. This road was shorter, taking only 1.5 days and 1 night, instead of going by Vinh Son road which took 3 days and 1 night.
Experiential tourism route
The leader of Vinh Son commune said: From the commune center, you can go to Kon Tum by car or motorbike along Highway 24 and you can also turn from Highway 24 to Kbang along Truong Son Dong road. Hearing that, I immediately thought of the route... to experience when Binh Dinh merges with Gia Lai, forming the (new) Gia Lai province.
According to the History of Gia Lai Provincial Party Committee (1945-2005), during the difficult and fierce period of the resistance war against French colonialism (after 1945), Gia Lai Provincial Party Committee retreated to Tay Son and Vinh Thanh to organize and consolidate the force to be strong enough and then returned to Gia Lai to operate. And at one time (in 1949), Zone 5 Party Committee merged Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces into Gia-Kon province, Vinh Thanh district (Binh Dinh) at that time belonged to Gia-Kon province.
Vinh Thanh is one of the localities with many tourist attractions, especially trekking tourism. One of them is Ta Ma stream - a tourist destination that attracts a large number of visitors every year when coming to Vinh Thanh district. The stream is cool, clear, the water does not flow too fast so it is safe. In spring, when the weather is cool, the flowers here begin to bloom in orange-yellow, creating a poetic space, suitable for check-in and camping.
Vinh Thanh is one of the localities with many tourist attractions. Photo: D.MP
In addition, not far from Vinh Thanh there is a natural hot spring. We had a very interesting meal treated by the owner of this entertainment area with delicious, rustic dishes such as wild vegetables, stream fish... Unfortunately, this place is still quite wild. I wish this area would be invested by some investor to build a resort system for those who need to rest and bathe after days of hard work... to exploit all the potential that nature has to offer.
Not only that, along this route there are many attractive destinations such as: Dinh Binh irrigation lake, Vinh Son Hydroelectric Plant, Ong Hue orange garden, Ta Kon citadel (Binh Dinh province)... to K50 waterfall (Gia Lai province), wooden church, Mang Den (Kon Tum province)... Listed to see this is an extremely ideal tourist route for those who are interested in exploring nature, culture and history.
Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/mot-cung-duong-nhieu-dau-an-post328686.html
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