Drum Cave and Trinh Nu Cave are two names that have become very familiar to domestic and foreign tourists when choosing Ha Long as their destination. Not only are they attracted by the wonderful beauty that nature has bestowed on these two caves, but the legendary story about the two caves also makes many people curious and excited.
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< p>Trinh Nu Cave is located on the Bo Hon island range along with the Sung Sot cave system, Tien Cave Luon Cave… 15 km south of Bai Chay. For fishermen, they consider Trinh Nu Cave as their beloved home of them, and couples who love each other consider this a symbol of the place where they swear their love.
Entering Trinh Nu cave, right in the middle of the cave, is a stone statue of a girl lying down with long hair and eyes facing out. Far away, we are tired of waiting and despairing.
Opposite Trinh Nu cave is Trong cave (also known as Con Trai cave). The statue of the petrified boy is facing the Trinh Nu cave, but we can still hear his desperate screams and the sounds of knocking on the cliff still echoing somewhere. The traces of the storm that night still remain today – the broken rocks and soil scattered in the cave, the wind roaring through the cliffs and the white foam still rising.
Drum Cave and Trinh Nu Cave not only have many stalactites and beautiful scenes but also attract tourists because of a very interesting story. moving. In one cave, there is a horizontal rock that looks like a girl lying down with her hair spread out and reaching out to the sea, so it is called Trinh Nu cave. The other cave has a very tall stalactite column that looks like a giant man standing looking out to sea.
The ancient French gave the cave the name La vierge (the girl’s cave).Legend Trinh Nu Cave is a tragic love story.
The old story goes: Once upon a time there was a beautiful fisherman’s daughter from a poor family whose family had to work for the owner of the fishing area. Seeing that she was beautiful, he forced her family to marry her as his concubine, but she refused because she already had a lover. The boy was out fishing to prepare for their wedding day. Unable to do anything, the landowner banished her to a deserted island to subdue her will and she was hungry and exhausted. On a terrifying, rainy night, the girl turned to stone here. That was also the night the boy learned that she was in trouble, so he busily sailed to find her. On a stormy night, his boat broke and he drifted to a deserted island. In the flash of lightning, he looked into the distance and recognized the girl, but his calls were carried away by the wind. He used a rock to hit the cliff to let her know that he had arrived. He knocked while the blood on his hands flowed profusely until he was exhausted and turned to stone in this Trong cave.
The two caves are 700-800m apart through a small sea lagoon. The cave entrances face different directions. If you stand from this cave and shout loudly, you can be heard in the other cave. Fishermen say that on days when heavy rain and strong winds pass through here, you can hear the sound of the wind hitting the cliffs like a drum.
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