Yen Tu relic has received 52,288 visitor arrivals in the first five days of the Lunar New Year 2019, seeing a rise of nearly 30% over the same period last year, and earned over VND3.7 billion from entrance fee collection, reported the People’s Committee of Uong Bi city.
Totally, as of Feb. 9, the relic has served 138,158 holidaymaker arrivals, earning VND5.14 billion, up 14% compared to 2018.
Yen Tu relic is located atop Yen Tu Mountain in the Dong Trieu range, Quang Ninh Province. With its sacred pagoda made from bronze at 1,000 m above sea level, it is a popular destination for many people in the north. In the past, visitors and pilgrims had to walk up, but now they can take a cable car to the Dong Pagoda at the mountain top.
Around Yen Tu Mountain, there are many other attractions to admire such as Giai Oan and Hoa Yen pagodas, Giai Oan Stream, Truc Lam and Trinh temples, Hue Quang Tower, and the statue of Emperor Tran Nhan Tong.
Tran Nhan Tong was the third emperor of the Tran Dynasty, reigning Dai Viet (the name of Vietnam then) from 1278 to 1293. During the second and third Mongol invasions of Dai Viet, the emperor and his father were credited as the supreme commanders who led the Tran Dynasty to the final victories and since established a long period of peace and prosperity over the country.
Article by Viet Hoa
