This video is LONG overdue for uploading -
Firstly welcome to my channel and thanks for watching,
I started posting travel and random clips when I first began travelling overseas (Im Australian) a few years ago now but have been a bit busy with other projects lately. Im hoping to catch up and get to film and upload heaps more new places soon. Hers is some info on the Marble Mountains.
Ngu Hanh Son (The Marble Mountains) are about 8km southeast of Da Nang City. This is a cluster of five marble mountains lying close to the sea. That is why it is dubbed Hon Non Nuoc, which means Mountain and Water in Vietnamese.
In the early 19th century, King Gia Long, the founder of the Nguyen Dynasty, passed by and named the five mountains as Ngu Hanh Son.
He also named each of them according to one of the five elements of the universe: Kim Son (metal of gold), Moc Son (wood), Thuy Son (water), Hoa Son (fire), and Tho Son (earth).
According to oriental philosophy, metal, wood, water, fire and earth are five elements that create the universe. Five is a very important number in oriental mentality and life. And so, the five mountains that compose Marble Mountain are filled with mystery.
The area is famous for stone sculpture making and stone-cutting crafts. Direct rock extraction from the mountains was banned recently.
