Van Trinh Cave is the largest and most beautiful cave of Ninh Binh province, comparable to Thien Cung cave in Ha Long bay (Quang Ninh), located in Mo mountain of Van Trinh hamlet, Thuong Hoa commune, Nho Quan district. Inside the cave are shimmering, stalactite stalactites that make visitors feel lost in this "magical maze".
Van Trinh cave has a very large area of about 3,500m2. Particularly, the dynamic dome is the highest place with an altitude of over 100m. Visitors who come here will be impressed by the flat dynamic floor with many unique floral patterns. Back in time, the cave was also called Christmas Fairy because the stalactites here are shaped like soft fairies playing and dancing. Besides, inside the cave is like a palace with many stalactites lined up in a row lined up soaring to the arch.
To get in the cave, tourism needs to go to the foot of Mo mountain, follow the ridge, step up about 3m high and stay in the guesthouse. Sitting here for a few minutes, visitors will start a climbing trip to Van Trinh cave. Stepping up about 80 steps like an indoor staircase to the cave entrance. The cave gate is about 15 meters high compared to the foot of the mountain, the cave door is only 1.5 m high and 1m wider. Van Trinh cave consists of 2 adjacent rows, staggered, high and low.
Step in the cave, visitors can admire the "fantasy world" by shimmering stalactites, colorful and kind of shapes... Around the cave walls, creatures like hanging pictures, sculptures, embossing characters from ancient tales.
Thanks to the hard drops of water through many years that have created such masterpieces such as the throne of the majestic king is dazzling with blinds, concave; vivid stalactites transformed into a king sitting at a court, princes discussing a royal dynasty; Jesus is stretching his hands, Buddha is compassionate and compassionate ... to the image of a chessboard with images of beautiful fairies sitting and thinking, fighting with Deich ...
The arch is so tall, the cages are stalactite in green color like inlaid with pearls. There are splendid stone flower beams, blocks of "diamonds" suddenly flashed with iridescent colors when the flashlight shone on.
A special thing is that if you look carefully on the floor of the cave, visitors will see small round stones like duck eggs, chicken eggs, marbles, pea very rings, but very different from the others. stalactites in the cave.
Preliminary scientists have explained that they were born during the period of dynamic formation. Legend has it that the ancients used to go to the cave and took them to grind to drink to cure some diseases.
Over time, Van Trinh really retains the inherent beauty, the virginity of the stone. Each step, visitors discover more new things, feel a different scenery, bewitchingly beautiful, indescribable.
Source: VNA / dulichvn.org.vn; Photo: Xuan Lam
