West Lake

Location: West Lake district, northwest of downtown Hanoi.
Characteristics: West Lake has an area of ​​500 ha with a broader history of several thousand years. Road around the lake is 17 kilometers long.
Geographic industry history has proved that the West Lake is an old Red River segment also fell back after the river had changed course ... Maybe by rivers such change that has appeared many legends about the lake and called their. For example, according to the story, "Ho Tinh" is named lake (or dress) Determination Report, because storytelling is a fox with nine tails here to harm people. Long Quan water rising up out fox, cave collapsed into the ho.Theo tale "Giant bell", this lake was called the Golden Buffalo. The story is that there is enormous talent he mustered black copper from the north to create the bell. When the bell rang, rang to the north side. As a mother black copper gold buffalo gold should hear the bell northern regions in search of instant mother. Arriving here forever soil populations, which fell into the lake.

According to the bibliography, the 11th century, this lake go down in history with the name Dam Dam (Dam misty), to the 15th century, it was known as the West Lake. Hu also called Lang Bac, the same name where the fiercest battles between the troops of the Han Hai Ba Trung and troops in the Tien Son, Bac Ninh province.

West Lake for a long time been a landscape. Ly - Tran, the kings established around the lake many palaces as resorts and entertainment, such as Thuy Hoa Ly, Tran dynasty this power is Ham Nguyen Tran Quoc Pagoda area, the Ly Tu Hoa Palace now the temple area Kim Lien, this power is the Le Thuy chapter Chu Van An school district ...

These days flat waves wind ceased, West Lake boating is an elegant animal. If you do a walk around the lake is also visited many monuments and landscapes. Nghi Tam Village, home to the poet, "Ms. Huyen Thanh Quan" with Kim Lien Pagoda with unique architecture; Nhat Tan peach blossom village sources each spring, Legend is where Lac Thi Hong Bang life born a hatch cover seven dragons. Then Xuan Tao village with church Saint Giong Temple in Soc, villages and temples Millennium Trich Sai weaving her church leader, Ke Buoi village with traditional craft of making paper, Dong Co temple where the Assembly swore department Ly, Thuy Khue village Ba Danh pagoda is famous for a while ...

And the most unusual is the Quan Thanh Temple. Re also a number of new housing built to make more diverse views. Along with Truc Bach lake, West Lake poetically enriched in Hanoi city, while also enriching Hanoi economically, because it is the fish bowl big earner.