Dong Hoa Lu Động Hoa Lư
The open valley of Dinh Bo Linh
Walk the open valley where Dinh Bo Linh first based himself, 15 km from the temples. Also called Thung Lau or Thung Ông, it covers about 16 mẫu with one entrance, in xã Gia Hưng. The national ranking is 1996. The entrance gap is about 30 m. The stair is 240 steps.
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The brick hall and the cliff at Dong Hoa Lu
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
The name động here is an open valley of about 16 mẫu, walled by mountains, with a single entrance, a narrow gap about 30 m high. Outside that gap is đầm Cút, a natural moat leading out to sông Đáy. The ground is xã Gia Hưng, huyện Gia Viễn, about 15 km from the Hoa Lu capital and about 20 km by road north of the city. Other names are Thung Lau and Thung Ông.
Photo: Kien1980v · Public domain
This was Đinh Bộ Lĩnh's first base in the 10th century, before the capital at Hoa Lu. A small temple in the middle of the valley was first for him. Later that incense moved to a communal hall shared by three communes, and the incense of Nguyễn Minh Không from đền Xá came in. The festival is the 8th of lunar month 10, smaller than the capital festival and similar in form. The Ministry of Culture and Information ranked it a national historic relic in 1996.
Walk the path to the brick hall, then the valley floor. The entrance gap is about 30 m high. The stair is 240 steps.
Getting there and around
Ride north to xã Gia Hưng, about 20 km by road from the city and about 15 km from the Hoa Lu capital.
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From the city
About 20 km by road north, to xã Gia Hưng.
From the Hoa Lu temples
About 15 km. This is a different ground from the Trường Yên ticket.
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