In Literature
In writings about Hạ Long Bay, the following Vietnamese writers said:
- Nguyễn Trãi: "This wonder is ground raising up into the middle of the high sky".
- Xuân Diệu: "Here is the unfinished works of the Beings...Here is the stones which the Giant played and threw away".
- Nguyên Ngọc: "...to form this first- rate wonder, nature only uses: Stone and Water...There are just only two materials themselves chosen from as much as materials, in order to write, to draw, to sculpture, to create everything...It is quite possible that here is the image of the future world".
- Ho Chi Minh: "It is the wonder that one cannot impart to others".
- Pham Van Dong: "Is it one scenery or many sceneries? Is it the scenery in the world or somewhere?".
- Nguyễn Tuân: "Only mountains accept to be old, but Hạ Long sea and wave are young for ever".
- Huy Cận: "Night breathes, stars wave Hạ Long's water".
- Che Lan Vien:
"Hạ Long, Bái Tử Long- Dragons were hidden, only stones still remain
On the moonlight nights, stones meditate as men do..."
Lord Trịnh Cương overflowed with emotion: "Mountains are glistened by water shadow, water spills all over the sky".
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