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The phrase Hòn non bộ comes from the Vietnamese language: Hòn (𡉕) means islands, non (𡽫) means mountains, and bộ 部 means a set, in this context, the islands and the mountains are one set. Hòn non bộ may be quite large and elaborate or small and simple. It was used to grace the courtyard entrance of the traditional Vietnamese home.
Hon Mot; An Thới Islands; Hon Ban or Hon Bang; Hon Thay Boi; Hon Doi Moi (Kiên Giang province) Hon Nghe; Hon Tre (Bamboo island) Hon Rai hay Hon Son; Hà Tiên Islands; Bà Lụa Islands; Nam Du Islands
Trees, soil, and rocks form a miniature living landscape. Saikei (栽景) literally translates as "planted landscape". [1] [2]: 228 Saikei is a descendant of the Japanese arts of bonsai, bonseki, and bonkei, and is related less directly to similar miniature-landscape arts like the Chinese penjing and the Vietnamese hòn non bộ.
The highest peak is Vọng Phu Mountain (2,051 m (6,729 ft)) at the border of Đắk Lắk province. [6] The only large lowland area is located around Ninh Hòa in the north of the province. [ 6 ] Partly as a result of this, not much land is available for agriculture. 87,100 ha (215,230 acres) or 16.7% of Khánh Hòa's total area are used for ...
The ownership of the islands remains hotly contested. The People's Republic of China (PRC) on mainland China, Vietnam, and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan all claim de jure sovereignty, although the PRC has had de facto control of the archipelago since the Battle of the Paracel Islands in January 1974.
Borneo (/ ˈ b ɔːr n i oʊ /; also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of 748,168 km 2 (288,869 sq mi), and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses).
Mae Hong Son's nickname is "the city of three mists". It is hemmed in by the high mountain ranges of the Shan Hills and is the most mountainous province in Thailand , occupying 12,681 square kilometres (4,896 sq mi). [ 5 ]
Remnants of whaling station at Kvalrossbukta, Bear Island An aerial view of Bremangerlandet, with Frøya in the foreground and Vågsøy in the background. Barmen; Barmøya; Barøya