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Sơn Đoòng cave doline. During the 1990s, Hồ Khanh was living as a very poor man, trying to earn an honest living in Bố Trạch. During a jungle expedition to extract agarwood in 1991, Hồ Khanh reportedly discovered an enormous cave entrance, with a wide river flowing out of it. Without any rope or gear, Khanh did not venture further ...
All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels, and it is possible to climb to the summit of Mount Thủy. Several Buddhist sanctuaries can also be found within the mountains, making this a tourist destination. The area is known for stone sculpture making and stone-cutting crafts. Direct rock extraction from the mountains was ...
Formed in Carboniferous/Permian limestone, the main Sơn Đoòng cave passage is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume – 3.84 × 10 7 m 3 (1.36 × 10 9 cu ft), according to BCRA expedition leader Howard Limbert. It is more than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 200 metres (660 ft) high and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.
The cave was found by a man named Hồ Khanh in 1991. The local jungle men were afraid of the cave for the whistling sound it makes from the underground river . However, not until 2009 was it made known to the public when a group of British scientists from the British Cave Research Association , led by Howard and Deb Limbert, conducted a survey ...
Cao Bằng has several points of historical interest as well as many natural features such as the Pác Bó (at the mouth of the confluence of two rivers, the Bằng Giang and Hien rivers) where Hồ Chí Minh in January 1941 established a revolutionary force at Cốc Bó cave, the Mạc emperor's Temple, the Kỳ Sầm Temple, Coi Bin Church ...
The richly decorated Perak Tong Temple [43] (1926) in the Malaysian city of Ipoh, which is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Chinese, was donated and designed by Buddhist immigrants from China, as was the cave temple Ling Xian Yan (since 1967) near Gunung Rapat near Ipoh. The construction of the Daoist Chin Swee Cave Temple on Malaysia's ...
Hang Temple (Vietnamese: Chùa Hang) means "Cave Temple" and may refer to many temples in Vietnam: Hang Temple ( Phuoc Dien Temple), Chau Doc, An Giang; Hang Temple, My Hoa commune, Phu My District, Binh Dinh; Hang Temple ( Co Thach Tu ), Binh Thanh, Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan; Hang Temple (Hai An Temple), Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa
Phong Nha Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. It is 7,729 metres long and contains 14 grottoes, as well as a 13,969 metre underground river.