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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 ...
Hòn non bộ focuses on depicting landscapes of islands and mountains, usually in contact with water and decorated with live trees and other plants. Like water and land penjing, hòn non bộ specimens can feature miniature figures, vehicles, and structures. Distinctions among these traditional forms have been blurred by some practitioners ...
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 sea and island zone of Quảng Ninh has a unique terrain. There are more than 2,000 islands, making up two-thirds of the country's islands. They extend along the coast for more than 250 km and divide into numerous layers. The largest islands are Cái Bầu and Bản Sen, while the smallest are just like rocks in a garden.
Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E / 20.98333°N 107.76667°E / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E / 20.900°N 107.200°E / 20.900; 107
View of Hòn Heo ("Pig Island"), the largest island in the group. The archipelago, formed from lower-mid Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, [1] consists of about 34 [1] (or 42 [2]) islands spreading out over a 70-square-kilometer (27 sq mi) water area. [1] The area of the islands is about 5 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi). [1] Hòn Heo is the largest ...
Nam Du Islands (Vietnamese: Quần đảo Nam Du) is an archipelago located in the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Phú Quốc Island. It constitutes An Sơn and Nam Du Commune of Kiên Hải District , Kiên Giang Province , Vietnam .
Leung Shuen Wan (糧船灣洲, High Island), Sai Kung – connected to the mainland to form the High Island Reservoir; Mong Chau – an island off the hill of Lai King, buried under the Terminal 2 of the Container Terminal; Mouse Island – an island in Sam Shing, Tuen Mun and now a part of Mouse Island Children's Playground