GROUPS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRACES IN CAT TIEN

Is is in Quang Ngai Commune, Cat Tien district 35 km away from the National Road No.20.From Ho Chi Minh City to Managua intersection, turning left on the provincial road No.721, going on for 35 km, visitors will come there.

It was discovered in 1985 and till now it has been excavated six times. There is a pretty big group of ancient traces of South East Asia, it stretches ten km and more along Dong Nai Riverside with many temples, many graves of Phu Nam kingdom which were destroyed 13 to 14 centuries ago. When discovering and excavating, all temples were destroyed so they had a lot of ancient trade zone is the temple Dao Khi (Hill No.14). It is on the highest hill of the zone, facing the East. In this temple, archaeologists found a collection of Linga-joni (the worshiped things of Brahmanism). This collection is very huge, and it is very luxurious so it had proved for a very prosperous period. For the brahmanism, people went to the temple, brought some water to pour on the statue of Linga, then if they wanted to have a baby girl they would touch Jony statue and if they wanted to have a baby boy they would touch Linga statue and drank water running out of these statues.

From 2001, Lam Dong tourist Co.had tours to visit and to discover this secret place every week. Cat Tien old traces have been ranked as a national historical place from 1997.

Cat Tien is the name of a land lying in the stretch of the Dong Nai River, in the area of three provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc, and Lam Dong. Characteristics: Tradition, where this fairy goddess often down to play and enjoy the cool water, should be called "Nam Cat Tien." This is an archaeological work of great cultural, historical and religious value that can determine the existence, origin of a forgotten kingdom more than 1,300 years. Cat Tien National Park has a total area of 70,548 ha, of which the area of Dong Nai is 39,108ha; The area of Lam Dong province is 26,969ha; Area of Binh Phuoc province: 4,469ha. Cat Tien National Park is located in Tan Phu district, Dong Nai province. The garden has a variety of natural scenery: hilly, with river banks, large flat, with steep streams. In the rainy season the gentle streams became the cascades, the white water washed over the large stone slides. Many winding cascades, lagoons create large sand beaches as natural beaches. In the middle of the vast river, the islands float in water. On the island, ancient trees grow together with large grass can make camping, fire the ideal night. Along the river, along the main road to the left is the whole old forest types, the mixture of precious timber trees: typing, scallop, spotted, hybrid, mahogany ... The right of the forest road is the waterfall Heaven, the most amazing waterfall of Cat Tien. Continuing through the forest, deep valleys will reach Bau Sau, the largest water reservoir, located in the center of Cat Tien National Park. The greens contain a variety of fish, including freshwater crocodiles. Venus is home to many large flocks of birds such as pheasant, pheasant, pheasant, crane, giang, crabs, saucers, le le, shaggy ... Cat Tien not only has breathtaking scenery, The climate of mountainous and plain, Cat Tien has a unique climate. The terrain is covered with rivers and streams which make the jungle unspoiled and become the place where most of the forests of the southern delta are gathered. here are birds Archaeologists have found a sacred temple of Funan culture on top of A1 hill (Quang Ngai commune, district Cat Tien, Lam Dong province in the watersheds of Dong Nai river. It is a temple built of rough bricks, pedestals, door fringes, pillars of granite marble with patterns, gold or gold lingas, a Linga - Yoni of 2.1 meters in diameter. , 7m of polished blue stone, Southeast Asia's largest and more than a hundred pieces of gold with pictures depicting scenes of the time: dancers, warriors, elephants, cows, lotus ... Cat National Park Fairly City. Ho Chi Minh City is about 150km along Highway 20. Cat Tien is an attractive ecotourism and cultural center of the South East with many types of tourism such as walking, bird watching, camping, yachting, adventure travel...