With its massive scale and rugged terrain, Chi Lang Pass is considered a wall protecting Thang Long against the invasions of the Northern invaders. The battles at Chi Lang Pass demonstrated the strategic talent and wisdom of our ancestors in defending the country.
Famous images of Chi Lang Pass in Vietnamese history (Photo: collected)
Chi Lang district, Lang Son city is famous for Chi Lang Pass with majestic mountain scenery associated with the nation’s resounding and heroic victories. If you have the opportunity to travel to Lang Son , you should not miss the opportunity to visit this historical site.
1. Where is Chi Lang Pass in Lang Son?
Chi Lang Pass relic site is located about 150km from Hanoi city , in Chi Lang district. In the past, this place was a gate in Khau On town, Lang Son and marked many historical battles, preserving many heroic victories for the country. Now the pass is 20km long, 3km wide and is the connection point between Chi Lang and Huu Lung districts of Lang Son.
Tourists visit and take photos at the informational stone board (Photo: collected)
To visit Chi Lang Pass, visitors can follow National Highway 1A towards Hanoi – Lang Son and on the journey can take advantage of visiting other attractive Lang Son tourist destinations .
2. History of the battle of Chi Lang Pass
Chi Lang Pass is not only a beautiful place standing tall between heaven and earth, but hidden deep within it is also the once strong vitality of the spirit of Dong A. In the past, thanks to the unique terrain with high mountains, Covered with trees, Chi Lang Pass created a dangerous formation and became a wall to protect the ancient capital of Thang Long against the invasions of the Northern invaders. The history of this border area is associated with many heroic heroes such as Tran Quoc Tuan, Ly Thuong Kiet, Hoang Dai Hue…
Chi Lang Pass seen from above, truly deserves the name “a dangerous pass that rivals the sky” (Photo: Thuan Bui)
Chi Lang marks the heroic victories of the nation with layers of history, layers upon layers of victories of our ancestors with two times against Song invaders (in 981 and 1077), two times of resistance against Yuan invaders. (in 1285 and 1287), the fight against the Manchu invaders (in 1788 – 1789), and the resistance war against the French colonialists and American imperialists in the years 1882 – 1888.
Historically, this border area was the place where strategic battles continuously took place in Vietnam’s military history, culminating in the Chi Lang victory (October 10, 1427) that our army and people established. So a resounding victory destroyed the reinforcement army of more than 100,000 Ming soldiers led by Lieu Thang, contributing to ending the long resistance war, overthrowing the domination of the Ming Dynasty and regaining the entire country and country.
It can be said that the victories at Ai Chi Lang Son Pass affirmed the will of the people of the South to fight to protect the mountains and rivers and crush the invasion intentions of all enemies.
A peaceful corner of Chi Lang Pass today (Photo: collected)
3. Explore Ai Chi Lang Son Pass
Today, Chi Lang Pass has become a historical relic with majestic natural scenery that attracts many tourists. Visiting Chi Lang Pass, visitors will witness the peaceful Thuong River and rolling mountains leaning on each other like a charming landscape painting, both majestic, majestic and poetic.
The Chi Lang Pass complex is called the “largest outdoor historical museum” with 52 relics (including relics, vestiges, existing landmarks and oral folk stories). However, there are currently only 46 officially recorded relics and locations, and 6 other sites have lost their traces.
Map of Chi Lang Pass and locations in the relic (Photo: collected)
Spread throughout the valley and along the road, the mandarin is also dotted with many low mountains such as: Ma Yen, Ham Quy, Ky Lan, Phuong Hoang, Na Nong, Na San…
3.1. Cai Kinh Mountains
Cai Kinh mountain range (also known as Mo Nhai mountain) is located west of Chi Lang Pass. The name of the mountain is named after the Tay ethnic leader named Hoang Dinh Kinh (Cai Kinh) who led the insurgent army to fight the French colonialists when they first set foot on Lang Son land. Thanks to his great merits and extraordinary loyalty, the people of all ethnic groups in the region greatly admired him, so they named the mountain range where he once established a base as the Cai Kinh range.
Cai Kinh mountain range is associated with the name of the indomitable hero of Lang (Photo: collected)
3.2. Devil’s Gate – Devil’s Face Mountain
Chi Lang Pass has 2 gates: the North is Quy Mon Quan and the South is Ngo The (Luy Ngo The). About 100m from Chi Lang Pass is a mountain with a very unique name: Devil’s Face Mountain. The reason it was named that way is because on the cliff there are hollows in the cliff that form a face shape that people think resembles the face of a devil. What is interesting is that local people do not consider the mountain as a symbol of evil or fear, but on the contrary as a guardian god, protecting peaceful life here.
Devil’s Face Mountain is considered a guardian angel protecting people’s lives (Photo: collected)
When visiting Chi Lang Pass – Devil’s Gate, visitors can sign up to listen to the narrator of the Chi Lang Victory Gallery to learn more about the history and courage of the Vietnamese army and people during thousands of years of construction and construction. water retention.
3.3. Enjoy famous specialties in Chi Lang
Visiting and traveling to Chi Lang, in addition to admiring the beautiful scenery and learning more about the nation’s history, visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy the famous specialty fruit here, which is Chi Lang custard apple. Also having an ecstatic aroma and sweet taste like Bac Son tangerine, Mau Son peach, Bao Lam persimmon…, Chi Lang custard apple is always highly appreciated and exported everywhere because the flavor is not available everywhere.
Na Chi Lang is a famous specialty in Lang Son (Photo: Thuan Bui)
The custard apple season lasts from July to the end of September . Visitors can visit the custard apple garden to see how people transport each load of custard apples from the mountain to the ground through a very unique homemade pulley system.
In addition, visitors can also enjoy Lang Son specialties with unique cooking methods and flavors such as: roasted duck , roasted pork with honey , succulent meat, sour pho , chao cake, Huu Lung spring rolls, banh mi. Lang Son wormwood …
A humiliating dish with an extremely sophisticated and unique way of processing (Photo: collected)
In addition to Chi Lang Pass, visitors to Lang Son can also visit the Mac Dynasty citadel, To Thi rocky mountain, Mau Son tourist area , Bac Son valley, Ky Lua market, Tam Thanh pagoda … To fully visit the places. famous here, visitors will need about 2 days.
With many majestic landscapes, heroic historical sites and unique Northern dishes, visitors will have an unforgettable trip to this frontier land. Don’t miss Chi Lang Pass – a prominent historical landmark in the Lang Son border region if you have the chance.