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More than 50km from Bac Kan city center along Highway 3B, through Ang Toong pass, visitors will come to Yen Lac town center (Na Ri district). From here, looking to the northwest, there is a massive mountain range running in the direction of the north-south arc – like a girl looking at the scenery. To the north of this mountain range, there are Phja Man and Phja Trang mountain ranges and Khuoi Hai stream (moon stream). About 150 meters from Khuoi Hai bank, there is a rock cave called Fairy Cave.
According to legend, once upon a time, there were 7 fairies in the sky who flew down to cool off and enjoy the scenery at a stream. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world, take a cool bath, have fun, when it’s dark, it’s not good. The fairies did not have time to fly to the sky. At that time, an earthly person came to this stream to look for crabs and snails. When the fairies saw it, they were afraid, so they ran to the edge of the forest.
Looking down from the sky, the Jade Emperor lovingly created a cave for the fairies to stay overnight. Later, that stream was called Khuoi Hai (moon stream) and that cave was Fairy Cave.
To prove the legend of Fairy Cave, there is a story in folklore: A certain ancestor of the Ly family in Luong Ha commune carried a hammer to the forest to find trees for a plow.
When he passed the cave, he saw fairies playing chess, partly because of his passion for chess and partly because of the beauty of their names, he lingered, using the hammer handle as a chair to watch the fairies play chess.
Because I was so absorbed in watching that I forgot all the time, it was dark and I couldn’t find my way back. At home, his wife and children, relatives searched many places and could not find him, thinking he was mauled by a tiger, so he made a funeral ghost. As for him, watching the entire game of chess, carrying the hammer out, the handle of the hammer was attacked by termites. Arriving at the house, seeing a lot of people in the house, he realized that his family had been making ghosts for him for 3 years, now holding a funeral…
Previously, from Khuoi Hai bank to the northwest, go through a flat area, climb up the mountainside about 70 meters to reach the entrance of the cave. But now, the local government has invested in building and renovating the road to Nang Tien Cave, which is easier.
Climbing over 132 stone steps, visitors will see a rather large rock with a circular dome-shaped structure that looks like a turtle’s shell, above it is covered with dense vegetation, below is a door, which is the way to go. into the Cave.
Just put one foot inside the cave door, the light outside contrasts with the darkness inside, making us seem lost in another world. Immediately, all the senses on the body can feel the change very clearly: The atmosphere is cool, the steam is blurry, the sound of water is murmuring… From here, the path goes deep into the ground. The more you go inside, the quieter and cooler the air becomes. Humans seem to have completely left the outside world.
The entrance to the cave is quite narrow, surrounded by undulating rock formations. Along the path, one can see and touch the cool stones. Looking up, are stalactites that have formed millions of years ago, like inverted stone towers flowing from above to below. There are old stalactites, which have been touched and deeply rooted in the ground, forming solid stone pillars.
At the end of the entrance, appearing in front of you is the central area of the cave with a width of about 20 – 30m2, surrounding and above surrounded by millions of years old stone walls, solid and solid. Underneath is a small stream of water, making it easy to think of the ditches leading water to the terraced fields of the mountainous people. From here, it is possible to see almost the entire scene in the cave, with stone slabs of all shapes. The two sides are two paths, leading us to go deeper into the nooks and crannies, the “fanciful” scenes associated with folk tales.
Because it is the Fairy Cave – where the fairies live, every stone and rock in the place is associated with fairy stories. For example, “fairy pond” – is a large, clear water area, considered a place where fairies cool off and play every day. The water here is especially cool and pure. Wading through the “fairy pond”, you will come to the low-lying terraces, depending on the season, the water in the steps is more or less, just like the terraced fields of the people in the high mountains.
Perhaps that’s why that place is also named “fairy field” – where fairies grow and harvest all year round.
The most fanciful and shimmering is the “fairy room”. Surrounded by many stalactites falling from above and with only one entrance, the “fairy room” here is like the bedroom of a fairy in the heavens, beautiful and fanciful. Or the tall, long stalactites, connecting straight from the top of the cave to the ground. Seen from bottom to top, these stones look like shiny hair streams of beautiful, beautiful, and splendid fairies…
Standing inside the cave, looking at the surrounding scenery, you will see how small people are in the midst of nature.
Also located in Bac Can province, a special, unique and attractive eco-tourism destination that visitors cannot go through is Puong cave, located in the area of Ba Be National Park. The Nang River flows through the Lung Nham limestone mountains to form Puong cave. As a two-headed pine cave, Puong cave has a length of 300 meters and a height of more than 30 meters. Puong cave with vertical cliffs and many stalactites of different shapes and colors.
Inside the cave, strangely shaped stalactites hang down and shimmer on the water. The deeper you go inside, although the cave is quite dark, it is still attractive enough for visitors because on the dome there are thousands of bats living or staying. Boats can go on Nang river through Puong cave.
With fanciful, pristine beauty and sediments formed over time, Fairy Cave and Puong Cave are truly a masterpiece that Mother Nature has bestowed on the land here.
Source: Collected internet.