Hồng Lĩnh mountain
| Hồng Lĩnh | |
|---|---|
| Ngàn Hống Rú Hống | |
.png) Núi Hồng Lĩnh | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 18°33′29″N 105°47′20″E / 18.55806°N 105.78889°E |
| Geography | |
  Hồng Lĩnh | |
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Hồng Lĩnh (Chữ Hán: 鴻嶺) is a mountain range in Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam.
Etymology
[edit]From the modern perspective, its name Hồng-lĩnh (national voice) or Hông-lịnh (local voice) is often understood as "the red river". For example : "O my Ha-tịnh, the blue river is reflecting the red mountain". However, this is the wrong way of interpreting, which is derived from the signing in Hanese characters.
Before the 19th century, this area still used indigenous languages to call the addresses in it. According to that nature, the mountainous area is called as rú Hống or ngàn Hống roughly by the locals. This is a word that is now lost, which means "the mountains of the phoenixs".[1][2]
Because according to the legend of the Laotian nation, this mountainous area is where the ten paradise princesses have come to the sông Rung to bathe. However, the magic shirt of the youngest princess was robbed by a woodcutter, so she stayed with the mortal. That is why there are 9 peaks today.[3]
History
[edit]The mountains famously have 99 peaks. Nguyễn Huệ built the Trung Đô Citadel on Hồng Lĩnh mountain.[4][5][6] The mountains were the place of retirement of Nguyễn Du.[7] In earlier days villagers went into the Hồng Lĩnh mountains at times of poor crops for hunting and harvesting rattan and leaves to make raincoats and hats.[8] Hồng Lĩnh Mountain is now suffering ecological damage from people harvesting mật nhân (Eurycoma longifolia).[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Ngọc Khánh Vũ Văn hóa Việt Nam: những điều học hỏi : các bình diện văn hóa Việt Nam -2004 Page 201 "Núi Hổng Lĩnh ớ Nghệ An, có tên nôm là Rú Hông. Chữ "hông" có người giáng là tên gọi một loại chim, sau đó được phát âm là chim hổng (hổng ... nhiểu tên làng, chắc chắn từ góc là một tên nôm, sau được nhà nho đổi thành tên chữ nghĩa."
- ^ Ngọc Khánh Vũ -Chuyện kể địa danh Việt Nam 2000 - Page 17 "Núi Hông Lịnh Ồ Nghệ An, có tên nôm là Rú Hông. Chữ "hống" có người giảng là tên gọi một loại chim, sau đó được phát âm là chim hông ... Rất nhiểu tên làng, chắc chắn từ gốc là một tên nôm, sau được nhà nho đổi thành tên chữ-nghĩa."
- ^ In fact, Hông-lịnh consists of 99 mountain peaks, but there are ten highest and most different ones.
- ^ Khôi Hoàng The Hồ Chí Minh trail - Page 38 2001 "Nguyễn Huệ built the Trung Đô Citadel on the Hồng Lĩnh mountain (part of the Trường Sơn in Nghệ Tĩnh)."
- ^ Như Ý Nguyẽ̂n, Huy Chu, Thié̂t Bùi Dictionary of Vietnamese cultural place names and scenic spots 2004 Page 1184
- ^ Vietnam geographical data - Page 201 Tu Lap Vu - 1979 "Hong Linh was formerly one of the most spectacular sights of Nghe Tinh province, with its thick forest and varied fauna ; but the forest has been destroyed"
- ^ Vận hội mới - Volumes 1-12 - Page 221 Friendship Association of the Diocese of Vinh (San Jose, Calif.) - 1982 "To Nguyến Du loyalty also meant attachment to the Lê Dynasty, nostalgia after its end and aversion to Serving a different master:... From then on he led a secluded life with two young disciples in the Hồng Lĩnh mountains, hunting and growing crops around his cottage."
- ^ Hà Tĩnh, trên đường phát triẻ̂n - Page 200 Công ty cỏ̂ phà̂n thông tin kinh té̂ đó̂i ngoại - 2004 "Once upon a time, when living standard was low, villagers went to Hong Linh for hunting and taking rattan and leaves to thread raincoats and hats. Mountains could be a treasure for them at the hardest time and years of bad crops."
- ^ Hong Linh Mountain destroyed because people thirsty for panacea