Bai
Cháy is a large, beautiful, artificial beach, closed to
the coast of Ha Long Bay. The 100-meter-wide-sandy beach spans
over 500 m. Early in the morning or in late afternoon, thousands
of people liven up the atmosphere here.
The asphalt road winds its way through the white sandy beach and
luxuriant casuarinas. The Hoàng Gia Tourism Company has
invested in diverse services for tourists. The Bai Cháy
tourist site is fast changing into one of the most captivating
of this kind in Ha Long City. It comprises restaurants, water
puppet and traditional music theatres, Hoàng Gia Park,
water-skiing, and sea motorcycling. The Hoàng Gia Park
lines along the Ha Long road leading from the Bai Cháy
Tourist Wharf to the gate of the Ha Long Night Market. There
are many legends associated with the name Bai Cháy. According
to one legend, when the fleet carrying food for the Yuan-Mongolian
invaders led by Truong Van Ho came there, the Vietnamese troops
and locals under the leadership of Tran Khánh Duset fire
to it. The whole fleet was engulfed in fire. Meanwhile, the northeast
wind blew hard and further added fuel to it. Fire was so fierce
it burned down the forest in the western side of Cua Luc. Hence
the name Bai Cháy.
Another legend has it that the western side of Cua Luc used to
be a wharf for seagoing boats. Acorn-barnacles firmly attached
to these boats’ sides and underneath, and might wreck the
boats. The local population had to use casuarinas leaves to burn
acorn-barnacles. From Hon Gai and other neighboring places, people
always see a blaze from there, so they called it Bai Cháy.
Bai
Cháy is a large, beautiful, artificial beach, closed to
the coast of Ha Long Bay. The 100-meter-wide-sandy beach spans
over 500 m. Early in the morning or in late afternoon, thousands
of people liven up the atmosphere here.
There
are many legends associated with the name Bai Cháy. According
to one legend, when the fleet carrying food for the Yuan-Mongolian
invaders led by Truong Van Ho came there, the Vietnamese troops
and locals under the leadership of Tran Khánh Duset fire
to it. The whole fleet was engulfed in fire. Meanwhile, the northeast
wind blew hard and further added fuel to it. Fire was so fierce
it burned down the forest in the western side of Cua Luc. Hence
the name Bai Cháy.