Marble Mountains

Marble Mountains is a group of five marble and limestone slopes situated in Ngu Hanh Son District, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five mountains are named after the five components: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. The greater part of the mountains have surrender doors and various passages, and it is conceivable to move to the summit of Mt. Thuy. A few Buddhist asylums can likewise be found inside the mountains, making this a prominent vacationer goal.

The region is known for stone figure making and stone-cutting specialties. Coordinate shake extraction from the mountains was restricted as of late. Materials are presently being transported from quarries in Qu?ng Nam Province. The mountains were extremely close to the American Marble Mountain Air Facility amid the Vietnam War. As indicated by William Broyles, Jr., the Marble Mountains contained a healing facility for the Vietcong, most likely inside earshot of the American landing strip and China Beach (which flanked the runway as an afterthought inverse the mountains). He portrays the adversary as having been so "sure of our numbness that he had concealed his doctor's facility on display".

The Marble Mountains are home to a few Buddhist and Hindu grottoes. A stairway of 156 stages prompts the summit of Thuy Son, the main Marble Mountain available to guests. It permits a wide all encompassing perspective of the encompassing region and the other marble mountains. There are various grottoes, including Huyen Khong and Tang Chon, and numerous Hindu and Buddhist havens, the sanctuaries of Tam Thai, Tu Tam and Linh Ung, and the pagoda of Pho Dong. The havens include statues and alleviation portrayals of religious scenes cut out of the marble.