Van Don is the first trading port in Vietnam. Van Don belongs to Van Don peninsular, Van Don district today, located in the southeast of Ha Long Bay.
In addition to finding the remains of commercial activities in Van Don, the archaeologists also found religious architecture, temples, and towers. Among these ruins have not done very extensive built during the Tran Dynasty. This temple was built in the western slopes of the island community, facing the marina on the eastern slopes. The ruins of the temple gate, the temple households, Buddhist temples, Shanghai area, the group, pedestal, lotus, orchid care is sculpted dragon … to say that relic is central to Buddhist temples religious significance of the island region.
Far away about 3 km to the northeast, on the high hill of Cong Dong island, there is a temple which is decorated with a dragon, Bodhi leaf. There is a box containing Li balls and also has 13 fragments of an ivory glaze porcelain vase. This porcelain vase casket corpse monks whose life associated with Buddhist centers have not done.
Above all, a major commercial port of Van Don are tradable items with a foreign merchant ships in this present forestry products, marine products, aromatherapy, silk, brocade stature. But mainstream items from the Ly and Tran dynasty porcelains which remain the debris while loading into the upper deck of the marina is a testament. The reason that porcelain celadon elegant. Tran dynasty porcelain enamel color brown refreshment.
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