Visiting Dai Nam Van Hien Wonderland
Under BlogDai Nam Van Hien is a tourism complex located in Binh Duong Province, about 40km from Ho Chi Minh City. It is an artificial architecture work, invested by a business man in Binh Duong. The marvelous and large scale of this site is definitely worthy for you to visit once.
Dai Nam Van Hien is nothing like other amusement parks in the world such as Disneyland or Suoi Tien in Ho Chi Minh City. It is a complex of culture, history, worship and amusement. In a large area of 21.6 hectares, it includes temple, historical zone, amusement park, shopping centre, movie theatre and hotel. It is considered as a cultural-historical-spiritual synthetic museum which help you understand more about Vietnam.
The first impression of Dai Nam Van Hien Wonderland is Dai Nam Square with total area of 9 hectares. Main entrance towards Dai Nam Square is surrounded by two green dragons with length of each is 270 meters. The whole area is featured with amazing architectures, in the various themes about Vietnam traditions, cultures and histories.
The unique feature of Dai Nam Van Hien Wonderland is 9-hectare worship area with cultural, historical meaning and religious aspirations of Viet Nam through 4,000-year upside culture. This is an area with strong spirit including Ngu Hanh Son Mountain Range, the longest artificial mountain in Vietnam with 252m of length. In Ngu Hanh Son Mountain Range, there is 9 storey tower called Bao Thap. Bao Giang River which is 720 meters long runs under Ngu Hanh Son Range, and winds around the temple. It is also considered as the longest artificial river in Viet Nam.
The most special architecture in this wonderland is Dai Nam Temple (also called Golden Temple) which is built in March 10, 2003 (Lunar Calendar) and opened on September 2, 2005 with an area of 5,000 square meters. The temple is highlighted with worship statues, embossments and worshiping objects which are all inlayed with gold. The sanctum is the most distinctive feature of the temple where there are various statues put in, including statues of Buddha Sakyamuni, Hung King and Tran Nhan Tong King at the centre, statues of Tran Hung Dao Saint, Au Co Mother, 1068 lines of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups on the left and the statues of Ho Chi Minh President, Nguyen Binh Khiem, as well as alter of God of Wealth – God of The Earth – God of Town – God of Merit on the right. It is a spectacular work of art and also has a remarkable spiritual meaning to Vietnamese people.
The interesting part of Dại Nam Van Hien is Dai Nam Amusement Theme Park and the Zoo. It is a modern and diverse complex of outdoor activities and games such as thrilling games, explore games, water games and other super fun activities.
The zoo is spacious with area of 12.5 ha and has many different species. Especially there are many kinds of wild rare animals: White lion, white rhinoceros, Panthera Tigris, White Peacock, White snake, Plains Zebra, Kangaroo, Leopard Tortoise, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Indochinese Tiger, South American Squirrel Monkey, Asiatic Golden Cat, Eld’s Deer, Great Hombill, Oryx Gazelle… Besides, the wonderland also has beautiful camping site with convenient outdoor space for entertaining, relaxing and camping as well as an artificial water area called Dai Nam Sea with real beachy attraction.