Mount Mẫu Sơn or officially Mẫu Sơn peak () is a plateau in Lộc Bình District, Lạng Sơn Province, in the Northeastern Vietnam. It is located about northeast of Hanoi and about east of Lạng Sơn City close to the international border between Vietnam and China. The highest peak of Mount Mẫu Sơn reaches about above sea level.
History
Its ancient name "muaeng-mol" means "barbarian plateau" in the indigenous language, then recorded in Hanese characters as Mẫu-sơn (母山, means "Mother mountain"), which can be understood as "big plateau".
Mount Mẫu Sơn was originally settled by the Yao people.Mau Son Mountain wakes from 40-year slumber, Trong Huan, Radio the Voice of Vietnam, 04/01/2006 In the early 20th century, the French built a military base on the mountain followed by a cluster of villas in 1936. The French installations on Mount Mẫu Sơn have since fallen into disrepair and only ruins remain of the original buildings.
The mountain now contains several guest houses built to resemble French villas, some are abandoned, but a few still remain operational as of May 2017. The top of the mountain is a popular picnicking location with locals who come there to take photographs on the mountain top.
Culture Mẫu Sơn is known as the origin of one of the famous tea tree varieties in the Northern Vietnam, along with red plums and its wine.
However, since the beginning of 2010, Mẫu Sơn has become the most famous snow tourist destination in the Southeast Asia, because the snow in this place is thick enough to attract the love of the junior (thú săn tuyết, trend of snow hunting).Trải nghiệm thú “săn tuyết” trên đỉnh Mẫu Sơn
See also Đồng Đăng Hữu Nghị Quan Notes and references Notes
References
External links Cận cảnh băng tuyết phủ trắng, dày đặc trên đỉnh Mẫu Sơn Đỉnh Mẫu Sơn -2,2 độ C, nghìn người vẫn đổ tới ngắm tuyết