20:12 07/10/2018
“Côn Sơn suối chảy rì rầm/ Ta nghe như tiếng đàn cầm bên tai”
(Côn Sơn’s streams are babbling/ As music from a stringed instrument)
The beauty and serenity evoked in this line from 15th-century poet Nguyễn Trãi’s Côn Sơn Ca (Côn Sơn Ballad) still come to mind when visiting the Côn Sơn-Kiếp Bạc Complex today.
The complex of pagodas and temples nestles amidst forested mountains in the Côn Sơn area’s Chí Linh District, Hải Dương Province.