Showing posts with label Marble Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marble Mountains. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2008

Mountains of Marble

South of Da Nang towards the coast, stand five large hills called Ngu Hanh Son - Marble Mountains.

The mountains are a valuable source of red, white and blue-green marble, and at the foot of the marble skilled carvers chisel out a huge number of objects for the house and garden. Marble from here was used to build Ho Chi Min's Mausoleum in Hanoi, see my previous post.