Strange 'magic fish stream' in Thanh Hoa

The short stream, clear water and a large school of fish at the 'divine fish stream' located at the foot of Truong Sinh mountain, in Luong Ngoc village, Cam Luong commune, Cam Thuy district (Thanh Hoa) bring visitors an exciting feeling.

"The magic fish stream" is only about 100 meters long.

No one knows since when, nature has bestowed upon this place the "magic fish stream" Cam Luong - an unsolved mystery, always a phenomenon that satisfies the curiosity of tourists from all over.

Lying between four sides of vertical limestone mountains, Luong Ngoc stream is only about 100 m long, narrow at only 2 m, wide at over 3 m, deep from 30 - 50 cm. At the bottom of the stream there are thousands of fish, lined up in rows swimming around the mouth of the cave. From inside the mountain always flows a source of clear and blue water. People in Luong Ngoc village often call the fish living in this "fairy stream" "slope fish".

The cave where the fish nest every night

During the flood season, the water rises all the way to the stream, but strangely, the fish do not go far but only linger around the stream near the cave. The fish here are small, big, many weigh up to 10 kg. The fish are tame, freely playing, revealing their shiny black belly and back with a yellow tinge, red lips, and red fins, very beautiful and mysterious. During the day, the school of fish swim out of the mountain cave, and at night they return to the cave to take shelter.

People here call it a slope fish, some can weigh up to about 10 kg.

Many domestic and international scientific delegations have come here to survey, but the existence of this school of fish remains a mystery.

Although this area is often flooded, the fish in the stream never float away. When the water overflows into the stream, the big fish hide in the caves, and the small fish, if swept away by the water, can swim back to their caves. The people here believe that the "divine fish stream" is very sacred. Anyone who dares to catch and eat fish in this stream is considered to have offended the gods, not only causing disaster for themselves but also for the whole community.

The Snake Temple is located on the bank of the stream.

Every year, the ceremony to worship the mountain god, river god, and fish god on the banks of Luong Ngoc stream is held from January 8 to 15. Many people from near and far come to admire and burn incense to pray for luck.

There is a legend of the people here, in the past Ngoc village at the foot of Truong Sinh mountain range often suffered from drought and crop failure. In the village, there was a childless couple who went to the stream every day to grow crops and catch shrimp and fish. One day, the woman went to the stream and picked up a strange egg and brought it home. The next day, the egg hatched into a snake. Feeling strange, the old man took the snake to Ngoc stream and released it, but every morning when he took it out to release it, the snake returned home at night and gradually became familiar with the house like other pets.

"The magic fish stream" becomes a tourist attraction for many tourists.

Since the snake was born, the fields here became fertile, the villagers were prosperous and happy, they loved the snake so much that they called it Mr. Snake. Peaceful life continued to flow, suddenly one night there was a heavy rain, strong wind, thunder and lightning. The next day, people found Mr. Snake's body lying at the foot of Truong Sinh mountain, on the bank of Ngoc stream.

Legend has it that the Snake died fighting a sea monster that was destroying the village. Since the villagers built a temple on the stream bank to commemorate the Snake's achievements, the Ngoc stream has had a school of "divine fish" with tens of thousands of fish that come to pay homage to the god day and night and guard the Ngoc temple until today.

TIEN HUY

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