Near the cable car station No. 2 on the pilgrimage to the sacred Yen Tu mountain top, there is a right turn but there are almost no traces of tourists. That is the road to famous landmarks such as Thac Bac, Am Ngu Duoc, Am Diem, Am Hoa, Am Thung... located on the slopes of Thanh Long mountain range.
The road is more difficult to travel than other routes, especially after Typhoon Yagi, but in return, the scenery is beautiful, with waterfalls sometimes covered with white foam in the rainy season, sometimes torn between vast forests and primeval forests.
The deeper you go into the forest, the more ancient trees appear, each tree is held by a few people without stopping.
The largest number is still the Red Pine tree. For a long time, tourists have only known about the ancient Red Pine - where there are dozens of Red Pine trees over 700 years old on both sides of the pilgrimage road, but only in the Red Pine garden in the Yen Tu deep forest did they see a much larger number.
According to a ranger of the Yen Tu National Monument and Forest Management Board, Yen Tu forest currently has more than 230 "old men" of Xich Tung, while in Xich Tung garden alone, there are over 100 "old men" living very close together.
The special thing is that most of the "old men" of Xich Tung in the ancient Red Pine garden are still very "healthy". While most of the "old men" of Xich Tung on Xich Tung Street or along the pilgrimage route have dried branches, withered trunks, and even lost half of their bodies, over 100 "old men" of Xich Tung here are still green, with their original branches and branches as intact.
According to the representative of the Yen Tu National Park and Monument Management Board, although of the same age, the ancient Red Pine trees in Red Pine garden look "younger" because they are located in the middle of deep forests, less affected by factors such as outdoor scenery and fertile land.
The "old men" of Xich Tung in Yen Tu who died or were suffering from a serious "disease" were mainly on the pilgrimage route, with little land, and roots that had trembled on the ground...
The ancient Red Pine Forest is considered a special witness to the sacred Yen Tu mountain, where the Truc Lam Zen sect was founded by Buddha, King Tran Nhan Tong, and was also the first monk.
In recent years, dozens of "old men" Red Pine over 700 years old in Yen Tu have passed away due to old age and being attacked by pests and weather.
Hundreds of trees with trunks and roots partially rotten, with holes, tilted trunks, and severe pests and diseases...
According to the research of scientists, the arrangement of ancient Red Pine trees shows that the ancient Red Pine forest on Yen Tu was planted by their predecessors, because it has rows, paths and is in special locations.
In locations where this plant appears, there are amphalt trees, towers, temples... combined with the distribution of altitude. Under the green forest canopy and more than 100 ancient Red Pine trees in Red Pine garden, there are some amps, such as: Am Thung, Am Diem and especially Am Ngu Duoc - where the doctors of the Tran Dynasty prescribed medicine to treat diseases and save people, and there are still traces of this amps.
