Among tourist destinations in Quang Binh, Ngang Pass is one of the attractive destinations that cannot be missed for all visitors. It is not known whether from Ba Huyen Thanh Quan’s poetry, that Ngang Pass becomes close to tourists, but it is a fact that, among the pass roads, Ngang Pass is considered as a pass that holds many sympathies. the most traveler.
Ancient pass
Overview of Ngang Pass today
From Dong Hoi city you can rent a motorbike, with more conditions, rent a 4-seater car if crowded, rent a 7-seater Dong Hoi car. Ngang is the natural boundary of the two provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh, with a length of only about 6km.
Ngang pass is the natural boundary of the two provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh
Ngang Pass is a pass over the Hoanh Son range, a key point on the natural north-south path. In addition, Ngang pass also has important historical value, this place used to be the boundary between Dai Viet and Chiem Thanh in the past.
The old Hoang Son Quan photo
According to old history, the road through Ngang Pass was 1000 years ago, from the reign of King Le Dai Hanh (980 – 1005), but it was not until 500 years later that Hoanh Son – Ngang Pass was popular and became a key point of division. Cut Outside – Dang Trong. From the time of King Lam hamlet, he built a fortress to defend against the Tan army and in the seventeenth century, the Trinh army once again built up a system of fortifications here, called Deo Ngang rampart or Mr. Ninh’s rampart. When Quang Trung Nguyen Hue unified the country, Ngang Pass was the gateway to the South to the North. 
Hoanh Son Quan today
In 1833, King Minh Mang built Hoanh Son Quan (Hoanh Son gate) at the top of Ngang Pass, higher than 4m, on both sides with a citadel longer than 30m, above the three-word embossed gate Hoanh Son Quan. The two sides Hoanh Son Quan dig the mountain into 1000 steps. Today Hoanh Son Quan is still, not intact, but still majestic, windy at the top of the mountain at the corner of the sea.
From Hoanh Son Quan looking to the North is the land of Ky Nam commune, Ky Anh town, Ha Tinh province. In contrast, looking to the South is the land of Quang Dong commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province.
From Hoanh Son Quan looking to the South is the land of Quang Binh province.
Looking to the north is the land of Ha Tinh province.
Standing on the top of Ngang pass, panoramic view of the mountain pass winding around the hills, watching the whole mountains and forests on the Hoanh Son range, where the pass crosses, and is also a branch of the Truong Son mountain range facing the East Sea. Far from the sea is Hon La Bay, a very famous marine eco-tourist destination.
Landscape seen from the old Ngang Pass
The mountain branch of the Truong Son mountain range crashes into the sea
You will be immersed in a green piece of majestic nature and will understand why Ngang Pass is the endless inspiration of poets from Le Thanh Tong, Nguyen Thiep, Vu Tong Phan, Ngo Thi Nham, Nguyen Du, King Thieu Tri, Nguyen Ham Ninh, Mrs. Thanh Quan district, Nguyen Phuoc Mien Tham, Nguyen Van Sieu, Cao Ba Quat … have kept their mark on Ngang Pass with masterpieces of ancient poetry. 
The view from Hoanh Son Quan in ancient times
Probably Vietnamese, no one knows the famous poem Qua Deo Ngang by Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, even though he has never traveled to Quang Binh. With the image of the shadow of the sunset, the sad scenery plus a bit of silence of the poet, Deo Ngang suddenly becomes a phrase that gently enters everyone’s hearts, although many people do not know it well, Ngang Pass is in the “part” of the country.
“Walking to Ngang Pass, the shadow of
the trees, the trees and the leaves crowded with the flowers of
Lom bent over the mountain, a few Uncle
Lok on the riverside of the markets.
I miss the country that hurts my nation, My beloved family is
tired of the nation.
Stop standing still, heaven, young, country
A piece of love for me. “
If in the poetry of Ba Huyen Thanh Quan, Ngang Pass appears like a contemplative picture with the sunset staining sadness and sadness, causing you to be flustered, then when there is a practical opportunity to pass through the pass, How wonderful is this picture. Able to transform according to your own real mood in a lively and natural way, Ngang Pass has a strange charm to anyone.
The beauty of Pass Ngang is an endless source of inspiration for many poets
In terms of the slope, Ngang pass is not a pass that makes people green, but in terms of landscape, this pass has become a great inspiration for many poets and writers from the past until now. , vibrating hard souls, when having the opportunity to pass through the pass. It is also a pass, also a mountain, an abyss, a cloudy sky like many other passes, but it is not easy to explain why Ngang Pass is so poetic and romantic.
Winding pass road
The pass is only about 6km long
Today, there is a tunnel through the pass, nearly 500m long, built modernly and solidly with 6 traffic lanes, but many people still keep the habit of having to go through the pass. One pass through the pass, is a time to enjoy the generosity of the trees and the sky, to feel the clear sounds from the poetic nature, that even though the tunnel can shorten the time to cross the pass. , easy to go, safer, but not possible.
Pass Ngang Tunnel
The beauty of nature along with legendary historical stories make Ngang pass more attractive, and there is a little bit of mystery that makes travelers’ hearts urge to come to admire the wonders.
Ngang Pass is the favorite photo spot of visitors
Tourists enjoy taking pictures at Pass Ngang Tunnel
Without losing the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful landscape of Ngang Pass, until now, after 10 years of the Ngang Pass tunnel in operation, the Adventure Travel Company still keeps the itineraries to visit Ngang Pass in the programs. Quang Binh tour. And maybe for many years later, these moments are still maintained, so that visitors do not lose the opportunity to feel poetic with their own feelings about the majestic beauty of Ngang Pass in the most real way and the most vivid.
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