Mount Mẫu Sơn or officially Mẫu Sơn peak () is a

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in Lộc Bình District, Lạng Sơn Province, in the Northeastern Vietnam. It is located about northeast of

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and about east of

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City close to the international border between Vietnam and

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. The highest peak of Mount Mẫu Sơn reaches about above sea level.

History

Its ancient name "''muaeng-mol''" means "

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" in the indigenous language, then recorded in Hanese characters as Mẫu-sơn (母山, means "Mother mountain"), which can be understood as "big plateau". Mount Mẫu Sơn was originally settled by the

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.Mau Son Mountain wakes from 40-year slumber, Trong Huan, Radio the Voice of Vietnam, 04/01/2006
In the early 20th century, the French built a military base on the mountain followed by a cluster of villas in 1936. The French installations on Mount Mẫu Sơn have since fallen into disrepair and only ruins remain of the original buildings. The mountain now contains several guest houses built to resemble French villas, some are abandoned, but a few still remain operational as of May 2017. The top of the mountain is a popular picnicking location with locals who come there to take photographs on the mountain top.

Culture

Mẫu Sơn is known as the origin of one of the famous

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tree varieties in the

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, along with red

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s and its

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. However, since the beginning of 2010, Mẫu Sơn has become the most famous

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tourist destination in the

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, because the snow in this place is thick enough to attract the love of the junior (thú săn tuyết, trend of snow hunting).Trải nghiệm thú “săn tuyết” trên đỉnh Mẫu Sơn
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