Unit 8. Our world heritage sites. Lesson 6. Writing

Unit 8
WRITING
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex
Bich Dong Pagoda
Van Long Lagoon
1. Ask and answer the questions below.
2. Complete an outline of an essay explaining the reasons why Trang An Scenic landscape Complex was recognized as a World Heritage Site.
- Cultural value: c, d
- Natural beauty: a, b
- Geological value: b
- Preservation of heritage: e
3. Use the information and the completed outline in 2 to write your essay about Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex.
Sample essay
Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, recognized as a World Heritage Site, is famous for its cultural value, natural beauty, geological value, and preservation of heritage.
The most outstanding feature of this site is its cultural value. Archeologists have discovered signs of human activity dating back almost 30,000 years. With such a long-lasting history, Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex is home to many temples, pagodas and place of worship.
Sample essay
The natural beauty of the place with its geological value is another outstanding feature. Trang An – Tam Coc – Bich Dong not only has a natural scenic landscape but also an ecological site. Moreover, the area is famous for its magnificent landscape of limestone mountain tops surrounded by valleys and steep rocks.
Sample essay
As a place of cultural and nature value, Trang An Heritage is well-preserved and protected. Visitors are amazed to discover that the site is home to more than 800 species of flora and fauna.
Having met UNESCO criteria for outstanding universal value to humanity, Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was added to the World Heritage Site List in 2014 as a mixed natural and cultural property.
Homework
Learn Vocabulary.
Prepare Unit 8: Communication and Culture.
Trang An Landscape Complex covers an area of 6,172ha in districts of Hoa Lu, Gia Vien, Nho Quan, Tam Diep Town and Ninh Binh City, about 90km to the southeast of Ha Noi. The complex is surrounded by a buffer zone of 6,268ha, mostly comprising paddy rice fields and villages. As a mixed cultural and natural property, Trang An Landscape Complex contains three protected areas, including Hoa Lu Ancient Citadel Cultural – Historical Area; Trang An – Tam Coc – Bich Dong Scenic Area and Hoa Lu Special-Use Primary Forest.
Located in the humid tropical region, Trang An Landscape Complex is a mountainous area that extends in a northwest-southeast direction. To the north and northwest of Trang An lie Bai Dinh karst hills; to the southwest and the south are Dong Tam – Son Ha and Tam Coc – Bich Dong karst ranges; to the southeast and northeast is Truong Yen karst range; to the northeast and the north is Trang An karst range. River network in Trang An is well developed with Hoang Long River to the north, Chanh River to the east, He River to the south, Ben Dang River to the west and river systems of Sao Khe, Ngo Dong and Den Voi in the heart of the heritage.
Trang An Area was invaded and reworked by the sea many times in the recent geological past but is now emergent on land. Landform development over a period of more than five million years produced scenic landscape of extraordinary beauty – a blend of towering cliff-bounded mountains draped in natural rain forest, surrounded by huge and deeply developed internal basins whose clear and quietly flowing waters are connected through a myriad of underground streams and caverns, many of which are navigable by small sampans carrying tourists.