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Thach Dong's ancient name was Thach Dong, Van hamlet, this is one of the "Ten scenes of Ha Tien" Thach Cave is the origin of the legend of Thach Sanh killing the eagle to save the aquarium princess. Thach Dong is a limestone block about 50m high in the border commune of My Duc, about 4km from the center of Ha Tien city. Because it is located on Highway 80 and only about 3km from the Cambodian border. In the main cave, there is a pagoda called Tien Son built in the largest cave of Thach Dong built in 1790, worshiping Buddha Shakyamuni and Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Historical documents show that before the pagoda was built, this was the monastery of monk Huynh Phong Chan Nhan under Mac Cuu, the father of Mac Thien Tich. Limestone in Thach Dong is determined by geologists to have formed in the Permian period, about 250 million years ago. Three small cave doors open to the top and one small cave door connects to the underground, which people often call the "way to hell". Legend has it that during the reign of General Tran Mac Thien Tich, he discovered a deep hole in the cave. When he sent soldiers down to explore the way, the deeper he went, the more he went, he could not see the end but heard the sound of ocean waves getting louder, so he went Fear of returning. After that, curious people dropped dried coconuts with symbols on them and they were later seen by people on the coast of Mui Nai and the Gulf of Thailand.