Quan Lan Island belongs to Bai Tu
Long Bay, it has an area of 11km²,
and features eight populated
hamlets. Quan Lan Island stretch
toward East – West from the foot of
Van Don Range to the Got Mount with
many high mountains to the east
barring waves and winds, protect the
villages.
The island is situated on an
important navigation route that
connects China, Japan, Thailand and
Philippines to Vietnam. Along two
sides of the island are tens
kilometres of sand beaches. This is
the endless resource for glass
making which the sea gives to man
and it is also the extremely
interesting tourism.
Since the 11th century, Quan Lan had
been one of the centres of the
ancient commercial port of Van Don,
which was animated and prosperous at
the time. Today, there are still
many vestiges linked to the ancient
commercial port. This also explains
why the island, lying deep in the
sea, has the large pagodas and
archaeological sites seen today.
On the island there is the Quan Lan
Communal House built in the 18th
century; exceedingly beautiful and
almost entirely preserved. Next to
it is Quan Lan Pagoda (Linh Quang
Tu), which is dedicated to Buddha
and Saint Lieu Hanh. The pagoda also
worships the statue of old Hau, a
local person who made lots of
contributions to the construction of
the pagoda. The statue features a
gentle and cheerful old woman, which
adds an original character to the
pagoda. Beside Quan Lan Pagoda lies
Nghe Quan Lan (Duc Ong) Shrine,
which is dedicated to Pham Cong
Chinh, a local person who
participated in the historical Van
Don battle against the Yuan
invaders. He was later honored as a
god. Quan Lan has many valuable sea
products such as octopuses,
butterfish, mackerel, holothurians,
shrimp and sai sung.
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