The untold story about the turtle skeleton in Yen Bai and Hoa Binh

This group of people waded close, who held a trident on his back, a man holding a rake with 3 teeth in the morning. The frightened turtle dives to the bottom of the lake.

Turtle shell in Yen Bai

Several decades ago, in many lakes, large lagoons along the Red River, in Phu Tho and Yen Bai provinces used to have a giant Lake Sword turtle. However, the people called the antidote or the triplets, not the turtles.

30 years ago, people around the big lakes of these two provinces often hunt giant turtles to eat, bones cooked high. Hundreds of giant turtles have been eaten, but only the tortoise shell remains today, owned by Mr. Hoang Xuan Bon (Minh Quan, Tran Yen, Yen Bai communes).

Mr. Bon suffered from a catastrophe in the past few years, his memory was sullen, so the story of hunting 'turtles' was not accurate. However, his wife remembers in great detail. When I asked about the hunt for 'turtle tools' in the past, his wife came into the room and pulled out a turtle shell as evidence.

About 30-40 years ago, giant turtles were abundant in Minh Quan lagoon. People rowing through the lagoon into the forest to get a cork often encounter turtles floating around like a hot one. Occasionally, they floated a black and black head, as big as a thermos to breathe. At night, go fishing, if you hear the sound of puffiness emanating from the reeds, surely there is a 'turtle tool' eating and sleeping.

Mr. Four and the skeleton of his turtle shot.

In September 1984, Mr. Bon rowed into the forest to cut firewood, suddenly found a big, tortoise-like turtle lying on the grass on the sun. Going near, he saw a wound on the shell. Mr. Four suddenly recalled the story of the commune deputy leader Ta Huy Dinh: ' I saw my father very big. I took the CKC password to shoot the apricot hole, but I didn't lose anything. It dives away '.

Thinking that the turtle had been injured, watered, and crawled onto the grass, Mr. Four brought the machete gently to the side of the 'turtle tool' that was sleeping. Suddenly, he swung his knife straight into the neck of a thermos. However, that fatal blow like scratching it, only scratched the thick and tough skin like the buffalo skin. 'Tortoise turtle' woke up and crawled into the lagoon. Mr. Four stormed into the tail, but he dragged him down into the lake.

Mr. Four kept the turtle skeleton as a souvenir for 27 years.

When the firewood was finished, the raft came back, he met the 'three' again in the morning when he slashed on the grass in the middle of the island. Knowing the sword wasn't enough to kill turtles, he went home to get his AK gun and a magazine. That day, Mr. Bon was the captain of the village, so he possessed this hot weapon. He crept back to the 'tortoise', straightened his head and rinsed a whole magazine.

'The tortoise' was seriously injured, unable to flee. Mr. Four shouted back to the villagers, tied up the four 'legs', then used his buffalo to go home. Two weight scales must be mobilized, hooked to the head and the newly weighed 'tortoise' tail. 'Turtle tool' weighs 140kg.

At that time, the villagers dissected, fried and cooked. Eat and drink boredom, each person is also given a part to bring back to eat. After that incident, Mr. Four's family was afraid of turtle meat, because the terrible fishy smell kept hanging around the house for a whole month. Mr. and Mrs. Bon and his wife brought some hot pots of meat to soaked ponds, washed and washed many times but not all fishy. Dishes also smelled fishy all month.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ao and the skull of a 150kg turtle that he hunted in Ao Chau lagoon (Ha Hoa, Phu Tho) .

Later, Mr. Bon learned that the giant tortoise had captured the same species as the sacred 'turtle tool' in Ho Guom. Fear of spirituality, so Mr. and Mrs. Four kept the tortoise and tortoise shell carefully. Later, many people asked to buy high-quality cooking, making drugs at very high prices, but the couple did not sell.

For decades, there have been countless scientists coming to see Mr. Four, listening to him talk about the giant turtle in Minh Quan lagoon, studying the shell and skull of his storage.

A few years ago, a Western scientist went to study, not knowing how much he was, but Mr. Four gave him a skull. When domestic scientists knew about it and tried to reclaim the "national treasure" , he learned that he had left Vietnam as soon as there was a turtle skull.

In Phu Tho, one more person kept the turtle's skeleton, which was Mr. Nguyen Van Ao. Ao also used to be a polar turtle hunter, who killed many giant turtles in Ao Chau lagoon. However, at present, he can only keep each tortoise skull.

Template for turtles in Hoa Binh Museum

Currently, in our country there are only 2 models of turtles, one in Ngoc Son temple, one in Hoa Binh Provincial Museum. Although there are many precious artifacts, Hoa Binh Museum attracts visitors mainly because of the giant turtle and the same species of turtle with the Sword Lake.

This turtle was originally taken from Quynh Lam Lake. This is a large lake, hundreds of hectares wide, located next to the city. Peace. Ho Quynh Lam is connected to the Da River, the traces left are still Ba Chop nibs.

The turtle in Quynh Lam lagoon has just been caught.

Now the template is located in Hoa Binh museum.

Formerly, large lakes and ponds along the Red and Da Rivers had this giant turtle. Only a few decades ago, Quynh Lam Lake had a lot of giant turtles, which they called the prize. People in Dan Chu Commune (Hoa Binh City) regularly organize turtle hunting.

Every time they hunt turtles, they dissect, eat and drink. Stir fry, cooked into many dishes, bone, skin and apricot cooked high. Only more than 20 years ago, the Muong in Mat hamlet also caught a turtle weighing up to 1.5 quintals.

The turtle in Hoa Binh Museum is not the oldest, but the last one is still seen in Quynh Lam Lake.

Turtle skull in Thanh Hoa.

The group of 6 people of Nguyen Van No caught this turtle. Mr. Nở is a Mường, from Đằm village, Thống Nhất commune, TP. Peace. In 1993, Mr. No and several young men went to work to clean up the rent for Mr. Ban in Dan Chu commune. On that day, Quynh Lam Lake was divided into people for embankment and fish farming. A man is mowing the meadow, stepping on the turtle's back. The turtle is frightened and runs away. Knowing that there was a large turtle in the area, Mr. No's group decided to snoop.

Ambush near 12 o'clock at night, the turtle poked his head up and breathed. Mr. Noc used the brick to throw it on its back. He was so scared, snuggled down into the mud, swollen. One brother swam away, touching his back, he was snapped away, losing his hand, blood flowing. These people are so frightened, swim up to the shore, go to get three-pointed nails (spearheading fish, including 3 sharp and long steel shots), rake 3 teeth with steel to destroy the turtle.

At 2:00 am, the turtle rose to breathe again. Look at the head as big as a thermos that everyone can fly. However, no one should ignore the bargain. This group of people waded close, who held a trident on his back, a man holding a rake with 3 teeth in the morning. The frightened turtle dives to the bottom of the lake.

Dong Mo Turtle has the same species as Turtle Lake Sword?

However, because the water seeped into the wound very badly, it was floating later. His back had to suffer another stroke. The tortured turtle is tired and snuggles into the mop. This group of people came together to storm the backside, tying it up, pulling it to the shore.

Early the next morning, just in the morning, a man called a farm worker to take the turtle to the meat. The people have not yet eaten the turtle, the Provincial Party Committee Secretary and the President of Hoa Binh Province drove to announce the recall, as it is a national asset. This turtle is 153cm long, 75cm wide and weighs 121kg. According to judgment, the life span is about 300 years!

The turtle is stocked in the tank of Hoa Binh Tourist Company for people to visit. However, because it was not adapted to the living environment, it died.

Hoa Binh Provincial People's Committee has transferred the turtle to the Museum for long-term preservation so today we can admire the specimen.

Giant tortoises are inherently abundant in ancient Thang Long land. Particularly, Viet history book has 20 times mentioning turtles. During the Ly Dynasty, the 'turtles' crawled around the lagoon ponds in Thang Long area. The Ly dynasties were all offered by giants with strange shapes.

For thousands of years, eradicated by humans, this giant turtle is at its highest risk of extinction. Currently, the country is only sure of a giant 'tortoise' in Sword Lake, two little chicks of 'instrument' in Sword Lake and Dong Mo Lake. Each time the 'turtle tool' Ho Guom floated, it made many hearts flutter. It is difficult for him to stay a little bit, causing scientists, professors, doctors, government leaders . to suffer a heart attack.

It is known that the 'turtle tool' has a very important spiritual position for every person in this country.