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Cu Lan Village (Lam Dong) Nearly 30 km from the heart of Da Lat city, in the Lat commune (Lac Duong, Lam Dong), the town lies tucked away at the base of the Lang Biang mountain. There are numerous explanations for why this location is known as Cu Lan. Cu Lan village is nearly 30km from Da Lat city center and nestled at the foot of Lang Biang mountain. Photo: TripAdvisor The villagers believe that once upon a time, a young man travel ed to the mountain with the dream of gathering stones to build a paradise in the heart of the forest for his lover. People began to refer to the young man with the name “Cù Lần” – a sloth, because of his method of realizing his dreams, which they perceived as being slow and foolish. The story of Cu Lan gathering stones to create a paradise for the one he loved on the tall mountain slowly reached his true love. The girl immediately left the city to travel to the mountains and the forest to find him, where she was struck by the majesty of th...